The battle to restart the Evil Resident Evil franchise of Capcom for the big screen is over, and Sony has been crowned by the winner. But while the ink can still be fresh in the deal, Sony is not wasting time: it has already confirmed that its new resident film reached theaters on September 18, 2026.
The news of a restart of resident films in evil emerged for the first time in January, with Zach Cregger, writer and director of the barbarian wonderfully unpredictable of 2022, attached to the project. At that time, four studies, including Warners Bros. and Netflix, supposedly competed for the rights of the lucrative franchise, but Sony (as transmitted by deadline) has now won.
Kerfuffle for Resident Evil is not especially surprising given the adaptations of previous live action films collectively generated the amazing $ 1.2 billion at the box office. And Sony’s interest is particularly He is not surprising, since he was a great beneficiary of all that money under his previous agreement to inflict Paul Ws Anderson’s Resident Evil films on the masses.
And this is not Sony’s first attempt either. He also launched the disappointing Evil Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, but although the history of the study with the franchise is not exactly encouraging, there is at least some reason to be optimistic. The fact that Cregger is on board and directing is an intriguing proposal, especially given his apparent enthusiast to keep his evil adaptation games resident to the games.
“I have been a rabid fan of these games for decades, and to be able to give life to this incredible title is a true honor,” Cregger told Deadline after Sony’s victory. Constantin Film is producing and co -financing the film, with PlayStation Productions also on board.
Will Sony’s last attempt at a restart to the estimated survival terror series of Capcom, and be honestly absurd? With the next Resident Evil movie now in its launch for a September 2026 launch, we will know it soon.