Silent Hill is a dead franchise, and we mean that in a literal sense. Hideo Kojima's canceled Silent Hills game effectively shot down any hopes of reviving a then-already-dying series as Konami started pivoting towards other more "lucrative" investments.
However, rumors of a Silent Hill revival have gotten stronger in recent years. Now, we might have just received our biggest piece of news yet.
The director of the first Silent Hill movie, Christophe Gans, revealed in a JEUXACTU interview that Konami is planning a massive franchise reboot. Gans added that he's working on a new Silent Hill film as Konami is looking to revive the series following Capcom's recent string of successes with Resident Evil. Gans explains that "the franchise is going to be relaunched in terms of video games," which is in line with what we have been hearing from news outlets for the past few years.
Unfortunately, unlike its contemporaries such as Capcom and Square Enix, Konami has not made any significant announcements in recent memory. The closest thing to an official statement came last year after the publisher skipped E3 2021. If Gans is correct, Silent Hill will play a huge role in Konami's ongoing revival of several defunct franchises.