Netflix confirms new live-action series "Resident Evil"
NX, the home of Netflix and all things eccentric, confirmed today that a live-action series inspired by the huge success of the famous video game is on the way resident evil . The eight-part, hour-long horror story is led by showrunner / writer / executive producer Andrew Dabb (Supernatural) and director / executive producer Bronwen Hughes (The Walking Dead, The Journey Is the Destination).
When Wesker's boys move to New Raccoon City, the secrets they uncover may just be the end of it all. Resident Evil, a new live action series based on Capcom's legendary survival horror franchise, is coming to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/XWh5XYxklD
- NX (@NXOnNetflix) August 27th, 2020
Building on one of the most popular and best-selling horror survival video games of all time, Resident Evil will tell a whole new story across two timelines:
In the first timeline, XNUMX-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. An industrial city, which the two girls reluctantly accept, just as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they realize that the city is more than it seems and that their father may be hiding dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.
Let's move on to the second timeline, well over a decade into the future: there are fewer than 15 million people left on Earth. And more than 6 billion monsters: people and animals infected with the T. Jade virus, now 30, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets of her past - about her sister, her father and herself - continue to haunt her.
“Resident Evil is my favorite game of all time. I am incredibly excited to tell a new chapter of this fantastic story and to bring the first ever Resident Evil series to Netflix around the world, ”Dabb said. "For any kind of Resident Evil fan, including those joining us for the first time, the series will be complete with a lot of old friends and some things (bloodthirsty, crazy things) that people have never seen before." .
The series comes from Constantin Film, who produced the Resident Evil film, with CEO Martin Moszkowicz as producer. Executive producers are Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben for Constantin Film and Mary Leah Sutton.
Since Capcom first debuted the genre-defining survival horror title in 1996, Resident Evil has become one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, with over 100 million games sold worldwide. Over the course of nearly 25 years, the franchise has expanded beyond games into film adaptations and theme park attractions. Resident Evil The six-film franchise (2002-2017) has grossly earned more than $ 1,2 billion worldwide, making it the most successful film franchise based on a video game.
