Streaming service Netflix has announced its live-action adaptation of Resident Evil will drop on 14th July 2022. This TV series will tell an entirely original tale within the universe, casting the likes of Lance Reddick and Ella Balinska. A couple of new pieces of general key art were released alongside the announcement, which you can view below. Eight episodes each an hour long makes up the first season.
It's been written by Supernatural scribe Andrew Dabb, and if you didn't catch the plot synopsis back in 2020, have a read of this (welcome) nonsense:
In the first timeline, 14-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems and their father may be concealing dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.
Cut to the second timeline, well over a decade into the future: there are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters — people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past — about her sister, her father and herself — continue to haunt her.
We can't wait for some dumb fun in live-action. Will you be logging in to your Netflix account to catch this one? Stumble slowly into the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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LANCE REDDICK? I'm in!
I got rid of Netflix and switched to Hulu. I was hoping they'd have more of their shows like Witcher release on blu-ray but apparently they aren't going to do that.
As for this Resident Evil show... I've not been a fan since RE5. The movies weren't great so hopefully this is an improvement for those that are still fans.
Ella Balinska is in this. I will watch.
another RE adaptation?
AWFUL!!!
Could do with a dose of escapism right now so yes I will be resubscribing again.
This sounds absolutely terrible and has nothing to do with the source material aside from names. The casting is such a joke too. You can just tell this started out as an original script and Netflix figured they'd buy the rights to RE to add more interest in it since it's such a massive franchise.
I’m definitely going to watch this. It sounds like it’s a canon side story to the games. Looking forward to it!
Hope it’s better then the last movie because it was absolute garbage!!!
@Uncharted2007 Hulu seems like the natural casualty of the streaming wars. Isn't it owned by Disney now? There's maybe space for Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime, but even Apple struggles to get subscribers and Peacock and Paramount can just forget it.
The good thing about the contracts is that you can easily unsubscribe and watch the things that you love on each service.
I don't know how I feel about this. I love videogame TV shows and movies. I don't really play Resident Evil games, but I watched that Raccoon City movie recently. It was so bad that it was good, so maybe this TV show will be the same, but I probably won't watch it because I have shows that I really want to watch that I never quite get round to as it is.
"There's so much more to discover before the world ends."
Sylens
It sounds more like they wanted to make some completely different show and just shoehorned it into the RE universe because it fit the business plan of some Netflix manager.
Then again, they would have to try really hard in order to make it worse than Welcome to Raccoon City. And Lance Reddick is amazing in The Wire...
Supernatural writer ..... case closed.
I love Lance Reddick but I just read that plot synopsis and now I'm having an aneurysm. How hard is it to just make a Resident Evil movie/TV show about... Resident Evil? It's like done for you. The outline is there. Just take it and jazz it up. Now we got Wesker babies trying to uncover dark family secrets like what and Milla Jovovich flying kicking dogs in the brow. Settle.
God bless Netflix and it’s ominous intro chime of doom. The few things I watch on it are usually bought from the beeb!
@Apfelschteiner Looked it up... apparently Hulu is owned by Disney. Guess that makes sense why there's the bundle with Disney+ discount. Thanks for the heads up.
@mucc I was thinking the exact same thing.
@BobbyDG it's definitely not canon
@Uncharted2007 I think Hulu was originally a collaboration among many major entertainment companies when they thought streaming/subscription services were worth investing in, but a bit risky to go it alone. Disney is very similar to Sony in many ways. In their respective fields they have premium content, but want a big slice of the streaming/subscription pie at the same time. I think it makes a lot of sense for PlayStation to have all games come to PS+/now after 6-12, but debut as paid games like the big Disney releases.
I'm excited for this, though I still need to watch the other Netflix exclusive Resident Evil series.
@Apfelschteiner Hulu was originally set up with Disney, Fox, Comcast all controlling (roughly) 30% of the company, with WB buying the remaining 10% back in 2016. When Disney bought Fox they gained Fox's 30% share, Warner Bros almost immediately sold back their shares and pivoted to HBO Max, and Comcast is selling its remaining shares to Disney in 2024.
@Would_you_kindly My bad. It sounded like it was.
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