As Zach Cregger prepares to bring Resident Evil to the big screen once again, he’s venturing outside the canon for a new story. The director, who is rebooting the franchise for Sony, recently explained that although he’s “not breaking the rules of the games,

Zach Cregger remains adamant about not remaking any story within the “Resident Evil” saga for his big-screen adaptation. Although he wants to have an original plot, the “Weapons” director told Inverse that he’s “not breaking the rules of the games.

With Zach Cregger, known for directing films like Barbarian and Weapons, taking the helm of the new Resident Evil movie, expectations were high that he might deliver a no-nonsense Resident Evil story.