The Daily Populous Sunday February 2nd, 2025 night edition
Authored by videogameschronicle.com and submitted by johanas25

A rebooted Resident Evil movie is reportedly in the works, with major studios said to be currently bidding for a new film produced by PlayStation Productions.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the next movie based on Capcom’s popular survival popular video game series will be directed by Zach Cregger, the actor and writer who helmed 2022 horror film Barbarian.

Constantin Film, which has held the screen rights for Resident Evil since the 1990s, will reportedly produce the reboot along with PlayStation Productions, a studio formed in 2019 by Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt its original game properties for film and television in partnership with Sony Pictures.

Shay Hatten, who worked on John Wick: Chapter 4 and Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead, will co-write, it’s claimed.

According to the publication, four studios are currently bidding for the movie rights, including Warner Bros. and Netflix.

Six Resident Evil movies were released between 2002 and 2016 starring Milla Jovovich, which were a mix of horror, sci-fi, and action, with Jovovich’s character fighting zombies and the evil Umbrella Corporation. The movies grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide.

Constantin has attempted to reboot Resident Evil several times since. A live-action Resident Evil series was released on Netflix in 2022, a year before a live-action movie, ‘Welcome to Raccoon City’. Capcom also released the CGI film Infinite Darkness in the same year.

Meanwhile, the Resident Evil game series is enjoying a strong run. Capcom recently announced its Resident Evil 4 remake has now sold over 9 million copies since its release in March 2023, making it by far the series fastest-selling entry.

OkCut4870 on February 1st, 2025 at 19:21 UTC »

Tom Holland as Leon Kennedy

Fair_Lake_5651 on February 1st, 2025 at 17:36 UTC »

Shows like Fallout,The Last of Us, cyberpunk and Arcane were well recieved because they were great ,it didn't matter if the audience knew the game or not, they were enjoyed by both gaming audience and general audience as well. Hope these new adaptations keep that in mind and produce great series/movies.

wiredpersona on February 1st, 2025 at 17:13 UTC »

Oh, boy! I can't wait for another Sony CGI medley to get stoned to and immediately forget.