Zach Cregger Says He Feels Like He's 'Running for Office' Trying to Get Skeptical Resident Evil Fans 'Not to Call Me a LARPer'
Cregger says the backlash reflects fans’ love for the games, and he hopes the film’s original story will still satisfy longtime players.
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Zach Cregger Says He Feels Like He's 'Running for Office' Trying to Get Skeptical Resident Evil Fans 'Not to Call Me a LARPer'
Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has said he feels like he’s been on an “apology tour” while navigating skepticism from some fans about his movie adaptation of Capcom’s horror franchise.
RESIDENT EVIL Director Zach Cregger Understands Why Fans Are Frustrated Leon Isn’t in His Movie
If you’ve been waiting years to see Leon Kennedy get another proper shot on the big screen, Zach Cregger understands why his upcoming Resident Evil movie might have you a little annoyed.The filmmaker behind Barbarian and Weapons is taking the franchise in a different direction, telling an original survival horror story rather than directly adapting one of Capcom’s games. Cregger admits he underestimated just how much fans wanted characters like …
Zach Cregger Says He Made His Resident Evil Movie for Fans Like Himself
Zach Cregger is taking a different approach to adapting Resident Evil. Instead of bringing one of the games’ existing stories directly to the big screen, the filmmaker has created a new survival-horror adventure that aims to capture the feeling of playing Capcom’s iconic franchise. In a new interview with Deadline, Cregger explained that his passion for the games was the main reason he agreed to work with the established IP. The upcoming movie s…
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