Cregger's Resident Evil: New Zombie Thriller

0:00It's April 30th, welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI and pack with headlines. Zach Kregger, the director behind the hit horror flick barbarian and the Oscar-winning weapons, just dropped the trailer for his take on Resident Evil. It stars Austin Abrams as a lone survivor racing through a zombie overrun world, with no familiar faces from the games like Leon or Jill. The movie dives straight into that eerie Resident Evil universe without tying to any specific game story. What makes this licensed project click is Kregger tapping into those wild, one-of-a-kind monsters that go beyond your standard zombies. You can spy his barbarian vibe right away in the trailer's tension and scares. It's not chasing the old Milgeovic films, but carving its own path with fresh horror twists. Fans had mixed feelings at first, worried about skipping the classic characters in Game Lore. But this setup could pull in everyday viewers who just want to kill a zombie thriller, while

1:00die-hards get a bold new spin on the world they love. No big cameos expected, just pure survival dread. The full cast brings heavy hitters like Paul Walter Hauser from Blackbird, Callie Race of True Detective Night Country, and Zach Cherry from Severance. All as Spellow Survivors. The whole story unfolds in one intense night, shot for iMac screens. With Kregger on a hot streak, this fall released on September 19th, 2026, feels like prime horror real estate, and yeah, it's gonna be worth the wait.