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Zach Cregger to Tackle ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot, Igniting Bidding War

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

In what seems to have become the first major auction of the year, an intense bidding war is underway for a reboot of Resident Evil, the horror action movie franchise based on the popular video games. (The filmmaker is also gearing up to release his first major film as a producer, the horror thriller Companion, which is receiving glowing reviews ahead of a Jan. 31 opening.) The Resident Evil movies, based on the Capcom video games, were a mix of horror, sci-fi and action genres and followed the adventures of a heroine who fights zombies and the Umbrella Corporation, the bio warfare company that let loose the monsters.

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