Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL Reboot Reportedly Eyeing ANORA Star Mikey Madison For Female Lead

Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL Reboot Reportedly Eyeing ANORA Star Mikey Madison For Female Lead

Mikey Madison, who won Best Actress at this year's Oscars for her titular role in Anora, has reportedly been offered the female lead in Sony's Resident Evil revival.

By MarkJulian - Mar 29, 2025 06:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: SFFGazette.com

Fans of Capcom's renowned survival horror video game were ecstatic to recently learn that Sony was contemplating a reboot of the original Resident Evil film series, which starred Mila Jovovich.

Compared to the Jovovich/Paul W. S. Anderson-developed films, which included a number of original characters and story twists, the reboot is said to be far more true to the storyline of the Capcom video game franchise.

Recently, Austin Abrams (Euphoria) was offered the role of the male lead in the reboot, which is written and directed by Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Companion).

Now, a new report from World of Reel states that Anora award-winning actress Mikey Madison is now in talks for the female lead.

The unconfirmed plot of the film is said to center on, "a hapless courier (Abrams) tasked with delivering a package to a remote hospital. He finds himself caught in the middle of an outbreak and must fight through hordes of mutated creatures to survive."

While the story line of the reboot is believed to be much more similar to that of the Capcom games, the setting does not sound like Spencer Mansion or Raccoon City, where the first two original Resident Evil games take place.

Following the $1.28 billion worldwide gross of six installments of the Anderson/Jovovich film series, Sony has spent the last few years grappling with finding a viable creative formula for the franchise's continuation.

Kaya Scodelario (Skins, The Gentlemen), Hannah John-Kamen ( Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thunderbolts*), Robbie Amell (Code 8, The Flash) led a 2021 film reboot, titled Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which grossed $42 million worldwide off a production budget of $25 million.

The film was also a critical failure, nixing any plans for a potential sequel.

Sony and Capcom then pivoted to Netflix with an 8-episode, live-action television series released in July 2022. It starred the late Lance Reddick as a clone of Albert Wesker, in an original story that contained elements of the video game series' storyline.

The upcoming Resident Evil reboot is currently set for release on  Sept. 18, 2026.  Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Army of the Dead) is co-writing alongside Cregger.

Given the anticipated influx of opportunities following Madison's awards run, it's worth noting she may not accept this role.

Stay tuned for further updates on the reboot, as the current release date for the film indicates that cameras will likely begin rolling shortly.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 3/29/2025, 3:16 PM
it won't top this
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/29/2025, 8:58 PM
@harryba11zack -

Nice. 🙂
abd00bie
abd00bie - 3/29/2025, 11:12 PM
@harryba11zack - This movie is a guilty pleasure
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/29/2025, 3:20 PM
Why is it so hard to adapt the games? One movie per game. It's not that complicated.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/30/2025, 5:12 AM
@Urubrodi - I honestly prefer the premise in this article to that. We've seen the Raccoon City story so many times in different media already, I think it's better to try something new. Preferably set within the games' universe
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/30/2025, 6:32 PM
@bkmeijer1 - The thing though is that whenever they try "something new" with Resident Evil in live-action it goes horribly wrong. To me they should play safe.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/31/2025, 2:14 AM
@Urubrodi - true, the Netflix show was abysmal. I think they tried every path with adapating it, so maybe they should just leave it altogether.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/31/2025, 6:12 AM
@bkmeijer1 - Yeah, or that. I rather Capcom just focused on the games, they have been on a row since 7, especially with the remakes.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/31/2025, 11:16 AM
@Urubrodi - the game remakes are probably the reason I don't need to see them adapted in live-action. Really we'll get Zero and Code Veronica remakes as well
Repian
Repian - 3/29/2025, 3:23 PM
She could play a great Ada Wong.
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Humperdink
Humperdink - 3/29/2025, 3:28 PM
@Repian - I see it in that pic but it's so interesting how most people think she's Asian when she's actually of eastern European Jewish ancestry.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/29/2025, 8:27 PM
@Repian - I've seen nothing that says the actress is asian.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 3/29/2025, 9:00 PM
@dagenspear -

What's your point?

Little girls all over the world deserve to see themselves in Ada Wong.

Representation is so important.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 3/29/2025, 9:37 PM
@Humperdink - she in that Ezra miller and Barry Keoghan group where she pass for Eurasian.
abd00bie
abd00bie - 3/29/2025, 11:13 PM
@Taonrey - Adam Driver too lol
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/29/2025, 11:20 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Hahaha! I love it.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/30/2025, 12:23 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Wong isn't an american name.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/30/2025, 8:08 AM
@dagenspear - I know a few Americans with that name.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/30/2025, 1:30 PM
@Clintthahamster - That's not what I meant. It's not a name of american origin, as far as I know.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/30/2025, 6:32 PM
@dagenspear - The only names of American origin are Native American names. But I know what you're saying: Wong is a Chinese surname, and Mikey Madison is not Chinese.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/31/2025, 1:07 AM
@Clintthahamster - That is a meaningless distinction to the point I was making about the character of Ada Wong's name in connection to her ethnicity. Did you read my posts. Unless you agree with MakeAmericaGrea.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/31/2025, 7:47 AM
@dagenspear - Dude, we agree. Sorry for being the word police over here, but I feel like it's important to reinforce, especially at a time when xenophobia and nativism are at an all time high, that all Americans except Native folks are descendants of immigrants.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/31/2025, 10:41 AM
@Clintthahamster - But immigration had nothing to with my point.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/31/2025, 12:12 PM
@dagenspear - It's remarkable to me how easy it is for two people to disagree on the internet about something they agree about in real life. Your point was that it would be inappropriate for a Chinese character to be played by a white person, and you are correct. In making that point, the language you used implied that there was something essentially American about traditionally European surnames, which I took issue with.

That's all that's happened here. Sometimes conversations drift from the original topic, especially in a community where the rates of neurodiversity are likely higher than usual.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/31/2025, 6:19 PM
@Clintthahamster - I don't see the point in making a thing about the origins of names, when you knew what I was talking about. I don't particularly agree with race changing characters, but LORD willing, it doesn't matter. But Ada Wong as a character is specifically chinese as far as I've read, in connection to her name.

Jesus is Lord!
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/31/2025, 9:49 PM
@dagenspear - "I don't see the point in making a thing about the origins of names"

I mean, you're the one that made it about names. You could have said "Ada Wong is Chinese," and that would have gotten the point across just as well. Again, I know you and I are on the same side of this particular issue, but with the political climate being what it is, and the concerted effort to "other" non White European immigrants (and, sometimes, citizens) I feel like it's a distinction worth making. Wong did not originate in America, neither did Madison.

But I see you disagree, and that's fine, we can drop it.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 3/29/2025, 3:26 PM
@MarkJulian - Why not use an image of Mikey Madison for the thumbnail?
DTor91
DTor91 - 3/29/2025, 8:01 PM
@Lisa89 - Or an actual RE image.

I can’t tell if this is AI or not either, but considering @MarkJulian ‘s past bullshit, wouldn’t put it past him.

Making an RE article, one that’s a couple of days late at that, and couldn’t even be bothered to respect it. The pay can’t be that great.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/29/2025, 8:07 PM
@Lisa89 - I was gonna say, I don't really know much about this lady but I did not think that was her in the pic.
TrentCrimm
TrentCrimm - 3/30/2025, 7:38 AM
@DTor91 -

Reverse image search brings back nothing except results for this article, and a random russian article repeating the same information, so I'm betting it's something he threw together for this article with AI.
DTor91
DTor91 - 3/30/2025, 5:37 PM
@TrentCrimm - Yup, did a reverse image search as well, and got the same exact thing.
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 3/29/2025, 6:33 PM
Lol i was confused at the thumbnail. I thought to myself that girl does more look like the daughter of selene in underworld
Repian
Repian - 3/29/2025, 6:33 PM
Katherine Langford could be my Claire.
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Taonrey
Taonrey - 3/29/2025, 9:38 PM
@Repian - she kinda a bad actor but I doubt these movies are going to need great performances so I’m down for this casting
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/30/2025, 6:33 PM
@Repian - Yeah I can see that, reminds of the character model from the more recent remakes.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 3/29/2025, 6:39 PM
After her winning an Oscar? Fat chance lmao
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 3/29/2025, 6:54 PM
Eh... no thanks
LeonNova
LeonNova - 3/29/2025, 7:02 PM
She gives me more Claire than Jill, but I could see her pulling off either.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 3/29/2025, 7:06 PM
Yeah I'm sure she'll sign on /s
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 3/30/2025, 8:09 AM
@McMurdo - Right? I'm sure recent Academy Award Winner Mikey Madison is champing at the bit to join this cursed video game movie franchise.
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