Since catching the world by storm with the 2022 horror breakout Barbarian, Zach Cregger has been on a spectacular genre run. Weapons was one of Warner Bros. highest-grossing original films in 2025, and it earned Amy Madigan her first-ever Oscar win for her depiction of the sinister Aunt Gladys (who’s now getting her own prequel spin-off). And just a few weeks back, his Resident Evil reboot shattered the franchise’s financial and critical benchmarks, proving he’s just as skilled at bringing IP to life as he is at crafting original stories.
So with three films now under his belt, what’s next? The internet has already been clamoring for a sequel to Resident Evil, and Cregger has also talked about a now-dormant pitch for a DC Comics movie about a random henchman in Gotham City, yet his fourth film will apparently be neither of those. Instead, Cregger is already in pre-production for The Flood, a science fiction film that will mark his first departure from straight horror, and he’s just cast its lead actress.
