A series adoption of the six film-franchise, Resident Evil is coming to Netflix. There have been some speculations around this topic for a while but Netflix confirmed this a few days ago and gave the first details about it. The season one of Resident Evil is most likely ready in 2021.
The Resident Evil film franchise which began in 1996 was inspired by Capcom’s Video Game Franchise, a popular horror video games of all time and a best seller. The game further spurred the creation of numerous books.
Netflix is bringing a brand new Resident Evil story in two timelines. The first timeline will feature Jade and Billie Wesker, two sisters who did not know what to expect from a new town they were forced to move to. There are secrets around them and their father may be a part of that.
Now in the future in the second timeline, there are less than fifteen million people, many of them infected with the T-virus. Jade is stuck on earth with over six billion bloodthirsty creatures and she tries to survive amidst the past secrets of her family.
Resident Evil Netflix Series
The season one of Resident Evil is filming in South Africa and the series consists of eight episodes and each one hour long. The first pre-production went down in April 2020 and the main shoot will take place between June and October 2020.
Production Details of Resident Evil series
Executive Producer/Writer: Andrew Dabb
Director/Executive Producer (first two episodes): Bronwen Hughes
Executive Producers: Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film and Mary Leah Sutton
Producer: Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz
Studio: Constantin Film
No cast has been named for the series, however, What’ on Netflix has a lead on who the cast members of Resident Evil series could be. They said that these actors have received casting offers:
Ross Lynch could play Leon S. Kennedy
Samara Weaving as Claire Redfield
Abigail Breslin as Jill Valentine
Brenton Thwaites as Chris Redfield
Please note that no cast has been officially confirmed.
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