Roy Lee, the producer behind Zach Cregger’s hit Resident Evil, is developing a new Silent Hill project, according to a Wall Street Journal profile published this week.
Almost nothing else is known. No studio, writer or director has been attached, and reports disagree on whether it will be a film or a series. Konami, which owns the franchise, does not appear in the coverage. Nothing suggests Cregger will be involved.
The Journal says Lee asked Cregger during work on Barbarian which video game he wanted to adapt, then went and secured the Resident Evil rights. The film opened Sept. 18 and took $108 million worldwide over its first weekend. It holds a 95 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest for a video game movie. Lee has roughly 20 game-based movies and shows in development, including Amazon’s God of War series, and produced A Minecraft Movie, which grossed $960 million.
His track record explains the attention. Lee co-founded Vertigo Entertainment in 2001 and produced the American remakes of The Ring and The Grudge. His credits also include The Lego Movie and both modern It films.
Silent Hill has a rougher screen history. Christophe Gans directed the 2006 film, a sequel followed in the years after, and Return to Silent Hill arrived earlier this year to harsh reviews. Critics panned all three, though each found a cult audience. Gans told Variety in early 2026 that he would welcome a fourth film, and series composer Akira Yamaoka has said he wants Silent Hill 4: The Room adapted.
Gamers remain wary. Resident Evil itself drew backlash for telling an original story inside the franchise’s world, and Cregger has said he hopes skeptics will see the film anyway. Online, some Silent Hill fans have already urged Lee to keep Gans away from the new project.
