After all these years that played the original ”Resident evil“Games on your old Playstation 1 and 2, “Resident Evil” film Franchise is again in Playstation.
A restart of the “Resident Evil” franchise from the director Zach Cregger (“Barbarian”) has landed on Sony Pictures and producer Playstation Productions, which takes the Capcom game home to their roots and some of the people who know the games best. Sony has even given the film a release date on September 18, 2026.
Although Sony’s Screen Gems label produced the original “Resident Evil” film franchise according to the instruction of Paul WS Anderson, a return to Playstation was not a guarantee. Warner Bros. And New Line, who released “Barbarian” and posts Creggers next feature “Weapons” in January 2026, revolved the project and led to a bid war for horror video play -ip.
Cregger directs “Resident Evil” as his next project after “Weapon”, and he also writes the script with Shay Hatten (“John Wick 4”, “Rebel Moon”). Plott information is held under cover, but after the films “Resident Evil” with Milla Jovovich stopped resembling they still running video games long agoHaving it in the hands of Playstation suggests that it will cut closer to Capcom’s original vision.
Constantin Film produces and co -operates the film. Constantins Robert Kulzer, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon and Playstation Productions also produce.
The six “Resident Evil” films, which go back to 2002 and ran to 2012 (there was also a 2021 movie “Raccoon City” and a Netflix series 2022), have collected $ 1.2 billion at the global box office, making it one of the more lucrative video games-film
Cregger’s “Weapon” was Sold as a spec -script in a bid war to new line Following his debut, “Barbarian” was a surprise office, which gathered $ 45 million around the world against a budget of $ 4.5 million. His new movie stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner and Alden Ehrenreich, and the recently released “Companion”, which Cregger produced for New Line, has also been a sleeping hit with $ 34.8 million at the checkout so far.
Next for Playstation Productions is of course the second season of its mega -hit “The Last of Us”, which HBO releases next month, and it also has the horror movie “Until Dawn” opens next month as well. The video game brand is also found in Works On Series adaptations of its largest tent poles “God of War”, “Horizon: Zero Dawn” and a “Ghost of Tsushima” film.
Deadline first reported the news.
