{"id":376486,"date":"2026-08-31T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376486"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:21:09","slug":"resident-evil-lines-up-two-september-2026-releases-reboot-and-manga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-lines-up-two-september-2026-releases-reboot-and-manga\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil lines up two September 2026 releases: reboot and manga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capcom has two <strong>Resident Evil releases<\/strong> landing in September 2026: a new live-action reboot hits theaters on September 18, and Resident Evil: Death Island Volume 1, the first manga volume based on the CG film, arrives on September 29.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It makes for a crowded month. It also comes right after <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-requiem.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> opened <strong>2026<\/strong> on a strong note, with the planned Resident Evil: Veronica remake still on deck for 2027. Put together, it\u2019s a clear sign that Resident Evil keeps pushing past games and further into film, comics, and manga.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zach Cregger\u2019s movie is reportedly telling <strong>a new present-day<\/strong> story that runs alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/resident-evil-2.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Resident Evil 2<\/a>. Austin Abrams plays a medical courier who gets pulled into the Raccoon City outbreak. On the manga side, Resident Evil: Death Island adapts the 2023 CG movie, with Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Jill Valentine dealing with an outbreak tied to Alcatraz.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the movie seems to be <strong>off to a decent<\/strong> start. Test screening chatter has reportedly singled out its tense horror tone, and North American opening weekend projections are sitting in the $40 million to $50 million range. Still, the reaction to the reboot\u2019s different angle has been mixed, international marketing is still pretty limited, and there aren\u2019t many early manga reviews out yet.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you keep up with Resident Evil outside the games, September looks like <strong>a month to pay attention<\/strong> to.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new live-action Resident Evil reboot opens in theaters through Sony on <strong>September 18<\/strong>, and Resident Evil: Death Island Volume 1 will be available from Titan Comics on September 29.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capcom has two Resident Evil releases landing in September 2026: a new live-action reboot hits theaters on September 18, and Resident Evil: Death Island Volume 1, the first manga volume based on the CG film, arrives on September 29. It makes for a crowded month. It also comes right after Resident Evil Requiem opened 2026 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-lines-up-two-september-2026-releases-reboot-and-manga\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resident Evil lines up two September 2026 releases: reboot and manga&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9323,"featured_media":376485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376487,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376486\/revisions\/376487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376486"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376486"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376486"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}