Resident Evil Movie Reboot In Development by "Barbarian" Director

Summary

New Resident Evil film reboot in development, stays faithful to game roots, aiming for horror essence.
Barbarian director Zach Cregger is to direct this new take on franchise.
Constantin Film producing reboot, four studios in bidding war for rights, potential to exceed previous adaptations.

While the Resident Evil movie series by Paul W.S. Anderson raked in money for Capcom, it wasn’t exactly faithful to the source material. Sure, we got Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City in 2021, which was better in terms of sticking to the game’s roots, but even that one didn’t fail to scratch that itch of seeing the Resident Evil movie that brings the essence of the franchise to the big screen.

That could change soon, as a new Resident Evil film is said to be in development, will be a reboot, and won’t have any connection to the Milla Jovovich-led films.

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The report comes from entertainment publication The Hollywood Report, which claims Barbarian director Zach Cregger is writing and directing a reboot of the Resident Evil movie franchise, though one that aims to stay faithful to the video game series it’s based on, which is something that was leaked earlier this month.

There are four studios jockeying to get the rights to the films, and these include Netflix and Warner Bros. Producing the reboot will be Constantin Film, which has held the screen rights to the title since the late ’90s, along with PlayStation Productions, which is ramping up their involvement with games-to-movie output.

Cregger, an actor and comedian, directed the 2022 cult hit Barbarian, which he wrote and directed. Per sources, it’s said that Cregger’s take on the Resident Evil movie is described as “a revamp that will take the title to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games.”

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The Resident Evil movies from Paul W. S. Anderson had six chapters in total, and while it was widely panned by critics, it still managed to earn over $1B in the box office. Chances are, whatever Cregger is cooking, it’s bound to be better than what we got before, right?

In terms of the game series the films are based on, Capcom has officially announced Resident Evil 9 is in development, and we’re hoping we’ll learn more about it this year.