'Weapons' Director Zach Cregger's Upcoming 'Resident Evil' Film Won't Adapt Games' Stories Or Characters, Says Fans "Already Have That"

'Weapons' Director Zach Cregger's Upcoming 'Resident Evil' Film Won't Adapt Games' Stories Or Characters, Says Fans "Already Have That"

Leon S. Kennedy (Toshiyuki Morikawa) and Ashley Graham (Akari Kitô) ill at east in Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023), Capcom Zach Cregger, director of Weapons and Barbarian, has revealed his intentions for his Resident Evil film. Rather than adapt storylines and characters from the games, Cregger states his intent to make an original story with new characters that fit into the series’ lore. A car burns outside R.P.D. in Resident Evil: Welcome to Rac…

Weapons Director on Why His Resident Evil Movie Won't Have Leon & Other Game Characters

Photo Credit: Screen Gems (through Sony Pictures Releasing; United States/United Kingdom) / Constantin Film As fans eagerly wait for the upcoming Resident Evil movie, Zach Cregger, who will be helming the horror film reboot, has now shared a major update about the leading characters of his film. The Weapons director revealed in a recent interview that his big-screen adaptation of the fan-favorite video game franchise will convey an original stor…

Zach Cregger's Resident Evil Is Exactly What The Franchise Needs

Zach Cregger is already at work on his next project after the release and success of Weapons: a new Resident … Continue reading "Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Is Exactly What The Franchise Needs"

Zach Cregger is ready to get Evil Dead II-style crazy with his Resident Evil movie

Zach Cregger, writer/director of Barbarian (watch it HERE) and the newly released film Weapons, is set to direct a new Resident Evil movie for Sony, aiming for a September 18, 2026 theatrical release. Cregger has said that his movie will be “obedient to the lore” of the Resident Evil video games, but won’t be about the characters from the games, because their stories have already been told in game form. Now, during an interview with Ringer Movie…