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“I am a gigantic Resident Evil game fan. I’ve played them all. I don’t know how many times I’ve just looped [RE4] again and again. I just love it. I’m definitely not trying to be completely obedient to the lore of the games; I’m trying to tell a story that just feels authentic to the experience you get when you play the games,” Cregger told SFX magazine. “I don’t think I’m breaking any major rules, but I also recognize that no matter what I do, people are going to come for me online. So all I want to do is just make a really good movie and tell a story that’s compelling. I know that I’m gonna be happy with the movie, and hopefully other people will, too.”
When it comes to adaptations, faithfulness to the source material does not always lead to the best movie. The plot of 2021’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City stuck pretty closely to the first two Resident Evil video games, but the actual movie was a critical and commercial disappointment. We don’t know what Cregger will do with his movie just yet, but it might not be a bad thing if it tries to do something different with the Resident Evil IP. As long as Cregger manages to strike the tone of the games, that’s going to be a lot more important to fans.
Cregger’s movie will actually mark the eighth live-action theatrical take on Resident Evil. Prior to Welcome to Raccoon City, Paul W.S. Anderson directed six movies featuring Milla Jovovich’s original character, Alice. On top of that, a live-action Resident Evil series was released on Netflix in 2022. After so many different takes on the source material, most Resident Evil fans probably won’t mind if Cregger’s movie doesn’t align perfectly with Capcom’s established lore, as long as it ends up being fun to watch.
