EXCLUSIVE: After delivering the gruesome new take on Resident Evil, Zach Cregger is already prepping another project that could outdo his previous work in terms of unease.
Riding the wave of acclaim from Barbarian, Weapons, and his recent Resident Evil film, Cregger has set his sights on a secretive sci‑fi feature titled The Flood. Few specifics about the story have been revealed so far, but Cregger shared an update on the movie’s production status and hinted at the kind of mood viewers should expect.
Speaking with ScreenRant’s Ash Crossan on the Resident Evil red carpet, Cregger said The Flood is currently in the casting phase and undergoing “soft prep,” with plans to move into full preparation in February and to begin principal photography next summer. He also described the project as a science‑fiction piece that leans heavily into disturbing imagery — not strictly a horror film, but one that contains significant horrific elements.
He likened aspects of The Flood to the scope and ambition of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, suggesting the film will take a more experimental route within the sci‑fi genre. Cregger stopped short of revealing plot details, so what exactly will make the picture so unsettling remains unclear.
Calling The Flood potentially his most disturbing work to date is notable given Cregger’s recent filmography. His breakout as a filmmaker in the horror realm came with 2022’s Barbarian, and he followed that with the unsettling 2025 original Weapons. Tackling Resident Evil has allowed him to explore grotesque body horror and monstrous transformations within an established universe, so the filmmaker’s claim that his new, original sci‑fi may be even darker raises expectations.
The director’s remarks also sketch out a tentative schedule: casting is underway, soft prep is happening now, hard prep could start in February, and shooting may begin in the summer of 2027 if the plan holds. Although The Flood is being described as science fiction, Cregger appears intent on retaining the genre-bending shocks and narrative misdirections that have become a hallmark of his recent films. Both Barbarian and Weapons were noted for surprising turns and refusal to telegraph their trajectories, and Cregger brought that sensibility into his Resident Evil adaptation as well.
The Flood will return him to telling an original story, and by calling it potentially his most unsettling film yet he’s set a high bar for what audiences can expect when production picks up steam.
There is no official release date announced for The Flood.
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