A few hours before Zach Cregger’s appearance on the “Directors on Directing” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 23, Sony Pictures unveiled a brand-new trailer for Resident Evil. This is a chance to see new footage from this reboot of the famous franchise inspired by Capcom’s video games.
This new feature film follows Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier tasked with making a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital. What seems like a routine mission quickly turns into a nightmare. The trailer shows Raccoon City gradually descending into chaos, while featuring numerous references to the video games. Many fans have spotted and appreciated these references, as evidenced by the comments posted below the video.
Written and directed by Zach Cregger, best known for Barbarian, this new Resident Evil film stars Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, and Kali Reis.
Set to hit theaters in September 2026, will this reboot manage to revive the franchise after the mixed reception of the Resident Evil series on Netflix and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City in 2021? We’ll find out in a few weeks.
