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Chandler Riggs Makes Resident Evil 7 Fan Film and Seeks Cregger Collaboration
Chandler Riggs, who played Carl Grimes in The Walking Dead, has made a 20-minute fan film based on the game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
It recreates a garage fight between game characters Ethan Winters and Jack Baker, with Riggs playing Ethan.
The project was in pre-production when Riggs learned that director Zach Cregger was making a Resident Evil film.
Riggs said his team hoped to release the short before Cregger’s movie, but scheduling problems delayed it.
He praised Cregger’s approach and said adapting the games is difficult because fans have strong attachments to their characters and stories.
Riggs said he would be interested in working with Cregger on another Resident Evil project if the director wanted to return to the franchise.
His short film is a fan project, while Cregger’s adaptation was released in theaters in September.
Chandler Riggs made a 20-minute fan film adapting a garage fight from Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
Riggs plays Ethan Winters in the short film, which also features Jack Baker.
He said he would like to work with director Zach Cregger on a future Resident Evil project.
Riggs said his film was in pre-production when news emerged that Cregger was making a Resident Evil adaptation.
He praised Cregger’s approach, while acknowledging that some fans wanted a closer adaptation of the games.
- Who
- Chandler Riggs made the fan film and plays Ethan Winters. He said he would like to collaborate with director Zach Cregger.
- What
- Riggs made a 20-minute short film adapting the garage fight between Ethan Winters and Jack Baker in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.
- When
- The articles were published on October 12 and 13, 2026. The short film’s release date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Riggs said he wanted to bring the game moment to life and wanted to see a true-to-the-game live-action Resident Evil adaptation.
Hardcore fans seeking a close adaptation
Zach Cregger’s approach
Adaptation approach
Hardcore fans seeking a close adaptation
Some hardcore fans wished for a 1:1 adaptation of the games.
Zach Cregger’s approach
Cregger was against a 1:1 adaptation, believing the games had already told their stories perfectly.
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil adaptation hit theaters, according to IGN.
Riggs said news emerged that Cregger was making a Resident Evil movie.
Riggs’s team had hoped to release the short film, but scheduling conflicts prevented it.
IGN published its interview with Riggs about the fan film and his interest in working with Cregger.
- Fan film length
- 20 minutes
- Game adapted
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Adapted scene
- Garage fight between Ethan Winters and Jack Baker
- Riggs’s role
- Ethan Winters
- Director Riggs wants to work with
- Zach Cregger
What people are saying
I've been looking forward to [Cregger’s RE movie] for so long
Look, it's impossible to please everybody, you know?
I think there's always going to be a crowd that is unhappy, but I think that it'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.
I cannot wait to see the new one.
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