Resident Evil is turning live-action once again with a new reboot, so now comes the question of whether it can escape its campy but mediocre past.

Resident Evil film franchise is rising from the dead yet again with another reboot, this time helmed by Barbarian's Zach Cregger

A new Resident Evil movie is being developed by Barbarian director Zach Cregger, and it's said a bidding war has erupted from it.

Constantin Film, which has held the screen rights for Resident Evil since the 1990s, will reportedly produce the reboot along with PlayStation Productions, a studio formed in 2019 by Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt its original game properties for film and television in partnership with Sony Pictures.

As speculation swirls about Resident Evil 9 and a remake of Code Veronica, Capcom’s most debated survival horror game might get a relaunch.

Zach Cregger, director of the wickedly twisty 2022 horror-thriller movie Barbarian, is now looking to write and direct a movie based on Capcom’s horror-survival game franchise Resident Evil. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie will be a “revamp” that will take Resident Evil to its horror roots and “be more faithful to the initial games.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Cregger will write and direct a new Resident Evil reboot that sources say is "more faithful" to the games. Warner Bros, Netflix and others are currently bidding for it.

Four studios are battling it out to once again reboot Capcom's Resident Evil movie franchise, only this time, PlayStation Productions is also on board. According to Hollywood Reporter, Warners Bros. and Netflix are amongst a number of hopefuls looking to reboot Constantin Film's horror series alongside PlayStation's production company.