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New Resident Evil Reboot Film Casts Paul Hauser

Deadline reported on Wednesday that Sony's new live-action reboot of CAPCOM's Resident Evil survival horror game franchise will add actor Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell, Black Bird, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) to the cast. Hauser joins Austin Abrams (Weapons, Euphoria, Wolfs), who Deadline reported on March 21 as joining the film's cast.

The film will open in theaters on September 18, 2026.

Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapons) directs the new film.

Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions are producing the new reboot film. Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 4, Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead) co-wrote the screenplay along with Cregger. Constantin's Robert Kulzer, Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee (Minecraft), Miri Yoon (Woman of the Hour), and PlayStation Productions are producing. Nicole Brown is overseeing the movie. Dariusz Wolski is the director of photography. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter Cregger's film will "take the title to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games."

Sony also released the previous movies in the franchise. Four studios, including Warner Bros. and Netflix, were bidding for the film rights.

This film will be the eighth live-action film in the franchise. The first six films in the franchise were released between 2002 and 2017, and all starred Milla Jovovich.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (pictured right), the first live-action film reboot in the franchise, opened in the United States in November 2021, and then opened in Japan in January 2022. The film is set in the late 1990s, has a completely original story, and features characters from multiple games in the series. CAPCOM producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Resident Evil 4, Sengoku Basara) supervised the project.

Resident Evil: Death Island (Japanese title: Biohazard: Death Island), the latest CG animated film in the franchise, opened in July 2023.

The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York inducted the 1996 Resident Evil game into the Video Game Hall of Fame in 2024.

Resident Evil Village is the eighth entry in CAPCOM's Resident Evil survival horror game series. The game launched in May 2021 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Stadia) platforms.

The Resident Evil requiem (Biohazard requiem) game will launch on February 27, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

Source: Deadline (Justin Kroll)