Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Movie Is An Original Story That ‘Follows The Rules Of The Games’

The upcoming Resident Evil movie reboot from director Zach Cregger is going to tell an original story while still keeping in line with the rules of the video games.

Speaking with Inverse, Cregger explained that his film will be set “outside of the characters of the games,” but remained adamant that it will honor the spirit of the games.

I am the biggest worshiper of the games, so I’m telling a story that is a love letter to the games and follows the rules of the games. It is obedient to the lore of the games, it’s just a different story. I’m not going to tell Leon’s story, because Leon’s story is told in the games. [Fans] already have that.

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While nothing has been confirmed yet, a previous report last month claimed that Cregger’s Resident Evil film will focus on an organ courier that gets caught up in the Raccoon City outbreak, which does fit in with Cregger’s confirmation that it will be an original story.

Paul W.S. Anderson was the driving force behind the original batch of Resident Evil movies from 2002 – 2012, while a reboot, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, was released in 2021 and retold the events of Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 across a single night.

[Source – Inverse via Variety]