Zack Cregger, the director of the 2022horrorgemBarbarian, has signed on as the filmmaker in charge of the upcomingResident Evilfranchise reboot. The video game series owned by Capcom has been adapted for the big screen before, but Sony Pictures has now acquired the rights, and they intend to fully reset the film series. Though not much is currently known about it, the film already has a release date. The newResident Evilwill arrive in theaters on August 14, 2025, and Cregger isalready hyping up the movie, saying that it will “rip.”
Per a recent report by Deadline, Cregger talked to Comic Book about the newResident Evil. The director is currently promoting his latest feature, the mysterious horror filmWeapons, which has already been declared one of the year’s scariest releases. Cregger will get to work on theResident Evilproject after he’s completed hisWeaponsobligations, and when asked why he chose the video game adaptation as his next project, he replied with the following:
“Because I love the games. 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.
“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.”
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Cregger’s direction will probably tilt more toward horror—likely emphasizing suspense over action, an approach that the film series seemed to discard as it progressed. The director has clearly shown his knack for the genre while building the list of credits that made him the studio’s pick to revive the franchise.
As Cregger confirmed during CinemaCon, the movie “will be builtin the spirit of those gamesand follows one central protagonist from point A to point B, as they descend deeper into hell.” Without question, fans should rest assured that his adaptation will honor the original game series:
“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 ‘Resident Evil’ Video Game Universe Will Once Again Be Revived for the Big Screen
TheResident Evilvideo game franchise has had a strong following ever since the first game was released. The cult franchise has expanded towards other mediums, and the film series grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in total. This is likely the reason producers deemed it necessary to relaunch it under the leadership of a new creative team. Though the last reboot attempt, 2021’sResident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City,underperformed criticallyand commercially, the IP owners are trying again. The question is: Do we really need anotherResident Evilmovie? One way or another, Cregger will let us know next year.
Source:Deadline
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