Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie could be a fresh break from its source material, as the Weapons director has been given “carte blanche” to do whatever he wanted with the IP. According to Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben–the company is the primary rights holder and producer of live-action Resident Evil movies–explained that the movie is “far away from everything that is connected to Resident Evil,” as the company is aiming to tap into Cregger’s unique style for this project.
“With Resident Evil, we have had an incredible journey with one of the most successful international IPs of more than a billion dollars in box office for many years and now we are creating something new, not just a new story idea, but to allow a new generation to take the IP into their own hands and form something different,” Berben said to Deadline.
Usually, video game adaptations cherry-pick from the source material to create something that looks and sounds familiar, but still tells an original story. There are exceptions to the rule–like HBO’s The Last of Us TV series, which is mostly faithful to the video games–but most of these projects deviate from the video game IP.
