The cast for director Zach Cregger’s (Barbarian, Weapons) Resident Evil movie is growing, with THR reporting that Kali Reis (“True Detective: Night Country”) has signed on.
Zach Cherry (“Severance”) and Johnno Wilson (“Twisted Metal”) have also joined a cast that includes Austin Abrams (Weapons) and Paul Walter Hauser (The Naked Gun).
THR details in their report, “Plot details for this one are being kept under the umbrella but here are some key words: hapless courier, mysterious package, mutated creatures, corporate conspiracy. Cherry is said to be playing a scientist at a hospital, while Reis is an ex-military character that was originally written for a male actor. Wilson’s role is not known.”
After seven live action movies and a short-lived Netflix television series, Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions are bringing Resident Evil back to the big screen, with Cregger writing and directing. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil hits theaters September 18, 2026.
Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead, Day Shift) wrote the script with Cregger.
Cregger’s Resident Evil is said to “take the title back to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games,” but the filmmaker doesn’t intend on being a slave to the franchise’s lore.
“I am a gigantic Resident Evil game fan. I’ve played them all. I don’t know how many times I’ve just looped [RE4] again and again. I just love it. I’m definitely not trying to be completely obedient to the lore of the games,” Cregger recently said. “I’m trying to tell a story that just feels authentic to the experience you get when you play the games.”
Zach Cherry in ‘Severance’