Weapons director Zach Cregger says his upcoming Resident Evil movie reboot won't retell any game story nor star characters like Leon.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil will be released on September 18, 2026. The movie was announced in January of 2025, while following a huge bidding war, Sony secured the rights to the movie in March.

As Zach Cregger prepares to bring Resident Evil to the big screen once again, he’s venturing outside the canon for a new story. The director, who is rebooting the franchise for Sony, recently explained that although he’s “not breaking the rules of the games,” the movie depicts a story “outside of the characters of the games.”