Zach Cregger Turned His Fears About Having Kids Into ‘Resident Evil’
Cregger said the video-game adaptation is his only franchise movie as he shifts back to original projects after Weapons and Barbarian.
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Zach Cregger Conceived ‘The Flood’ During A Five-Day “Frenzy” To Work With Steven Spielberg, Calls It “Structurally Bizarre”
After “Barbarian” and “Weapons” established Zach Cregger as one of Hollywood’s most exciting original genre filmmakers, “Resident Evil” will briefly pull him into the franchise machine. But Cregger has already made it clear that he doesn’t plan to remain there. He recently called the video-game adaptation his only franchise movie and said he wants to return to writing whatever he wants. Fortunately, his next directorial effort, the Steven Spielb…
The Posthumanism of Resident Evil
The original live-action series made mutation and posthuman possibility its playground, and Milla Jovovich a queer icon of reinvention. Ahead of Zach Cregger’s reboot, we take a closer look at the films' cultural legacy. “Lean and mean and tight” is how director Zach Cregger described his upcoming Resident Evil reboot, noting how it emulates the survival mechanics and oppressive atmosphere of the popular video game franchise. The original live-a…
Resident Evil Director Says He Won’t Do A Franchise Movie Again
Director Zach Cregger is making one of 2026's most-anticipated video game movies in Resident Evil, but don't expect him to make another film based on a franchise again. Speaking to Deadline, Cregger said, "I'm doing this [Resident Evil], and that's it for me. I'm not going to go tackle any other franchises." Why? He said it's because he wants to "write whatever I want to write," as opposed to adhering to a specific franchise's history and lore. …
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