The Silent Hill franchise could be heading back to the screen very soon. Roy Lee, the producer behind Zach Cregger’s recently released Resident Evil, is reportedly developing a new Silent Hill project, according to a new profile of the producer from The Wall Street Journal. Very little is known about the project at this point. It is unclear whether Lee’s new Silent Hill project is being developed as a feature film or a television series, and there is currently no director or cast attached. The report also does not indicate how far the project has progressed. Still, Lee’s involvement is notable, particularly coming on the heels of the success of Cregger’s Resident Evil.
Lee’s connection to Resident Evil reportedly began while he was working with Cregger on Barbarian. Lee asked Cregger which video game he would want to adapt if he had the opportunity, and Cregger chose Resident Evil. Lee then secured the rights and helped put the project together before ultimately setting it up at Sony after multiple studios competed for the film. That collaboration resulted in Cregger’s Resident Evil, which opened to $108.3 million worldwide and received strong reviews. Rather than attempting to directly translate years of Resident Evil mythology to the screen, the film took inspiration from the experience and tension of playing the games.
Now Lee is reportedly applying his producing experience to another major horror video game franchise, and Silent Hill certainly has plenty of material for a filmmaker to work with.
At the moment, the details are extremely limited. Lee is reportedly behind the new project, but no filmmaker or actors have been announced. It also hasn’t been confirmed whether the project will be a new Silent Hill movie or a television series. That means it is too early to know whether this will be another theatrical reboot, a continuation of the existing film series, or an entirely different approach to the franchise.
The timing is interesting. The Silent Hill games have been receiving renewed attention in recent years, while Resident Evil has just demonstrated that a major horror video game adaptation can draw a substantial theatrical audience.
Lee also has plenty of horror experience beyond Resident Evil. His producing credits include The Ring, The Grudge, and It, giving him a long history with some of Hollywood’s biggest supernatural and horror franchises.
The Silent Hill franchise first reached theaters in 2006 with Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill. Starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean, the film followed a mother who travels to the mysterious town of Silent Hill while searching for her missing daughter.
The movie was followed by Silent Hill: Revelation in 2012. Directed by M.J. Bassett, the sequel drew inspiration from Silent Hill 3 and starred Adelaide Clemens as Heather Mason.
Gans returned to the franchise this year with Return to Silent Hill, an adaptation of the video game Silent Hill 2 starring Jeremy Irvine as James Sunderland.
While the movies have a dedicated fanbase, none has established the franchise as a consistent theatrical powerhouse. That leaves plenty of room for a new adaptation to take a different approach to the material. The games themselves have always offered filmmakers a creepy horror world to explore. Fog-covered streets, abandoned buildings, grotesque creatures, psychological trauma, and the mysterious Otherworld have made Silent Hill one of the most recognizable names in survival horror.
Konami continues to expand the franchise on the gaming side. Silent Hill: Townfall is scheduled to launch September 24, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC. The first-person horror game follows Simon Ordell on the fog-covered island of St. Amelia, where he uses a portable CRT television to uncover information while dealing with hostile encounters and puzzles.
That game follows the 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2, as well as Silent Hill f, which moved the series to 1960s Japan.
In other words, Silent Hill is hardly a dormant franchise. The games are continuing to explore new characters, settings and stories, while the movies may now be preparing to do the same.
For now, however, Roy Lee’s involvement is the biggest piece of information available about the new project. But if Lee can bring the same kind of filmmaker-driven approach that helped turn Resident Evil into a major theatrical success, a new Silent Hill project could offer the franchise another opportunity to find its footing on screen.
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