‘Resident Evil’ – Zach Cregger’s Movie Won’t Be “Completely Obedient” to Video Game Lore

What’s next for director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) after Weapons releases in theaters this August? Cregger is headed to Raccoon City to direct the next installment in the Resident Evil movie franchise, which will be the eighth live action movie based on the hit video games.

Cregger’s Resident Evil is said to “take the title back to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games,” but the filmmaker doesn’t intend on being a slave to the franchise’s lore.

“I am a gigantic Resident Evil game fan. I’ve played them all. I don’t know how many times I’ve just looped [RE4] again and again. I just love it. I’m definitely not trying to be completely obedient to the lore of the games,” Cregger tells SFX Magazine in the latest issue. “I’m trying to tell a story that just feels authentic to the experience you get when you play the games.”

Cregger continues, “I don’t think I’m breaking any major rules, but I also recognise that no matter what I do, people are going to come for me online. So all I want to do is just make a really good movie and tell a story that’s compelling. I know that I’m gonna be happy with the movie, and hopefully other people will, too.”

“I will also say, I’ve never seen a movie like it,” Cregger teases in the chat with SFX Magazine. “It doesn’t jump around like Weapons and Barbarian, but it is still unto itself.”

After seven live action movies and a short-lived Netflix television series, Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions are bringing Resident Evil back to the big screen, with Cregger writing and directing. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil hits theaters September 18, 2026.

The new issue of SFX Magazine, the world’s number one sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine, will be released this Wednesday. Check out the “Alien: Earth”-themed cover down below. 

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