Ever since actor-comedian Zach Cregger grew to develop into the following huge think about type filmmaking seemingly in a single day with the discharge of noodle-twisting horror Barbarian once more in 2022, all eyes have been on the buzzy director’s subsequent strikes. And collectively together with his follow-up to that Airbnb chiller, Julia Garner and Josh Brolin led “multi-story horror epic” Weapons, having already wrapped filming, Cregger has merely added pretty the enterprise to his pipeline. Per THR‘s reporting, Cregger has been tapped to jot down and direct a model new movie based on Resident Evil, Capcom’s fan favourite zombie horror recreation franchise.
In response to THR, Cregger’s movie — which could moreover perform a reboot of the pre-existing seven film, $1.2 billion grossing, (largely) Milla Jovovich led Resident Evil cinematic universe — has been the converse of Hollywood, with studios along with Warner Bros. and Netflix vying to land the probably massive money spinner. And whereas we have no idea merely however what kind Cregger’s movie will take or who will probably be part of the fight for/in direction of the Umbrella Firm and its bio-organic abominations, we do know that the filmmaker won’t be heading to Raccoon Metropolis alone. Screenwriter Shay Hatten, who has a robust background in every horror (Day Shift, Zack Snyder’s Army Of The Ineffective) and movement (John Wick: Chapter 4), will co-write the latest Resident Evil adaptation with Cregger, whereas long-time show display screen rights holders Constantin Film will produce the perform alongside PlayStation Productions.
Described by sources as a sort out Resi that will “take the title to its horror roots”, Cregger’s film — which, lest we overlook, is coming from a director who has already confirmed they know an element or two about subverting expectations and coping with monsters with as so much expertise as human characters — really sounds choose it is shaping as a lot as have it the place it counts. Nevertheless having been burned plenty of situations sooner than by earlier Resident Evil outings on screens every huge and small, we’ll wait until we hear somewhat bit further about Cregger’s undead offering sooner than we let ourselves get carried away. For now though, shade us very intrigued…
