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Why You should Be Very Excited About the Cinematic Reboot of Resident Evil · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Director Zach Kreger had a unique path to the top
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Speaker 2: in Hollywood, going from a cast member and creative on
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Speaker 2: the underground comedy show The Whitest Kids You Know to
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Speaker 2: a relatively long stint without too much going on professionally
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Speaker 2: after it was canceled before he wrote and directed the
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Speaker 2: critically acclaimed box office darling horror movie Barbarians. That success
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Speaker 2: quickly established himself Cregor a director who can pick and
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Speaker 2: choose his projects, which is why he surprised many with
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Speaker 2: the latest news. Zach will direct a reboot of the
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Speaker 2: video game adaptation movie franchise Resident Evil, and, because of
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Speaker 2: his reputation as a filmmaker and the value of the property,
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Speaker 2: a bidding war as eruptive between four studios fighting for
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Speaker 2: rights to produce the movie. It's unclear if Mila Djobovich,
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Speaker 2: who starred in Many Residents Evils, is involved, but given
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Speaker 2: that it's a reboot, it's unlikely. First for Gregor is
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Speaker 2: his follow up to Barbarian called Weapons, which his theatre
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Speaker 2: is January of twenty twenty six.
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