Resident Evil officially returning in 2026 with major reboot

Resident Evil officially returns with yet another movie reboot coming in 2026 but will the moviemakers get it right this time?

When it comes to being tormented with video game adaptations, we Resident Evil fans have had it rough. It’s been so rough in fact, that we’ve had to convince ourselves that at least one of Paul W.S. Anderson's movies is not as bad as we thought (they are).

Check out the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City trailer below!

Then we had Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City in 2021 which gave us deluded fans some hope, clutching at straws that this will be the adaptation we’ve been waiting for.

Sadly, it was doomed from the start, mixed with questionable casting choices and a congested plot of trying to cram the first two video games in the iconic Capcom series into a single movie.

Now the time has come once again, with another major movie reboot in the Resident Evil set to be released in 2026, which just so happens to be the 30th anniversary year of when the original game was released on the PlayStation in 1996.

I know, before I even say this, I feel as deluded as when I hoped this would be the case with the seven live-action movies that came before, but this time, we might have a glimmer of hope that the upcoming Resident Evil movie might get it right, finally.

Rumours have been making the rounds that Zach Cregger, the writer and director of the brilliant 2022 horror movie Barbarian will be in charge of the latest Resident Evil reboot.

As shared in a tweet by Culture Crave (via Deadline), those rumours have been officially confirmed with the Resident Evil movie being backed by Sony and Constantin Film, set to be released in cinemas in November 2026.

New #ResidentEvil movie is officially happening at Sony

• Zach Cregger is writing and directing

• Will take the franchise to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games

• Releasing in theaters September 18, 2026 pic.twitter.com/YbE2xdnZIt

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) March 7, 2025

“I’ve been a rabid fan of these games for decades, and to be able to bring this amazing title to life is a true honour,” Cregger told Deadline.

Before the release of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, we heard that director and writer, Johannes Roberts is a fan of the series (which I have no doubt he is), giving fans hope that this will be a quality and faithful adaptation (obviously, it was not).

Despite Zach Gregger also being a fan of the series, no one can blame Resident Evil fans for still being sceptical, after all, we’ve been burned plenty of times before. But perhaps more than over, I am somewhat hopeful.

Whether we’ll get burned again, only time will tell. But let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best when the latest Resident Evil movie arrives in November 2026.