{"id":387125,"date":"2026-01-24T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387125\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:27:08","slug":"resident-evil-reboot-is-zach-creggers-version-of-an-origin-story-says-kali-reis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/387125\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Resident Evil&#8217; Reboot Is Zach Cregger&#8217;s Version of an Origin Story, Says Kali Reis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resident Evil will be Zach Cregger\u2018s first movie based on an established property, but it sounds like the filmmaker will maintain the originality he displayed in Weapons and Barbarian.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/resident-evil-movie-reboot-new-origin-story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screen Rant<\/a>, actress Kali Reis (\u201cTrue Detective: Night Country\u201d) praised the reboot as a \u201ccontinuation of great filmmaking,\u201d noting that Resident Evil is Cregger\u2019s version of an origin story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say, for the Resident Evil fans, especially people who are gamers, his crack at an origin story \u2014 his version of this \u2014 is amazing,\u201d Reis says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you guys are going to be blown away by his imagination, his ideas, and this kind of comedic journey through this crazy, wild time in this Resident Evil story. I think you\u2019re going to be pleasantly surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cregger, who co-wrote the script with Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapters 3 and 4) previously <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3892737\/zach-cregger-compares-his-austin-abrams-led-resident-evil-movie-to-evil-dead-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commented<\/a>, \u201cI consider Resident Evil an original thing, and I think you will too when you see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/movie\/3888003\/resident-evil-zach-creggers-movie-wont-be-completely-obedient-to-video-game-lore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m definitely not trying to be completely obedient to the lore of the games. I\u2019m trying to tell a story that just feels authentic to the experience you get when you play the games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will Cregger be able to please both his own fan base and the Resident Evil faithful? We\u2019ll find out when the film opens September 18 via Sony.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Abrams (Weapons), Paul Walter Hauser (\u201cBlack Bird\u201d), Zach Cherry (\u201cSeverance\u201d), and Johnno Wilson (\u201cTwisted Metal\u201d) also star.<\/p>\n<p>Constantin Film\u2019s Robert Kulzer, Vertigo Entertainment\u2019s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon, and PlayStation Productions\u2019 Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan are producing.<\/p>\n<p>Constantin\u2019s Oliver Berben and Davis Films\u2019 Victor Hadida serve as executive producers, with TriStar Pictures\u2019 president Nicole Brown overseeing the project for Sony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Resident Evil will be Zach Cregger\u2018s first movie based on an established property, but it sounds like the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,146152,2839,40898,56,54,55,12049],"class_list":{"0":"post-387125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-kali-reis","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-resident-evil","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-zach-cregger"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}