Oh, that's Ethan Winters. I think the game was a reboot in a way, so they wanted to use someone normal. They probably wanted a protagonist kind of like Harry Mason or James Sunderland from the Silent Hill series.
Yeah. It was meant to be the third Revelations game. Alex Wesker debuted in the second part to that sub-series, so that makes sense. I think they toyed with the idea of making Rebecca Chambers a playable character. Something impressed them enough to want to turn it into a mainline installment.
Supposedly, the creepy woman with the blonde hair and hat that you see in the trailer is in fact Alex Wesker. It hasn't been confirmed by Capcom yet, but a user on Twitter called "Dusk Golem" is well known as an insider of sorts, so people turn to him for the latest rumblings online. He said that it was her. Although she looks visibly older, as does Chris. Maybe that also makes sense, as she looked monstrous just before transferring her mind into Natalia in her deformed state. She committed suicide with a gun, but then returned as a monster. The game had a confusing timeline, as it wasn't in the right order, but Barry doesn't show up at the same time as Claire and Moira, as they were captured 6 months earlier. Basically, I think Alex was reborn as Natalia after she grabs her during the last boss battle. At least, that was implied at the end when you saw Natalia sitting in a bedroom, talking like Alex.
It's about time Billy Coen returned. They seem to have forgotten about Sheva as well. She killed Albert Wesker with Chris, so surely she should hold a place in history big enough to warrant bringing her back. But stupid Capcom won't do that, because not having her in her native Africa wouldn't feel right, or something. Only they know for sure why she has yet to return...
There's so much convoluted aspects to the games that it's hard to even keep up with things at this rate. But one thing is for sure: I think the Capcom from 20 years ago has been neutered, because the current Capcom puts out nothing like Capcom did around 2002. ?