Overview
- Sony premiered the full trailer at San Diego Comic‑Con on Thursday, July 23, 2026, and the footage explicitly names Raccoon City while centering on Bryan, played by Austin Abrams.
- The trailer shows Bryan striking a woman in the road who turns out to be infected and then frantically searching a nearby farmhouse for ammunition, framing the film as a single night race for survival.
- Director Zach Cregger, who co-wrote the script with Shay Hatten, says the movie is an original story set alongside the events of Resident Evil 2 rather than a direct game adaptation.
- Studio press materials confirm supporting cast members Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Johnno Wilson, and an exhibitor listing reports a 95‑minute runtime with a theatrical and IMAX release on September 18, 2026.
- The film represents Sony’s renewed franchise push using Cregger’s recent horror credibility and a marketing strategy that stresses tight pacing, a single vulnerable protagonist, and varied practical creature effects rather than extended zombie spectacle.