{
  "id": 14490611,
  "title": "The Walking Dead's Chandler Riggs made a Resident Evil 7 short film even though 'it's impossible to please everybody'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/the-walking-deads-chandler-riggs-made-a-resident-evil-7-short-film",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T16:34:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PC Gamer",
    "slug": "pc-gamer",
    "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/the-walking-deads-chandler-riggs-made-a-resident-evil-7-short-film-even-though-its-impossible-to-please-everybody/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chandler Riggs, known for his role as Carl in The Walking Dead, has directed a 20-minute fan-adaptation of Resident Evil 7. Set in the Baker's bayou home and based on the garage fight scene between Ethan Winters and infected Jack Baker, the short film features Ethan with more face time than in the original games. Riggs admits it was intimidating to deviate from the first-person perspective of the games, but believes it's necessary to appeal to a wider audience. He empathizes with those who find the adaptation disappointing, but believes it's a way to attract more people to the series. Riggs also expresses his admiration for Zach Cregger's planned Resident Evil film, stating he hopes to see it and would be open to working with Cregger in the future.",
  "summary": "We're swamped with Resident Evil films right now, lucky us.",
  "key_points": [
    "Chandler Riggs directed a 20-minute Resident Evil 7 short film.",
    "The film features Ethan Winters with more screen time than in original games.",
    "Riggs aims to attract wider audience by deviating from first-person perspective."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}