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New teaser trailer and photos from Zach Cregger’s “RESIDENT EVIL”

Thursday, April 30, 2026 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Get a first look at how the man behind BARBARIAN and WEAPONS is rebooting the game-based zombie franchise.

Columbia Pictures and Constantin Film will open RESIDENT EVIL in theaters September 18. Directed by Zach Cregger from a script he wrote with Shay Hatten (ARMY OF THE DEAD), it stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis and Paul Walter Hauser. The synopsis: “In an all-new story, RESIDENT EVIL follows Bryan [Abrams], a medical courier who unwittingly finds himself in an action-packed, nonstop race for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).