Zach Cregger is teasing his new imaginative and prescient for Resident Evil and why he wished to reboot the franchise.
The movie adaptation of the Capcom videogame is set to star Austin Abrams, and in a brand new interview, Cregger revealed why he wished to inform this story.
“As a result of I like the video games,” Cregger advised ComicBook. “I performed all the video games. I performed Resident Evil 4 100 instances via. I’m obsessive about it. And so, I simply wish to inform a narrative that feels prefer it’s honoring the expertise you get while you play the video games.”
He continued, “I haven’t seen the flicks, that’s simply not my factor. However the video games are my factor. That’s only a playground I simply love….I believe the film goes to tear. I believe it’s going to tear.”
Earlier this yr, Cregger attended CinemaCon, the place he additionally supplied perception into the Resident Evil movie he was engaged on.
“There’s a second that is available in each second of each Resident Evil recreation the place you end up standing within the mouth of a darkish passageway. One shot within the gun is left,” he stated. “You understand that one thing horrible is ready for you in that darkness, that terrible second the place it’s important to will your self. That’s one thing that each Resident Evil recreation has perfected and has saved me and hundreds of thousands of different gamers returning to the collection for many years.”
Cregger added that his movie “shall be constructed within the spirit of these video games and follows one central protagonist from level A to level B, as they descend deeper into hell.”
Resident Evil is predicted to be launched on September 18, 2026.
