The Resident Evil Movie May Have Found Its First Star

Information on Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil reboot has been slowly trickling out in recent months, and now we may have our first casting.

Per the Hollywood Reporteractor Austin Abrams is looking like a potential frontrunner for the upcoming film. Last seen in 2024’s Wolf and PenelopeAbrams has already worked with Cregger on Weapons, which is due out in August. At the moment, it’s unclear who Abrams is playing, but given his youthful look, might he be Leon S. Kennedyone of the series’ main characters? Leon’s popped up in the previous live-action films—played by Johann Urb in Resident Evil: Retribution, and Avan Jogia in Welcome to Raccoon City—but as a supporting player to others like Alice or the Redfields.

Sources speaking to THR claim Cregger’s take will feature elements of a “wilderness survival thriller,” while still being very much a horror film. The main selling point of this new Resident Evil movie is that it will hew closer to the original games, so whatever that entails, Abrams and whoever he plays will be at the center of it. We’ll find out more about Resident Evil and its cast ahead of its release on September 18, 2026.

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