Based on the hit Capcom video game series of the same name, a brand new series of Resident Evil will be released on Netflix in the next week. This isn’t the first adaptation of the horror story, with six films having been produced between 2002 and 2016, finishing with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
Although those films failed to live up to expectations for many fans of the original games, largely down to wholesale changes being made to the source material. This particular series will be split between two timelines, in 2022 and 2036 respectively.
Showrunner Andrew Dabb confirmed the eight-part series will feature familiar characters, containing flashbacks to “things both from the games and from the game timeline". It would appear that Netflix’s stab at adapting Resident Evil will look to blend the horror franchise with fellow sci-fi hit Stranger Things.
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What is the release date for Resident Evil on Netflix?
All eight episodes will premiere on Thursday, July 14. Each episode will clock in at around an hour in length
Who is in the cast of Resident Evil?
One of the main characters from the original game series, Albert Wesker, will be played by Lance Reddick, becoming the first black actor to portray the character in the process. Tamara Smart and Ella Balinska play the younger and older versions of Jade, Wesker’s daughter.
Jade's sister Billie’s older version is portrayed by Adeline Rudolph while Siena Agudong plays the younger version. Other cast members include Paola Núñez as Evelyn Marcus, Mpho Osei Tutu as Yen and Anthony Oseyemi as Roth.
Guard is played by Marisa Drummond, Susana Franco is portrayed by Lea Vivier and Arjun Batra is depicted by Ahad Raza Mir. Connor Gossatti and Turlough Convery round out the cast members.
What is the Resident Evil plot?
The Netflix description says: “Years after a viral outbreak caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker vows to bring down those responsible while fighting to survive against the Infected.” Sisters Jade and Billie Wesker move into their new home in the futuristic New Racoon City in the earlier timeline.
They soon discover dark secrets being concealed by their father which puts life on Earth in perilous danger. Jumping forward by a decade and a half, only 15 million people remain in a world filled with six billion bloodthirsty zombies, making survival a hellish ordeal for Jade, who also has to contend with her own personal demons.
Expect to see freakish zombies, giant, mutated monsters and frighteningly huge spiders.
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