With the Resident Evil games still going strong and another movie on the way, George A. Romero's Resident Evil is a glimpse at an unrealized dream that many fans still wish had come to fruition.

That film will be released in theaters in September 2026. In the meantime, the next RE game, Resident Evil Requiem, will drop on February 27, 2026.

But the games are my thing. That's just a playground I just love--I think the movie is going to rip." All but one of the previous live-action Resident Evil films were directed by Paul WS Anderson.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film will shoot this Summer and be unleashed onto the world on September 18th, 2026. For all things Resident Evil, films, and gaming, keep it here on ComicBook.

Entries like Resident Evil: Apocalypse faced criticism for convoluted plots and a lack of coherence—earning an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A 2021 movie reboot named Resident Evil: Welcome to ...