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‘Barbarian’ Director Zach Cregger Writing and Directing Next ‘Resident Evil’ Movie
After seven live action movies and a short-lived Netflix television series, The Hollywood Reporter informs us tonight that Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions are bringing the Resident Evil video game saga back to the big screen. Zach Cregger (Barbarian) is attached to write and direct the new movie, with several studios engaged in a bidding war for the project.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit notes in tonight’s exclusive report, “Four studios are elbowing for the win, among them Warner Bros. and Netflix, according to sources.”
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is said to “take the title back to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games,” which has something we have certainly heard before.
The most recent installment in the film franchise, director Johannes Roberts’ Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City took a similar approach back in 2021, but ultimately failed to resonate with fans. It came in the wake of six movies starring Milla Jovovich, which collectively surpassed $1 billion at the box office by embracing an action-heavy approach to the material.
More recently, the Netflix series “Resident Evil” ran for just one season before being axed by the streamer, premiering in July 2022 to mixed reviews before being cancelled that August.
Up next from Zach Cregger, meanwhile, is Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s Weapons, which is being released in theaters on January 16, 2026. The film is being described as “a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia.”
Stay tuned for more on Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie as we learn it.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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