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Ok-Comfortable9449 Apr 6, 2026 +32

I trust him as a director hopefully it's good

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Modern_Leper93 Apr 7, 2026 +12

In an interview he had said he's played through almost all of the games multiple times 🤞

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illuminerdi Apr 7, 2026 -10

He's also said that the movie will basically have nothing to do with any of the existing games or their characters or stories, IIRC So...🤷 Is it really Resident Evil if it's just a story about zombies and gross monsters from a virus/mold/etc? I'm guessing he's going to lean into the RE7/8 universe and it's going to be about normal people who get infected by a mold person and do fucked up things as a result. So it'll be Weapons, but with mold zombies instead of witchcraft.

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Additional_Law_492 Apr 7, 2026 +14

Honestly, a movie set in the world but unconnected to game characters and events would be ideal.

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IntrinsicGamer Apr 7, 2026 +5

> Is it really Resident Evil if it's just a story about zombies and gross monsters from a virus/mold/etc? Yeah? That’s basically all that Resident Evil is. What else (for example) do RE3, 4, and 7 have in common? A Fallout show approach is the best: new story about new characters set in the world of the games. Now, the movie is most likely not canon directly, but nonetheless, it’s a good approach.

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Significant_Coach880 Apr 7, 2026 +2

Nah, you're wrong. It's about a plant. /s

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Zoratth Apr 6, 2026 +50

I don’t need it to re-tell the story of any of the games or even have the same characters. I just want it to actually take place in the same universe and respect the source material. The other film adaptations did not do that.

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TrueLegateDamar Apr 6, 2026 +14

I'm still so confused at what they did to Leon in the last one, making him a dumb comedy relief sidekick who can't handle a gun.

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theMANGLEDone Apr 6, 2026 +6

I hated that movie for that reason specifically

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TheCubanRattlesnake Apr 7, 2026 -9

Isn’t that what he was in RE2?

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Acrobatic_Yellow_781 Apr 7, 2026 +14

No? He was an actual good rookie cop. The RPD and his future co-workers were excited to have him join the force because he was a academy star

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TopazandNumbyHSR Apr 7, 2026 +8

No. Not even a little bit.

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Garden-Mirror Apr 9, 2026 +1

You never played Resident Evil 2, did you?

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myEVILi Apr 7, 2026 +2

It’s gotta be a cool, gun-fu action movie with hot chicks in tube tops and/or spandex bodysuits in order to respect the source material.

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Any_Object_5151 Apr 6, 2026 +14

Headline is a little misleading. The full quote: Speaking to The New York Times, Cregger admitted that when he hears of an adaptation of a video game he loves, he usually responds with: “don’t ruin this for me.”

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ZombieStomp Apr 7, 2026 +2

Yeah there seem to be many people in these comments upset at this quote without understanding its context. As if Cregger was temling fans "dont ruin this opportunity for me" when that's not what he's saying at all

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SarahArabic2 Apr 6, 2026 +16

i mean he’s on a gallon of pcp, what could go wrong

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theMANGLEDone Apr 6, 2026 +3

Hope they don't lose their heads too

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PadMog75 Apr 6, 2026 +21

Well don't ruin it for us, then.

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South_Buy_3175 Apr 7, 2026 +2

Fairly sure there was another thread saying the film doesn’t adapt anything from the games plot wise. So basically, he can’t ruin it because I imagine it’ll just be a Cregger horror film with zombies and maybe a licker tossed in? No clue how good of an adaptation it’ll be, but I’m confident it’ll be a good movie.

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porn_alt_987654321 Apr 9, 2026 +2

There's plenty of room to use the characters without touching any of the plot in the games. Just need to have things make sense for wherever they take place. Though I do suspect that means we'll get some of the more popular characters, be that leon or like, wesker. Lol

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South_Buy_3175 Apr 9, 2026 +1

I’d be surprised if there’s any established characters involved. And if they were, I *really* doubt they’d resemble the character we know and love. I imagine it’ll be an all new cast using the RE identity and probably a few monsters.

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porn_alt_987654321 Apr 9, 2026 +1

I feel like they could easily include someone like wesker, more in his corporate role, without really risking anything about mischaracterization. Unless they're going all in on some boulder punching, I assume any established characters that get used will be in a side role rather than some main cast sort of way.

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South_Buy_3175 Apr 9, 2026 +1

They could, but I think they’ll lean towards RE7 more than anything. New setting, nee characters, with some big reveal of Umbrella being behind it all. You show Wesker or any of the other characters you’re getting swept in to discussions of when it takes place, is it canon to the games, is Wesker a superhuman, where is Leon, is Chris in his boulder puncher era etc, and now fans are waiting for the rest like it’s a marvel movie. There’s only really a few ways to do an adaptation of a long running franchise, you either start from zero with the characters and grow them organically or you do something wholly original and pray to god the fans latch onto it like they did with 7.

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leckmichnervnit Apr 7, 2026 +2

I have the feeling that this is gonna be a great Movie, but an awful representation of Resident Evil. If this Movie isnt goofy af, with over the Top Level BOWs and so bad its funny Dialogue its gonna be a bad RE Movie.

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OwnChemistry5143 Apr 8, 2026 +1

It's Zach Cregger, one of the lads from WKUK. I'm sure you'll get exactly the goofy schlock you're looking for considering his past history in comedy. Also Weapons was pretty goofy at times "Hepatitis?? AIDS??"

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Geminilasers Apr 7, 2026 +1

I’m not sure it will be good, but it will be leagues better than what’s already been made. The bar is low.

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zuma15 Apr 7, 2026 +1

"IGN recently interviewed a Resident Evil lore master" I'm picturing comic book guy from The Simpsons.

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zenexo Apr 7, 2026 +1

Resident evil lore master and it's just some mf from listnook

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Persona_Insomnia Apr 7, 2026 +1

If its a unrelated story to the main cast of the games he just needs to not butcher the setting or go against the lore. If its a good movie then we can all enjoy it. Just dont replace and shoehorn new characters into the games characters story roles or locations. Say its a different perspective of the Raccon city incident, id be down for that.

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Ok-Wolf5932 Apr 7, 2026 +1

I think the amount of people who are true die-hard fans that take the lore seriously is a pretty slim percentage of the people who are going to see this.

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MKW69 Apr 8, 2026 +1

They will do it, no matter what he will do .

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OwnChemistry5143 Apr 8, 2026 +1

God I miss Trevor Moore and would have loved to see him cameo in Weapons or this reboot, even for a moment. Can't believe it's nearly been 5 f****** years. RIP to the goat. Zach Creggers will do fine. Timmy as an RPD officer that's ripped apart??

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IndependentIntention Apr 8, 2026 +1

Is this film in the same continuity as the games? So many contradicting reports

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CasaDeLasMuertos Apr 9, 2026 +1

If it doesn't work out, he could always go back to being a really convincing cross dresser in a sketch comedy series.

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[deleted] Apr 9, 2026 +1

Every time I see an article about Zach Cregger I realize how much i miss wrecked and how pissed I am it STILL is not streaming anywhere.

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PurpleStabsPixel Apr 9, 2026 +1

https://www.scribd.com/document/1011210193/RESIDENT-EVIL-Zach-Creggers-Shay-Hattin For anyone curious.

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ATerribleNerd Apr 6, 2026 +1

People gonna be real mad when they realize Timmy is playing Albert Wesker in the post-credit

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Clear_Inspector_9796 Apr 7, 2026 +1

HOOOOLY SHHHHHHIIIIT!

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OwnChemistry5143 Apr 8, 2026 +1

I'd love Timmy as Marvin Branagh, mainly cause it'd be pure comedy to see Timmy ripped to shreds and still be alive briefly, having his guts all around.

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Heavy-Ad4987 Apr 7, 2026

Then why name it after an established franchise?

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I_want_to_cum24 Apr 6, 2026 -3

I don’t think this is about you, man

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Porunga23 Apr 7, 2026 -1

Don’t want us ruining it for you, don’t ruin this for US.

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yunmany Apr 7, 2026

I’m hoping he tells the story of 3, 4 or Code Veronica

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Commercial_Future_90 Apr 10, 2026 +1

Capital G gamers f****** hate media based on any video game even if it’s average

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