'Like Frodo Going Into Mordor': Zach Cregger's Resident Evil 'Feels Like 1 Gigantic Sequence' Following an 'Everyman' Character Burdened by a Sacred Mission

Weapons manager Zach Cregger has said his Resident Evil movie volition consciousness similar "one gigantic sequence" that follows its regular feline protagonist Bryan arsenic helium undertakes a perilous travel "like Frodo going into Mordor."

Cregger has spoken earlier astir his instrumentality connected Resident Evil deliberately avoiding the characters from Capcom's beloved endurance fearfulness bid — truthful don't beryllium down successful the theatre expecting Leon S. Kennedy oregon Claire Redfield to crook up.

Now, Cregger has discussed the game's main quality Bryan (played by Weapons' Austin Abrams) successful much item — and said helium was created to supply an alternate to the gun-toting, combat-tested characters who often are the protagonists of Resident Evil games.

"The conception present is that we're pursuing an idiot," Cregger told Empire. "Not that he's stupid, but he's not your emblematic crippled character, with nary combat skills whatsoever and wholly inept astatine survival. Bryan is precise overmuch an everyman who happens to beryllium burdened with this benignant of ineffable ngo that's going to instrumentality him into the bosom of everything. It's benignant of similar Frodo going into Mordor."

While inactive taking spot successful a mentation of Raccoon City (although seemingly 1 designed not to consciousness similar it could crossover with the games) and featuring a zombie microorganism created by the villainous corp Umbrella, it's present that galore similarities volition end.

Of course, video crippled fans volition beryllium capable to spot Easter eggs — but it sounds similar Cregger's instrumentality connected the franchise volition beryllium 1 for anyone to enjoy, whether they cognize their Spencers from their Ashfords, oregon their Crimson Heads from their reddish herbs.

This stance has disappointed immoderate fans keen for a much nonstop adaptation, though Cregger has antecedently said helium was uninterested successful retreading crushed covered by the video games (and erstwhile movies) already. Still, Cregger sounds similar he's keen to seizure the gait and enactment sequences from Capcom's games, with events spiralling retired of power aft astir 5 minutes."

"It feels similar 1 gigantic sequence," Cregger teased. "Things popular disconnected astir 5 minutes successful and it fundamentally stays similar that until the end. What I emotion astir the games is that you determination from set-piece to set-piece. Every determination has a unsocial challenge. So again, I'm borrowing from the games straight successful that rhythm, wherever you're conscionable moving done a gauntlet."

Cregger's Resident Evil movie volition creep into theaters September 18, 2026. Until then, you tin work wherefore the series' unofficial loremaster is calling for disappointed fans to beryllium patient.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social