Zach Cregger, the writer-director known for the film "Weapons," is set to direct a new Resident Evil movie that will present an original storyline distinct from the video game narratives. Cregger emphasized that the film will not retell the story of Leon S. Kennedy, a central character in the Resident Evil games, as those stories are already covered in the games themselves. Instead, the movie will introduce new characters and a different plot, serving as a "love letter to the games" while expanding the franchise's cinematic universe with a unique and unconventional approach. Meanwhile, filmmaker Ari Aster is working on "Eddington," a Western exploring themes of paranoia, division, violence, politics, and societal obsession with cell phones in the United States.