From this writing, There were seven live action films based on the popular Capcom video games -based video games. The films "Resident Evil" released from 2002 to 2016 were part of the same (crazy on bugnuts), following the state of the world after the publication of a deadly mutagenic virus that could turn people into zombies, mutants similar to Hulk or vampires (?). The film series was restarted in 2021 with the release of Johannes Roberts "Resident Evil: Welcome to Racco City", a film that tried to insert the horror elements into a movie series. All the time, KapCom was constantly posting video games "Resident Evil". From 2002 to 2021, 20 matches (including multiple spin-offs) were announced for various platforms. And it's not even the involvement of the almost forgotten TV series "Resident Evil" moving to Netflix for one season.

In 2026, the film series will restart again, this time by director "Varvaria" and "Weapons" Zack Creger. As for this writing, the intended date of publication is September 18. Austin Abrams is set on a starvet and will also show Paul Walter Hauser. There is still no proper title, but it will be a new beginning; Kreger's film will not share continuity with films before 2016, nor with "Welcome to Raccon City". Kreger also imposes the script, as He just wanted to direct "Resident Evil" If he was allowed to write it. In A recent interview with a polygonGreger assured fans that he would make his film "Resident Evil" closer to the games of previous films. He will model the story of the "Resident Evil 2" games through "Resident Evil 4."

In evenly A recent interview with Fangoria magazine (Conducted by his own Ryan Scott), Greger has made it clear even more, saying his film will not borrow elements of the story from the Kapcom Games, but will actually be in the same continuity as them. This time it will be a huge, cross-media narrative experiment.

Games that Greger calls to act on the characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, two souls with souls struggling with zombies in Racco City. These characters are well known among the Resident Evil fans and have been on a large games (especially Claire). Creeger seems to be a very fondicist at the "Resident Evil 2" game, but he didn't just want to make a direct adaptation for it. He has his own ideas. Ryan Scott asked Creger, stressing if his new film would be a special adventure that takes place at the universe of the Games at the same time. Kreger confirmed that it would be really, saying, "Bulseji. Yes". He continued:

"I don't tell Leon's story. You know what I mean? I don't use any of the characters from the games. I tell my story that exists in the world of '' 'Resident Evil 2. You can play "2" and never know that the events of my story happen right there, but they are. I follow the rules, but I do not claim any key, canonical characters because we have them in the games. "

Ryan Scott, only for the greatest clarity, asked if the canon of "Resident Evil" is the same as the film, and he said it was so. That's clear as the day.

Although few are loved by critics, to this day, the films "Resident Evil" have been mostly financially successful. Seven films earned a $ 1.28 billion collectively at the box office, cost only a collectively $ 313 million. Kreger, whose "weapons" was critical Huge success of box office in 2025It can have the power and talent to finally turn the film series "Resident Evil" into something that critics love as much as the audience. Time will say.