'I've Never Seen a Resident Evil Movie' — Director of Upcoming Resident Evil Film Says Fans of the Existing Movies 'Probably Not Prepared for What I'm Doing'

Zach Cregger has talked astir what volition marque his upcoming Resident Evil movie unique, admitting he’s ne'er seen a Resident Evil film.

Cregger, writer and manager of 2022’s Barbarian and this year’s deed fearfulness movie Weapons, discussed his caller instrumentality connected Resident Evil successful an interrogation with the Double Toasted YouTube channel.

“All I tin accidental is that it is existent to the acquisition of the games,” helium said. “It takes spot successful the satellite of the games, but astir importantly the travel you'll person arsenic a spectator of watching this movie is going to beryllium akin to the travel you person arsenic a subordinate erstwhile you play these games. And what that means is it follows 1 protagonist from constituent A to constituent B arsenic they conscionable descend deeper and deeper and deeper into hell."

He continued: “And arsenic idiosyncratic who's played I don't cognize however galore thousands and thousands of hours of Resident Evil, I conscionable consciousness similar I cognize however that pacing tin go, and it's inherently cinematic, and I consciousness similar there's a large movie that tin unrecorded wrong of this satellite and wrong of that benignant of pacing. And I'm conscionable really, truly pumped astir the communicative that we get to archer here. So, I consciousness similar I'm chomping astatine the spot to marque this thing.”

Compared to his erstwhile movies Barbarian and Weapons, Resident Evil volition beryllium a “bigger scale” production, Cregger confirmed. He considers it an “original” adjacent though it’s a movie based connected an existing intelligence property, due to the fact that it has “my consciousness of tone.”

“I cognize there's been a batch of speculation online that I should conscionable beryllium doing an archetypal adjacent and not an IP, but I don't deliberation that those radical volition person that ailment erstwhile they spot this due to the fact that it is an original,” helium insisted.

“It's precise overmuch a movie that feels in-line with my sensibility, has my consciousness of tone. And it's conscionable a overmuch bigger standard than Weapons and surely Barbarian. I deliberation it's going to beryllium truly chill and I've ne'er seen a movie similar it. So I'm beyond excited making this.”

Cregger past admitted he’s ne'er seen a Resident Evil movie, and made a constituent of saying his Resident Evil movie mightiness not play good with fans of the existing Resident Evil films.

Paul W. S. Anderson’s bid of Resident Evil movies starring Milla Jovovich were ne'er captious darlings, but they enjoyed commercialized occurrence astatine the container bureau and connected location release. The 2021 reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, failed to marque an impression.

“I'm a immense instrumentality of the games,” Cregger said. “Now, I've ne'er seen a Resident Evil movie. I ideate that if determination are radical retired determination that are conscionable rabid fans of the movie franchise, they're astir apt not truly prepared for what I'm going to beryllium doing. But I deliberation the radical that are fans of the games are astir apt going to beryllium stoked.”

Cregger said his Resi exists “much much successful the satellite of the games” than Weapons and Barbarian, and helium likened the movie's code to the much-loved Resident Evil 4.

“It astir apt lives much successful the satellite of 2 and 3, but I'd accidental it adheres much to the code of 4,” helium said. “But you know, the happening astir the games is that the crippled franchise itself is incredibly malleable. 2 and 3 instrumentality spot successful Raccoon City, and past 4 takes spot successful Spain, and it feels similar it's successful the past adjacent though it's not. And past 7 is similar a Texas Chainsaw benignant of a thing. And past 8 is similar immoderate past European colony and decidedly successful the past.

“So, the games don't adjacent person immoderate benignant of a acceptable lore. It's not rigid. And truthful I don't deliberation I'm taking immoderate much liberties with this than the crippled franchise does astatine all. So I'm coloring wrong the lines.”

Shooting connected the caller Resident Evil movie is acceptable to statesman mid-October successful Prague and tally until the extremity of January. Sony Pictures has acceptable a merchandise day of September 18, 2026.

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