Entities/Person/Zach Cregger

Zach Cregger

Person ⌖ Watchlist
last seen in coverage Sep 5
88
Wire items · since Feb 20
26
Deal items
8
Tracked projects
8
Months active
39
Multi-source stories

What they buy · across 26 tracked deal items

65% of tracked dealflow (17/26) is remake reboot; 96% of classified deal mediums are film; 65% of staged deals sit early-funnel (in-development or greenlit).machine-derived from the deal record below — not an editorial mandate statement

Deal type
remake reboot 17
option 3
greenlight 3
public domain adaptation 2
book adaptation 2
spec sale 1
Reported stage
in development 10
in production 8
greenlit 3
optioned 2
Medium
film 25
industry 1

Slate · 8 projects from coverage

Grouped by latest reported stage — reported, never inferred.

In development 2
Resident EvilAustin Abrams · Shay Hatten · Paul Walter Hauser remake rebootbook adaptation50 itemsSep 5 FloodSteven Spielberg · Joseph Kosinski · Greta Gerwig option11 itemsSep 5
In production 2
Roller Coaster Ride Of Nonstop ActionRoy Lee · Shay Hatten remake reboot3 itemsFeb 27 Little OneDavid Harbour · Gaby Hoffmann · Roy Lee 3 itemsJun 13
Released & tracking 4
WeaponsAmy Madigan · Roy Lee · Josh Brolin remake rebootpublic domain adaptation@ in development21 itemsSep 5 GladysAmy Madigan · Roy Lee · Julia Garner remake rebootpublic domain adaptation@ in development8 itemsJul 24 Siren HeadBrian Duffield · Curry Barker · Kane Parsons option@ in development4 itemsJul 18 BackroomsBrian Duffield · Roy Lee · Scott Glassgold option@ in development3 itemsJul 18

Key people · from coverage

Names as they appear in sourced items; no contact data by design.

Austin Abrams
Talent attached
26 items · 11 deals · in 30% of all Zach Cregger coverage
Roy LeeTalent attached12i · 6d
Shay HattenTalent attached9i · 3d
Amy MadiganNamed in coverage9i · 3d
Paul Walter HauserTalent attached8i · 4d
Zach CherryTalent attached7i · 4d
Kali ReisTalent attached6i · 3d
Steven SpielbergNamed in coverage4i · 0d
Brian DuffieldTalent attached4i · 2d
Josh BrolinNamed in coverage3i · 1d
Julia GarnerNamed in coverage3i · 1d
Ryan CooglerNamed in coverage3i · 0d
David FincherTalent attached3i · 0d
AFFILIATED = APPEARS IN ≥15% OF ALL ZACH CREGGER COVERAGE · OTHERS ARE COUNTERPARTIES ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS

Box office in coverage orbit · 2 tracked titles

Grosses as reported — “via” badge = released by another studio.

Backrooms
“$330 million worldwide”Jul 2 · worldwide
latest: “$330 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure
Weapons
“$270 million worldwide”Jul 24 · worldwide
latest: “$270 million worldwide” (worldwide) as reported — not a comparable figure

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Works with · top 8 of 23

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CounterpartyItemsDeals
SonyCO 4421
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Resident EvilTITLE 3610
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Warner Bros.CO 3511
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Austin AbramsPERSON 2611
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WeaponsTITLE 141
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Roy LeePERSON 126
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CapcomCO 126
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NetflixPLAT 101
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Deal record · 26 entries

Amounts shown as reported — ScreamWire tracks deal flow, not comps.

Aug 28 Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Reboot Hits Cinemas in Three Weeks, September 18
TALENT remake-reboot @ in-production
with Shay Hatten, Austin Abrams, Roy Lee +5
 Shane the Gamer+1 src A+
Aug 25 New Poll: Gen Z Goes to the Movies Most
book-adaptation / remake-reboot
with Sony, YouGov, Semafor +5
 The Ankler A
Jul 31 "Die Hard," "Back to the Future," and "Home Alone": Zach Cregger Revealed What Inspired the New "Resident Evil"
TALENT remake-reboot @ in-development
with Austin Abrams, Sony Pictures, Resident Evil
 ixbt.games A+
Jul 27 Zach Cregger admits 'I'm not going to be able to improve on Leon' which is why he's using original characters for the upcoming Resident Evil movie
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Capcom, Sony Pictures, Resident Evil +1
 PC Gamer+2 src A+
Jul 25 Zach Cregger Recalls ‘Resident Evil’ Actor Austin Abrams Nearly Died On-Set During A Stunt: “Crazy How Close He Came To Death” [Comic-Con]
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Austin Abrams, Sony Pictures, Weapons +1
 The Playlist A
Jul 23 Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Has A New Trailer, Six Weeks From Release
TALENT remake-reboot “$20 million”
with Austin Abrams, Sony Pictures, Resident Evil
 World of Reel+2 src A+
Jul 3 Zach Cregger and Brian Duffield Adapting Internet Horror Sensation ‘Siren Head’
TALENT option @ in-development “multi-million-dollar”
with Warner Bros., Trevor Henderson, Brian Duffield +4
 Phantasmagoria+4 src A+
Jul 2 After Backrooms, Hollywood Goes All-In On Siren Head
TALENT option @ optioned “low seven figures”
with Warner Bros., Trevor Henderson, Brian Duffield +5
 Cosmic Book News+5 src A+
Jun 30 Resident Evil "Feels Like One Gigantic Sequence," Says Zach Cregger
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis +5
 Bleeding Cool+2 src A
May 2 Resident Evil: How Weapons Director Zach Cregger is Putting His Spin on Survival Horror’s Most Iconic Series
public-domain-adaptation @ in-production
with Austin Abrams, Tom Hammock, Capcom +2
 IGN A
May 2 Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Goes Heavy on T-Virus Mutants, Light on Traditional Zombies
remake-reboot
with Resident Evil
 Bloody Disgusting+5 src A+
May 1 Resident Evil Director: ‘I Wouldn’t Call This a Zombie Movie Necessarily’
greenlight @ greenlit
with Austin Abrams, Shay Hatten, Resident Evil 2 +3
 Google News (Zach Cregger)+2 src A+
Apr 30 Weapons director didn't bother watching the Resident Evil movies before his reboot
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Resident Evil, Paul W. S. Anderson, Johannes Roberts
 Google News (Zach Cregger)+1 src A+
Apr 30 Resident Evil goes full horror in Zack Cregger's eerie teaser of the upcoming movie
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Austin Abrams, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures
 Google News (Zach Cregger) A+
Apr 25 “GLADYS” AMONG SLEW OF GENRE RELEASE DATES ANNOUNCED BY WARNER BROS.
greenlight @ greenlit
with Warner Bros., Santiago Menghini, Jay Hernandez +5
 Scream Magazine+1 src A+
Apr 18 Zach Cregger is officially making a sci-fi thriller and it's coming out 1 month after his 'Weapons' prequel
greenlight @ in-development
with Weapons (prequel)
 Google News (Zach Cregger) A
Apr 16 Sony Expands Gaming Adaptations, From Bloodborne to Zelda
book-adaptation @ in-development
with Sony Pictures, Sanford Panitch, Jacksepticeye +5
 Google News (Sony Pictures) A+
Apr 14 Resident Evil CinemaCon Look Gives Us a Glimpse into Zach Cregger’s New Nightmare
remake-reboot @ greenlit
with Sony Pictures, Resident Evil, Austin Abrams +2
 Google News (Zach Cregger)+3 src A+
Apr 8 Zach Cregger Says He’ll Be “Crucified” If ‘Resident Evil’ Strays From Lore
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Resident Evil, Capcom, Rely
 Google News (Zach Cregger)+1 src A+
Apr 3 Zach Shields Co-Writes ‘Weapons’ Prequel with Cregger: ‘Gladys’ Is Happening
spec-sale @ in-development
with Zach Shields, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. +5
 Google News (Zach Cregger) A+
Apr 2 ‘Weapons’ Prequel Adds ‘Godzilla’ Scribe Zach Shields to Write With Zach Cregger
remake-reboot / public-domain-adaptation @ in-development
with Zach Shields, New Line Cinema, Roy Lee +5
 THR+4 src A+
Mar 10 ‘Resident Evil’: Zach Cregger’s Reboot Expected to Have CinemaCon Presence [Exclusive]
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Roy Lee, Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser +4
 Dread Central A+
Feb 27 Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Will Be an $80 Million "Roller Coaster Ride of Nonstop Action," Says Producer Roy Lee
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Roy Lee, Resident Evil, Sony
 Google News (Zach Cregger)+6 src A+
Feb 24 Zach Cregger has been given carte blanche on his Resident Evil movie
remake-reboot @ in-production
with Shay Hatten, Constantin Film, Oliver Berben +5
 JoBlo+13 src A+
Feb 24 Zach Cregger recalls his experience shifting into the horror genre at the WGF Beyond Words Original Screenplay panel
remake-reboot @ in-development
with Resident Evil
 Google News (Zach Cregger) B
Feb 20 THE FLOOD: First Plot And Character Details For Zach Cregger's Stalled Creature Feature Revealed
option @ optioned
Google News (Zach Cregger) A+

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Methodology

Source. Assembled from ScreamWire's classified archive — 88 wire items (Feb 20 → Sep 5) matching Zach Cregger, deduplicated by URL (6 cross-day re-sightings removed). Every entry links to the original reporting. Descriptive, never predictive.

Why no deal amounts. Only 0.9% of tracked deal items site-wide carry a reported figure — the trades rarely publish terms — so dollar amounts appear only as the source phrased them (e.g. “rich eight-figure deal”), never as comparable numbers. This is a deal-flow tracker, not a comps database.

Buyer/seller roles are captured on a minority of deal items today; role-based stats are suppressed until capture coverage improves.

Slate clusters coverage by project title; stage is the latest reported stage, never a projection. “via” badges mark titles tracked within this entity's coverage orbit but released by another distributor. Grades are ScreamWire's editorial coverage grade — how strongly the wire covered the story — not a deal-quality score.

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