A release date is officially set for the Resident Evil movie from Barbarian director Zach Cregger as various producers join the project.

Sony announced a new Resident Evil movie directed by Zach Cregger, set for release on September 18, 2026. This project is backed by Constantin Film, w

Zach Cregger, the director of the upcoming Resident Evil movie, is reportedly getting quite the payday for the reboot despite his small filmography.

Sony will release Columbia Pictures’ “ Resident Evil ” domestically on Sept. 18, 2026. Based on Capcom’s hugely popular horror video games, Zach Cregger has written the script and will direct. Shay Hatten is co-writing.

Sony Pictures is reviving the Resident Evil franchise with a new film directed by Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger. The highly anticipated reboot is scheduled for a theatrical release on 18 September, 2026 and will reportedly return to the horror roots of Capcom’s iconic survival horror games.

Sony has won the bidding war for the Resident Evil movie reboot—the same studio that released the first (bad) six Resident Evil live action movies, plus the Jovovich-less (and still bad) reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City in 2021.

"Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" followed the first film series and was released in 2021, but the reboot made $41 million worldwide on a budget of $25 million. Despite the stark critic reception for the film series, and all of the live action attempts, Sony is set to reboot the franchise once again.

Barbarian director Zach Cregger may be helming the next Resident Evil movie, but Paul W.S. Anderson--the man who directed or produced the first six Resident Evil movies --is turning his attention to bringing Sega's House of the Dead back to the big screen. According to Anderson, that film may begin production as soon as this year.

A new remake of Resident Evil is coming on the horizon, and there are already a ton of exciting details about the upcoming video game movie.

Earlier this year, reports emerged that a new Resident Evil movie was in the works from Zach Cregger, the writer and director of Barbarian, a recent breakout horror hit. Now, after a reportedly fierce bidding war among studios, the Resident Evil reboot is remaining with Sony Pictures, the studio that released the first seven films in the franchise.