Published Apr 30, 2026, 9:01 AM EDT 'I was such a fan of the games and they just didn’t look like the games to me' Resident Evil director Zach Cregger didn't watch the previous movies so he could stick closer to the games Image: Columbia TriStar/Everett Collection Sign in to your Polygon.com account There have been seven movies and a Netflix series based on Capcom’s Resident Evil video game series since 2002, but when Zach Cregger set out to reboot the franchise, he ignored all of them. The director of Weapons and Barbarian told a virtual roundtable with members of the press, including Polygon, that all he’s seen of the previous movies is their trailers. “I was such a fan of the games, and they just didn’t look like the games to me,” Cregger said. “Maybe they’re great. I have no idea. But I just wasn’t interested because what’s great about the games is they're shrunk down into this single perspective.…