Steven Spielberg Is A Big Fan Of Resident Evil Reboot DirectorLegendary movie director Steven Spielberg has heaped praise on Zach Cregger, the director of the upcoming Resident Evil video game movie based on Capcom's iconic gaming franchise. Speaking to Empire , the E.T. and Jurassic Park director said he hasn't made a horror movie before and he may never, in part because Cregger's horror movie Weapons was so good. "I haven't directed a horror film yet, and I've always wanted to, and someday I may. But there have been some great horror films out already that satisfy that itch. When I see a great horror film like Weapons, I don't have an itch I need to scratch," he said. "I see Weapons, and it doesn't make me want to make a horror film that's as scary or scarier than Weapons. It satisfies me so completely, it actually arrests my desire to someday make a really, really scary movie." While Spielberg has never made what might be considered a full-on horror movie, he's played around with the spooky and suspense genres. He famously wrote and produced 1982's Poltergeist, for example, and he directed the TV movie Something Evil about children living in a farmhouse with demons. Weapons, meanwhile, is not a typical horror movie and was considered by some to be more of a suspense film--though it definitely also had horror elements. Cregger's movie before that, Barbarian, also blended genres. His next movie is the Resident Evil adaptation, and while it remains largely mysterious, Cregger has already alluded to how it won't be a direct adaptation of any of the Resident Evil games , and aims to be unlike any movie he's ever seen. Cregger was reportedly given "carte blanche" to reinvent Resident Evil with his film, but it remains to be seen what that means, exactly. Recently, leaks from a test screening emerged, with reports saying it gives off Fury Road vibes , but in the horror genre. The Resident Evil movie stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Johnno Wilson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kali Reis. It's set for a theatrical release this September. The movie has a budget that's "way bigger" than that of Weapons, whose star Amy Madigan took home an Oscar at this year's awards show. As for Spielberg, his next movie is this summer's alien movie Disclosure Day, which stars Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Josh O'Connor, and Wyatt Russell. Spielberg could have made a Call of Duty movie Spielberg has never directed a video game movie, but he has a connection to gaming and almost made a Call of Duty movie. It was reported that Spielberg wanted to direct a Call of Duty movie with Universal years ago , but a deal never came together for a variety of reasons, including his reported demand to have creative control and "final cut." A Call of Duty movie is now happening at Paramount with Peter Berg attached to direct from a script by Sicario's Taylor Sheridan. Spielberg and his Amblin production company previously partnered with Microsoft to produce the Halo TV series, which ran for two seasons and 17 episodes before being canceled. He was said to have been "heavily involved" in the series, examining "every aspect" of it. In the world of video games themselves, Spielberg created the Medal of Honor series, a precursor to Call of Duty. Spielberg was also the director on 2008's puzzle game Boom Blox. Looking back further, Spielberg directed the movie E.T., which was adapted into a video game that was so bad that its publisher buried copies of it in the desert.
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