Resident Evil producer Roy Lee is reportedly involved in a new Silent Hill film project, adding an established video game adaptation producer to the franchise’s latest attempt at a cinematic reset. A new Wall Street Journal profile of Lee identifies Silent Hill among his upcoming video game adaptations. The report does not yet reveal a director, writer, cast, release date or specific story for the project.
The development adds weight to an earlier report that a new Silent Hill film is being prepared as a fresh take on the franchise. Dread Central reported on September 21 that another movie was in development following Return to Silent Hill, describing it as a new direction for Konami’s psychological-horror property. At that stage, no filmmakers or producers had been publicly connected to the project.
Lee’s apparent involvement is therefore the first significant production detail to emerge around the reported film. His credits span several major horror and franchise projects, including The Ring, The Grudge, It, The Lego Movie and A Minecraft Movie. More recently, he produced Zach Cregger’s 2026 Resident Evil reboot, which opened to $108.3 million worldwide during its first weekend.
That Resident Evil project also illustrates the role Lee can play in assembling adaptations. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lee asked Cregger while the filmmaker was working on Barbarian which video game he would most want to adapt. Cregger chose Resident Evil, after which Lee helped secure the necessary rights, assemble the project and bring it to studios before Sony ultimately became involved in distribution.
Sony’s official credits for Resident Evil list Lee as one of the film’s producers alongside Robert Kulzer, Zach Cregger, Miri Yoon, Victor Hadida, Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan. The film opened in theaters on September 18 and became the franchise’s strongest theatrical debut, with a $60 million North American opening and $108.3 million worldwide. That commercial performance provides timely context for Lee’s move toward another major horror-game property.
Silent Hill has already had three theatrical adaptations. Christophe Gans directed the original 2006 Silent Hill movie and returned for 2026’s Return to Silent Hill, while Silent Hill: Revelation arrived between them in 2012. Return to Silent Hill drew primarily from Silent Hill 2, following James Sunderland as he returned to the town after receiving a message connected to Mary.
The newly reported project does not appear to have been formally positioned as a sequel to Return to Silent Hill. Dread Central’s earlier description of a “fresh start” instead suggests another creative reset, although it remains unclear whether that means an entirely new continuity, a different game adaptation or an original story set within Silent Hill. Lee’s involvement also does not establish whether Konami, Sony or another studio will distribute the film.
No director has been announced, and there is currently no indication that Zach Cregger will follow Lee from Resident Evil to Silent Hill. The Wall Street Journal profile identifies Lee’s connection to the project but does not describe Cregger as involved. Any assumption that the same creative team will carry over from Resident Evil would therefore be premature.
Lee’s attachment nevertheless gives the reported Silent Hill project a more concrete production connection than it had when the first reboot report surfaced. His recent work on Resident Evil also places him directly within the current wave of game-to-film adaptations, where established franchises are increasingly being revisited with new creative teams rather than simply continuing older movie continuities.
For now, the next Silent Hill film remains largely undefined. The available reporting indicates that a fresh project is in development and that Roy Lee is among the producers connected to it, but its director, cast, studio arrangement and source material have not been disclosed. More details will be needed before it is clear how substantially this version will depart from Return to Silent Hill and the franchise’s earlier films.
