{"id":15330,"date":"2026-10-12T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:14:41","slug":"hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hit My Line\u2019 \u2014 The Walking Dead Star Chandler Riggs Made His Own Resident Evil 7 Fan Film, and He\u2019d Love to Work With Zach Cregger on a Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Chandler Riggs, best known for playing Carl in The Walking Dead, made his own fan film adapting an iconic moment from Resident Evil 7 \u2014 and he\u2019d love to collaborate with Zach Cregger on another movie in the RE universe, if he\u2019s up for it.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil adaptation hit theaters in September to rave reviews, becoming the most financially successful film in the entire franchise. Just a month later, Riggs is releasing his own Resident Evil short film further along in the games\u2019 timeline in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Riggs adapted the iconic garage fight between Ethan Winters and Jack Baker in a high-octane 20-minute journey, not for fame and acclaim, but merely for the love of the game. Riggs told us that he simply wanted to bring this moment to life on-screen \u2014 but given the timing of his film and Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil movie, we had to ask about his thoughts on how close his project was to Cregger\u2019s big-budget take on Capcom\u2019s flagship horror franchise.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Chandler Riggs BIOHAZARD Short Film Behind the Scenes Photos<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2277167929 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWe were in pre-production when the article came out that Zack Cregger was going to do his [movie]. I was like, \u2018Oh man, all right, we got to get ours out first.\u2019 We were trying to beat the clock and get it out about a month ago, but parts just didn&#8217;t align that way,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI&#8217;ve been looking forward to [Cregger\u2019s RE movie] for so long,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd I mean, one of the big reasons I even made this is, you know, I was just dying to see a good, true-to-the-game live-action adaptation of Resident Evil. I cannot wait to see the new one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil flick was widely well-received, but it has proven divisive among hardcore fans who wished to see a 1:1 adaptation of the games. Cregger was adamantly against doing this, believing the games already told their stories perfectly \u2014 and given that Riggs plays the famously faceless Ethan Winters in his own fan film, he was well-aware of how fans might feel about his own take on the source material.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cLook, it&#8217;s impossible to please everybody, you know?\u201d he admitted. \u201cI think there&#8217;s always going to be a crowd that is unhappy, but I think that it&#8217;s a great way to try to get more people into the series, into the franchise, and tell a story that you want to tell. It is not an easy thing; doing a Resident Evil film with Leon and Jill and everyone, that\u2019s a tall order, you know what I mean? Those characters are so iconic from the games, and it&#8217;s not an uneasy thing to do. So I totally respect going your own direction and doing your own thing. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cIt was absolutely an intimidating thing,\u201d he said of playing Ethan Winters, whose face is shown throughout his film. \u201cWe&#8217;re trying to do so much else super faithful and true to the game, but this is a huge aspect that we are breaking from it. But there isn&#8217;t really another good way to tell [the story] in a live-action format. I was going back and forth like \u2018Okay, could we do first person the whole time? Could we avoid getting his face in or anything?\u2019 But the more we went back and forth on it, the more I was like, \u2018I mean, if we are going to do this and are going to appeal to a wider audience \u2014 more than just the people who played the games \u2014 then we&#8217;re going to have to break those rules. It was very intimidating. Hopefully people are okay with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Riggs is a massive Resident Evil fan, and his fan film is proof of this. Of course, he admitted that he\u2019d love the chance to make a feature-length movie adapting RE7 someday \u2014 as well as the chance of working with Zach Cregger on another RE movie, if the director is willing to return to the franchise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cA huge reason for me even doing this in the first place is that I love being on set and collaborating with cool people, and that&#8217;s all it is at the end of the day,\u201d he told us. \u201cAnd just because I want to be on set more, and if  I can&#8217;t be on set doing more films or TV shows or whatever else, then I&#8217;ll just make it myself. I&#8217;ll just make it happen. And that&#8217;s a huge proponent of this. So, if [Cregger] wants to continue in the universe, I&#8217;m all for it. Listen, my phone is open. Hit my line!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It\u2019s possible that this never happens, though, given that Cregger has said he\u2019s never touching a franchise film again due to the strong negative response he received from a vocal portion of the Resident Evil fanbase. That being said, he already has ideas for a sequel, so there\u2019s no telling where the future of RE\u2019s film adaptations lie.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Riggs\u2019 Resident Evil fan film hits the internet on October 14, starring Chandler Riggs as Ethan Winters, Jason Douglas as Jack Baker, Mary Rachel Quinn, Eugenie Bonderant, Johnathan O\u2019Niel, and Sam Coyles.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-1730475047 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virginia Glaze Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel.jpg\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em>@TheeMissGlaze<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hit-my-line-the-walking-dead-star-chandler-riggs-made-his-own-resident-evil-7-fan-film-and-hed-love-to-work-with-zach-cregger-on-a-sequel-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-15330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15332,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15330\/revisions\/15332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}