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Sony Releases Trailer for Resident Evil Film, Sep 2026

5/1/2026

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Resident Evil Trailer

Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the Resident Evil film that opens on September 18, 2026.
Zach Cregger co-writes and directs the film with Shay Hatten.
Austin Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier surviving a chaotic night in Raccoon City.
The film presents an original Resident Evil 2-timeline story that avoids known game characters.
Shot for IMAX, the $80 million, 90-minute movie will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures.

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Cregger Directs Reboot

Zach Cregger will direct the upcoming Resident Evil film, the franchise’s second reboot and eighth installment, and says it will draw directly from the video games Resident Evil 2, 3 and 4.
Cregger previously won an Academy Award for his horror film Weapons, which earned $270 million worldwide on a $38 million budget.
Executive producers Oliver Berben, Victor Hadida, Richard Wright and Robert Bernacci are attached, and the movie has not yet received a Motion Picture Association rating.

Summary

Sony Secures Distribution

Sony Pictures secured distribution rights after a bidding war with Warner Bros. and Netflix.
The teaser premiered to industry insiders at CinemaCon in Las Vegas before going online.
Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem sold five million units in five days, a figure used in promotion.
Director Cregger aims for a point-A-to-point-B structure and slow dread in the film.
The trailer’s hairless antagonist, likened to Baron Vladimir Harkonnen from Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, appears with producers Robert Kulzer, Roy Lee and others.

History

Historical Context

Capcom’s 1998 release of Resident Evil 2 sold nearly 5 million copies, cementing the series as a cornerstone of survival-horror and spawning films, comics and novels. Building on that legacy, Sony Pictures announced an $80 million investment in a new Resident Evil reboot directed by Zach Cregger, aiming to tap the franchise’s enduring fan base.

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Resident Evil Trailer

Sony Pictures released the first trailer for the Resident Evil film that opens on September 18, 2026.
Zach Cregger co-writes and directs the film with Shay Hatten.
Austin Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier surviving a chaotic night in Raccoon City.
The film presents an original Resident Evil 2-timeline story that avoids known game characters.
Shot for IMAX, the $80 million, 90-minute movie will be distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures.

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