Resident Evil Director Set to Bring Nether Station and Nether Vortex to Screen

Paul W.S. Anderson, the director behind six Resident Evil films, is set to direct film adaptations of two science-fiction horror novels, Nether Station and Nether Vortex. Deadline reported the move on 3 November 2026.

The books are the work of bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. They follow Cammie Skoura, a gifted young scientist who is neurodivergent, meaning her brain processes the world differently from most people. She is aboard a deep-space expedition that uncovers ancient ruins and the remains of long-dead alien civilisations.

Nether Vortex came out on 27 October, through Weird Tales Presents, an imprint of Blackstone Publishing. It arrived three years after Nether Station. Blackstone describes it as a mix of epic science fiction and Lovecraftian horror, the cosmic dread associated with the American writer H.P. Lovecraft.

Kevin J. Anderson has said that a science-fiction story set in deep space already holds the ingredients for cosmic horror. He made that point to The Colorado Sun in 2025, when he discussed Nether Station. He has also named Event Horizon, the 1997 Paramount film starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson, as a direct influence on the book.

Jonathan Wakeham will write the screenplays for both films. His credits include the feature Midas Man, the feature To Catch a Killer, and the TNT limited series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam.

Paul W.S. Anderson will produce both films with Jeremy Bolt. Weird Tales President John Harlacher and Weird Tales vice president of film Tony Eldridge are also on the producing team. Weird Tales, the magazine that gave the imprint its name, has been publishing since 1923.

Anderson is coming off In the Lost Lands, a post-apocalyptic action film starring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista. His last big-screen project was a long way from deep space, so the new pair of films marks a change of genre for him.

Kevin J. Anderson has a track record with large screen franchises. He served as a co-producer on Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two and on HBO Max's Dune: Prophecy. He also co-wrote prequels and sequels to Frank Herbert's Dune novels with Herbert's son, Brian Herbert.

Both Nether books are now on the table as film projects. Deadline's report does not put a release date on either film, so audiences will have to wait for the next announcement to learn when, or where, they might appear.