In speaking with Comicbook.com, Director Zach Cregger explained why he wanted to reboot the beloved Resident Evil franchise. “I played all of the games. I played Resident Evil 4 a hundred times through. I’m obsessed with it. And so, I just want to tell a story that feels like it’s honoring the experience you get when you play the games.”
He would go on to say, “I haven’t seen the movies, that’s just not my thing. But the games are my thing. That’s just a playground I just love. I think the movie is going to rip.”
Cregger, who was the man behind the hit 2022 horror film Barbarian, has a new film on the way, Weapons, which is set to release on August 8th.
Turning once again towards making a film based on the game he loves, Cregger said, “There’s a moment that comes in every moment of every Resident Evil game where you find yourself standing in the mouth of a dark passageway. One shot in the gun is left, you know that something horrible is waiting for you in that darkness, that awful moment where you have to will yourself. That’s something that every Resident Evil game has perfected and has kept me and millions of other players returning to the series for decades.”
The film is slated to be released on September 18, 2026. Keep it locked to Horror News Network for more on the Resident Evil reboot.
