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Barbarian director Zach Cregger may be helming the next Resident Evil movie, but Paul W.S. Anderson--the man who directed or produced the first six Resident Evil movies--is turning his attention to bringing Sega's House of the Dead back to the big screen. According to Anderson, that film may begin production as soon as this year.

"The script is almost done," Anderson told Variety. "We're aiming to shoot in the fourth quarter of this year. I'm really going to push the envelope on this one. It's going to be something different for me."

Anderson added that he's attempting to recreate the feel of the arcade game by dropping audiences in on the story and letting it play out in real-time until the end of the movie.

"It's going to be immersive and very, very scary," explained Anderson. "It'll all play out in real time, so it reflects the experience of playing the video game. The only time it stops is when you beat the game or you die. That's going to be the only way out."

Uwe Boll directed the first House of the Dead movie in 2003, but Anderson's film is a fresh start that will be based on The House of the Dead 3. There are two main characters in that story. The first is a woman named Lisa Rogan, who's out to save her father. The other is Daniel Curien, the son of the man who is responsible for the zombie outbreak.

While there isn't currently a release date for the new House of the Dead movie, The House of the Dead 2: Remake is expected to arrive on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC in the second quarter of this year.