In latest weeks, Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger has been dropping hints about his subsequent film, a brand new tackle Capcom’s Resident Evil, explaining how his spin on the survival horror franchise will differ from the seven earlier live-action movies. However Cregger could not really know simply how completely different they’re going to be; he says he is by no means seen the opposite Resident Evil films.
Cregger’s Resident Evil, which begins filming subsequent month in Prague, can be an unique take. It is not immediately primarily based on any of the video games’ tales, however the movie will comply with the construction of the Resident Evil video games, he says.
“It takes place on the earth of the video games,” Cregger stated in an interview on the Double Toasted podcast. “However most significantly, the journey you may have as a viewer of watching this film goes to be much like the journey you may have as a participant once you play these video games. And what which means is it follows one protagonist from level A to level B as they only descend deeper and deeper and deeper into Hell.
“As somebody who’s performed I do not know what number of hundreds and hundreds of hours of Resident Evil, I really feel like I understand how that pacing can go and it is inherently cinematic. I really feel like there’s an excellent film that may dwell inside this world and inside that form of pacing.”
Cregger says that his Resident Evil film “feels inline with my sensibility, has my sense of tone, and it is only a a lot greater scale than Weapons and definitely Barbarian.” Regardless of blended outcomes for Resident Evil’s movie franchise diversifications, Cregger thinks that “followers of the video games are in all probability going to be stoked” for his adaptation.
Story-wise, we’re nonetheless in the dead of night about Cregger’s interpretation of the franchise. However he did provide some attention-grabbing shade throughout the interview, saying that the film “in all probability lives extra on the earth of [Resident Evil] 2 and 3, however I would say it adheres extra to the tone of 4.” He factors out that the sport franchise is “extremely malleable,” bouncing between places, tone, and even horror subgenres.
“I do not suppose I am taking any extra liberties with this [movie] than the sport franchise does in any respect,” he stated. “I am coloring throughout the traces.”
The subsequent Resident Evil recreation, Resident Evil Requiem, is due out early subsequent yr. Cregger’s Resident Evil film is slated to reach in theaters on Sept. 18, 2026.