Recent years have seen a massive surge in the number of video games receiving live-action adaptations, yet Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie is a rare case of a film reimagining getting a game adaptation, courtesy of a new fan project. The latest Resident Evil silver screen release has already proven itself at the box office, surpassing $361 million globally at the time of writing, and the positive reception among audiences has quickly led to one franchise fan getting an early start on turning Cregger's original story into its own Resident Evil game.
The Resident Evil game series is no stranger to movie adaptations. Paul W. S. Anderson's first Resident Evil movie in 2002, starring Milla Jovovich, kicked off a six-film franchise that would run all the way through the release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in 2016. While the films received mixed reactions among cinemagoers and gamers, Anderson's movies grossed a combined $1.2 billion worldwide. When horror filmmaker Zach Cregger announced that he too would be making a live-action Resident Evil movie, players were tentatively optimistic. Now, over a month since Cregger's Resident Evil movie first released in theaters, one fan is showing their appreciation for the new...
