Zach Cregger Turned His Fears About Having Kids Into ‘Resident Evil’
Cregger says the video-game adaptation is his only franchise film as he returns to original work with Spielberg-produced The Flood.
- Director Zach Cregger recently confirmed that Resident Evil will be his only franchise movie, emphasizing his desire to return to original storytelling after establishing himself through Barbarian and Weapons.
- Cregger described Resident Evil, Weapons, and The Flood as products of a sustained creative frenzy as the 2023 Writers Guild strike approached, giving himself roughly five days to generate ideas.
- The breakthrough for The Flood arrived while Cregger and his wife, actress Sara Paxton, watched James Gray's 2019 deep-space drama Ad Astra, with Paxton's observation about space fears inspiring the film's premise.
- Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, alongside Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, will release The Flood on August 11, 2028, while Resident Evil arrives September 18, 2026, after shifting from Netflix.
- Cregger called The Flood 'structurally bizarre,' contrasting it with the relentless linear survival ordeal of Resident Evil, signaling his commitment to writing original material beyond franchise work.
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Zach Cregger Conceived ‘The Flood’ During A Five-Day “Frenzy” To Work With Steven Spielberg, Calls It “Structurally Bizarre”
After “Barbarian” and “Weapons” established Zach Cregger as one of Hollywood’s most exciting original genre filmmakers, “Resident Evil” will briefly pull him into the franchise machine. But Cregger has already made it clear that he doesn’t plan to remain there. He recently called the video-game adaptation his only franchise movie and said he wants to return to writing whatever he wants. Fortunately, his next directorial effort, the Steven Spielb…
Zach Cregger didn't necessarily expect to irritate as many fans with his version of Resident Evil, which was released at the cinema on 16 September. When Zach Cregger signed to write and make a new adaptation of the cult video games Resident Evil, Évanouis had not yet released. The horror movie had not yet exploded [...]
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