The people yearn for a no-frills adaptation of the Resident Evil franchise, but Zach Cregger probably won’t be the one to make it.
The director of Barbarian and Weapons is inarguably the best choice to helm a live-action remake of Resident Evil, Capcom’s gnarly survival horror franchise. His recent films already feel like love letters to the games; when he was named as the director of a new Resident Evil film, most assumed (or hoped) that he’d know just what to do to bring the saga back to basics. Elements of the games have been adapted loosely on-screen, but fans are yearning for a more faithful version of the story they know and love — one that, ideally, involves legacy characters like Jill Valentine or Leon S. Kennedy, a particular fan favorite.
