In addition to Cregger, the Resident Evil reboot will feature Shay Hatten as a co-writer, notes The Hollywood Reporter. Hatten worked on John Wick: Chapter 4

A movie reboot of Resident Evil is in the works, with four studios reportedly bidding for the film including Warner

Multiple studios are reportedly in a bidding war for a film reboot of the Resident Evil movies, THR reports, and it has less to do with the rise of successful video game-based film projects than the guy who’s trying to bring the series back to theaters: Barbarian director Zach Cregger.

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.”

Studios are fighting for a package that will see the 'Barbarian' filmmaker write and direct a new movie based on the horror video game.

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

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.