{"id":152521,"date":"2025-11-21T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/152521\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:30:09","slug":"zach-creggers-resident-evil-set-photos-tease-a-blood-soaked-destroyed-raccoon-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/152521\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil Set Photos Tease A Blood-Soaked & Destroyed Raccoon City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weapons director Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil<\/a> reboot is really happening, and there are set photos to prove it.<\/p>\n

New images from the highly-anticipated survival horror movie\u2019s Prague locations show a city in a state of devastation after some kind of horrific event (via V Arno\/X<\/a> and The Prague Reporter<\/a>), while offering a couple of clues as to the place and time of year in which the film is set. The photos confirm the setting as Raccoon City, the zombie-beset town featured in the original Resident Evil video games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> and here<\/a> to see leaked images from the set of Resident Evil.<\/p>\n

There have already been seven Resident Evil movies, six in the original series starring Milla Jovovich, and one ill-fated reboot released in 2021.<\/p>\n

No actors are to be seen in any of the new images from Barbarian director Cregger’s latest attempt at restarting the horror franchise. All the photos show Prague streets that have been meticulously transformed into scenes of carnage, including wrecked and burned cars. There is snow on the street and on the vehicles, teasing a winter setting.<\/p>\n

A few images show the snow and slush on the street turned red with blood, a hint that something truly horrifying is taking place.<\/p>\n

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\n Resident Evil Survival Unit characters fend off infected.<\/p>\n

One image shows a Sheriff\u2019s SUV, caked in snow, and emblazoned with the words \u201cMartin County,” sporting a Colorado license plate. Raccoon City\u2019s exact geographical location<\/a> is not mentioned in the original Resident Evil video game series, but it appears Cregger\u2019s movie will take place in a specific real-world locale, as reports from the Prague set mention other vehicles seen there with Colorado plates.<\/p>\n

Prominently featured in the handful of new set photos is a sheltered bus stop, with a glass-enclosed map inside showing Raccoon City\u2019s layout, as well as a subway chart, and what looks to be a subway schedule.<\/p>\n

As revealed by The Prague Reporter, several of the city\u2019s streets were shut down for shooting, including a nighttime shoot, with a notice posted warning residents of upcoming activity, while assuring them that curfews would be respected:<\/p>\n

During filming, Jirs\u00edkova and Mal\u00e9ho Streets will be artificially covered with snow and cleared of parked cars. The filming will involve gunfire, fast driving, and other action sequences. We understand this may be disturbing, so these scenes will be carried out with respect for nighttime quiet hours.<\/p>\n

The report also noted some \u201chigh-speed vehicle stunts\u201d being filmed, and mentioned that a well-known local restaurant had been transformed into an establishment called the Oak Street Diner.<\/p>\n

When interviewed back in September about his take on Resident Evil, director Cregger teased an experience that will satisfy fans of the games, while telling a story that is not 100% beholden to those same games (via EW<\/a>):<\/p>\n

It’s an entirely original story. When you watch it, you’ll be like, ‘This is very Zach.’ It’s just [that] it takes place in the Resident Evil world. I don’t think fans of the games are gonna be bummed.<\/p>\n

When speaking about what source material is directly influencing his version of Resident Evil, Cregger claimed he\u2019s never seen any of the previous movies in the franchise (via Double Toasted<\/a>), but did say he\u2019s long been a fan of the games, and proclaimed his movie “probably lives more in the world of [Resident Evil] 2 and 3, but I’d say it adheres more to the tone of 4.”<\/p>\n

Resident Evil\u2019s cast has been confirmed to include Austin Abrams<\/a> (Weapons), Paul Walter Hauser (Cobra Kai), Zach Cherry (Severance), Kali Reis (True Detective), and Johnno Wilson (I Love That For You).<\/p>\n

Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil reboot is set for release on September 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 18, 2026<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach Cregger<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach Cregger, Shay Hatten<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weapons director Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil reboot is really happening, and there are set photos to prove it.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-152521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}