{"id":1776572,"date":"2026-02-17T16:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1776572"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:40:16","slug":"the-director-of-the-new-resident-evil-movie-was-allowed-to-do-whatever-he-wanted-with-the-ip-following-weapons-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1776572","title":{"rendered":"The director of the new Resident Evil movie was allowed to do &#8220;whatever he wanted&#8221; with the IP following Weapons&#8217; success"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-9-revenant-shadows\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The director of the new Resident Evil movie was allowed to do &#8220;whatever he wanted&#8221; with the IP following Weapons&#8217; success<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Third time&#8217;s the charm?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/resi2a.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Resident Evil 2 Remake - zombie closeup\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"resi2a.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-17T16:40:16+00:00\">Feb. 17, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/weapons-director-zach-cregger-had-total-freedom-with-resident-evil?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          5 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f32f00-4134-42c6-8d2a-21e4b9383601\" data-name=\"Resident Evil Requiem\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-9-revenant-shadows\">Resident Evil<\/a> franchise is the <em>bad <\/em>kind of nightmare when it comes to adaptations. The movie series kickstarted by Paul W.S. Anderson back in 2002 found tonnes of success, but it&#8217;s hard to suggest it was quality blockbuster filmmaking. Then came an <em>even worse <\/em>(despite all the reverence for the source material) movie in 2021, that failed to create a new continuity. And let&#8217;s not talk about Netflix&#8217;s 2022 series&#8230; Now, in 2026, we&#8217;re waiting to see whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-movie-reboot-snapped-up-by-sony-and-it-already-has-a-release-date\">Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger can right this ship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Sinners, it&#8217;s safe to say Weapons was one of 2025&#8217;s biggest and most celebrated horror movies, mixing refreshing thrills, raw horror, unexpected comedy and wild twists in a way we rarely see these days. By all accounts, Cregger <em>should <\/em>have the sauce to make a very fun Resident Evil movie even if he chooses to completely step away from what&#8217;s been done before in movies and video games. (And it sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/upcoming-resident-evil-film-lives-in-the-world-of-re2-and-re3-but-with-the-tone-of-4\">he&#8217;s doing exactly that<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/oliver-berben-constantin-film-resident-evil-berlin-efm-1236718667\/\">chat with Deadline<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/weapons-director-had-carte-blanche-to-do-whatever-he-wanted-with-resident-evil-movie-reboot-studio-ceo-says\/\">VGC<\/a>), Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben, who stepped into the role nearly two years ago, elaborated on how the team is approaching this new attempt at &#8216;cracking the code&#8217; of the enduring horror franchise. First, he doubled down on the idea that it&#8217;s &#8220;far away from everything that is connected to Resident Evil, only because Zach Cregger has his own style&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Like horror aficionados who have been keeping track and loving the last few years&#8217; best flicks in the space, Berben is also of the opinion the genre needs voices willing to take a handful of risks with every project. Of course, Cregger&#8217;s body of work in the genre so far perfectly embodies that spirit, so it was &#8220;a no-brainer&#8221; to give him &#8220;the carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to do with that IP&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Resident Evil, we have had an incredible journey with one of the most successful international IPs of more than a billion dollars in box office for many years and now we are creating something new, not just a new story idea, but to allow a new generation to take the IP into their own hands and form something different,&#8221; Berben added.<\/p>\n<p>The next Resident Evil movie, which doesn&#8217;t have an official title yet, was also co-written by Cregger alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-biggest-surprise-of-the-night-a-brand-new-aaa-john-wick-game-coming-from-the-developer-of-space-marine-2\">John Wick<\/a> veteran Shay Hatten. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/new-resident-evil-film-will-rip-director-says-as-plot-spoilers-leak\">stars Austin Abrams (who already was a fan-favourite in Weapons)<\/a>, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, and Kali Reis, among others. It&#8217;s set to be distributed theatrically by Sony Pictures and will invade cinemas on September 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-9-revenant-shadows\">Resident Evil<\/a> franchise is the <em>bad <\/em>kind of nightmare when it comes to adaptations. The movie series kickstarted by Paul W.S. Anderson back in 2002 found tonnes of success, but it&#8217;s hard to suggest it was quality blockbuster filmmaking. Then came an <em>even worse <\/em>(despite all the reverence for the source material) movie in 2021, that failed to create a new continuity. And let&#8217;s not talk about Netflix&#8217;s 2022 series&#8230; Now, in 2026, we&#8217;re waiting to see whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-movie-reboot-snapped-up-by-sony-and-it-already-has-a-release-date\">Barbarian and Weapons director Zach Cregger can right this ship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Sinners, it&#8217;s safe to say Weapons was one of 2025&#8217;s biggest and most celebrated horror movies, mixing refreshing thrills, raw horror, unexpected comedy and wild twists in a way we rarely see these days. By all accounts, Cregger <em>should <\/em>have the sauce to make a very fun Resident Evil movie even if he chooses to completely step away from what&#8217;s been done before in movies and video games. (And it sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/upcoming-resident-evil-film-lives-in-the-world-of-re2-and-re3-but-with-the-tone-of-4\">he&#8217;s doing exactly that<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Now, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/oliver-berben-constantin-film-resident-evil-berlin-efm-1236718667\/\">chat with Deadline<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/weapons-director-had-carte-blanche-to-do-whatever-he-wanted-with-resident-evil-movie-reboot-studio-ceo-says\/\">VGC<\/a>), Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben, who stepped into the role nearly two years ago, elaborated on how the team is approaching this new attempt at &#8216;cracking the code&#8217; of the enduring horror franchise. First, he doubled down on the idea that it&#8217;s &#8220;far away from everything that is connected to Resident Evil, only because Zach Cregger has his own style&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Like horror aficionados who have been keeping track and loving the last few years&#8217; best flicks in the space, Berben is also of the opinion the genre needs voices willing to take a handful of risks with every project. Of course, Cregger&#8217;s body of work in the genre so far perfectly embodies that spirit, so it was &#8220;a no-brainer&#8221; to give him &#8220;the carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to do with that IP&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Resident Evil, we have had an incredible journey with one of the most successful international IPs of more than a billion dollars in box office for many years and now we are creating something new, not just a new story idea, but to allow a new generation to take the IP into their own hands and form something different,&#8221; Berben added.<\/p>\n<p>The next Resident Evil movie, which doesn&#8217;t have an official title yet, was also co-written by Cregger alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-biggest-surprise-of-the-night-a-brand-new-aaa-john-wick-game-coming-from-the-developer-of-space-marine-2\">John Wick<\/a> veteran Shay Hatten. 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