Zach Cregger’s RESIDENT EVIL Movie Promises a “Roller Coaster Ride of Nonstop Action”
The upcoming Resident Evil movie is gearing up to be something very different, and if the latest comments are any indication, fans of Capcom’s legendary survival horror series are in for a wild theatrical experience.
With Zach Cregger at the helm and a reported $80+ million budget, this new take on Resident Evil is being described as an all-out, high-intensity ride through Raccoon City.
Producer Roy Lee recently opened up about what Cregger is cooking up, and the vision is clearly rooted in the gaming experience that made the franchise a global phenomenon. Lee explained:
"It's like a roller coaster ride of nonstop action, of just showing a point of view of a character and an original story in the world of Raccoon City, where it's like the experience of watching the movie is similar to the experience you would get playing the game, is what Zach is trying to do."
That’s a pretty exciting pitch. Instead of leaning into legacy characters or retelling familiar arcs from the mainline games, Cregger has been given full creative freedom to craft an original story set within the infected chaos of Raccoon City.
The project reportedly won’t tie directly into the established game narrative, and don’t expect returning fan-favorite characters either. This is a fresh start inside that nightmare-soaked universe.
Cregger earned serious attention with Barbarian and followed it up with the ambitious Weapons, proving he knows how to twist tension in ways that stick with you. Now he’s leveling up in a major way. Lee pointed out how dramatically the director’s resources have grown:
"He's definitely spent a lot of time prepping various shots that will impress the audience in ways they've not seen things before.
"If you think about the progression of Zach's movies, it went from a $4 million movie to a $38 million movie to now like an $80 plus million dollar movie, and each time the money's going on screen."
Cregger is reportedly investing serious effort into crafting dynamic sequences that feel immersive, almost like you’re holding the controller yourself. If he can pull off that first-person intensity while keeping the horror sharp, this could easily become one of the most exciting Resident Evil adaptations yet.
The cast includes Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, and Zach Cherry, adding an intriguing mix of talent to this reimagined survival horror thriller.
The film hits theaters on September 18, and while details about the story are still locked down tight, anticipation is building fast.
Meanwhile, over in the gaming world, spoilers for Resident Evil Requiem have already started circulating online ahead of its official release. If you don’t want Leon Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft’s undead nightmare ruined, now’s the time to tighten up those social media filters.
Between Cregger’s creative freedom, the franchise’s rich horror DNA, and a budget big enough to unleash some seriously gnarly action sequences, this new Resident Evil movie sounds like it’s aiming to deliver something intense, cinematic, and unapologetically fun.
If it really captures that pulse-pounding, controller-clutching feeling Lee describes, we could be looking at a movie that finally nails what fans have wanted all along.