'Weapons' Director Zach Cregger Says His 'Resident Evil' Film Is "Coloring Within The Lines" Of Capcom's Original Games

'Weapons' Director Zach Cregger Says His 'Resident Evil' Film Is "Coloring Within The Lines" Of Capcom's Original Games

Sadler (Hochu Otsuka) unleashes his true form against Leon (Toshiyuki Morikawa) in Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023), Capcom In providing an update on his highly-anticipated video game adaptation, Weapons director Zach Cregger has moved to assure fans that his upcoming Resident Evil movie will not play fast and loose with the fan-favorite Capcom IP, but instead try its hand at “coloring within the lines”. Paul (Alden Ehrenreich) chases down a lead i…

'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'

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Resident Evil Movie Director Says It "Lives In The World" Of These Specific Games

After making the successful horror movies Barbarian and Weapons, writer-director Zach Cregger is directing a Resident Evil movie next. He's now shared more details about it, including why he decided to adapt a story instead of making another original film.Speaking to Double Toasted, Cregger said he believes his Resident Evil movie is, in fact, "original," and viewers will understand that when they see it. He didn't elaborate on this point, howev…

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil Will Be "A Lover Letter To The Games"; Has Never Seen the Paul WS Anderson Films

When Weapons released earlier this summer most of us let out a collective “Holy shit!” It felt like we were finally getting the original horror movie that we’d been begging for. And given how good Zach Cregger’s first film Barbarian was, it really felt like we may have found a new original voice in the genre. So it was a bit of a disappointment to find out that Cregger’s next film would be an entry in the Resident Evil Franchise. Not to say that…