Summary
The latest attempt at a live actionResident Eviladaptation is underway, with a studio now backing the project. After a bidding war that involved bothWarner Bros. andNetflix, it’s now been confirmed thatSonyis attached tothe latest Resident Evil film, and it already has a release date.
Should production stick to schedule, then we can expect the currently untitled Resident Evil film to hit theatres on July 14, 2025. This will be about five years since the last film,Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, although it will have nothing to do with its predecessor.
New Resident Evil Film Premiering Next September
It’s being reported that the film will be more faithful to the games
As reported byDeadline, the new Resident Evil film is being helmed by Barbarian director Zach Cregger. It’s also reported that the script “harkens back to the originalCapcomgame’s horror roots”, suggesting that it will be much more faithful to the source material than previous adaptations.
If true, this will likely come as a relief to fans, who have long complained about the live action adaptations making huge changes to the source material. The first run of films, led by Paul W. S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, invented a new main character with Alice, as opposed to leading with anyone from the games. Another adaptation, a TV show released on Netflix, also did this, as the story followed the daughters of Wesker - something that is certainly not in the games.
“I’ve been a rabid fan of these games for decades, and to be able to bring this amazing title to life is a true honor,” Cregger told Deadline. This further suggests that we’re getting a much more faithful film adaptation this time, although we’ll have to wait and see if this is the case by the time there’s anything to share from the project.
At the very least, the script is said to be ready, and with Sony onboard, work can presumably get underway. It remains to be seen if we’ll finally get a Resident Evil film that’s a hit with both fans and critics alike, but we won’t have to wait too long, as the film will be with us next fall.
