‘Resident Evil’ Trailer: Austin Abrams On Snowy Run For Survival In Zach Cregger Adaptation

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Sony has dropped the first trailer for their Resident Evil film from Weapons and Barbarian helmer Zach Cregger that was previewed in room only at CinemaCon earlier this month.

The trailer finds star Austin Abrams trudging through a snowy night and up to a dark, empty house. He had a problem on the road, he says, and wants to use the phone. Calling his girlfriend from inside, he says, “Some things have happened,” he’s in “a seriously f*cked-up situation,” and “we might not get to talk to each other again.”

We later hear the screech of creatures and a view at one large one who resembles Stellan Skarsgård’s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen from Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films, along with shots of bloodied zombies, an overturned vehicle, bodies falling and exploding bloodily in the snowy street, and more.

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