We are close to adding one more content to the long list of adaptations that the Resident Evil video game had (and continues to have). We are talking about the next Netflix series that stars the daughters of Albert Wesker, played by Lance Reddick.
The franchise of resident Evil It continues to grow thanks to the studios that have been taking advantage of the opportunity to adapt parts of the well-known story and bring it to the screen (big and small). Netflix is close to adding his second series based on the video games of capcomcall resident Evil, and has already released its first trailer. Below we tell you the details.
The first season of resident Evil will have eight chapters of one hour each and will reach the platform of streaming July 14. In the series we will not see the original story of the games, but will introduce us to the daughters of Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick), who seek to survive in a future infested by zombies. Here is the progress:
“In peaceful New Raccoon City, nothing ever happens. The fight for the survival of the legendary franchise «resident Evil» arrives at Netflix July 14.”says the description of the trailer.
The advance begins with Billie, Jade and his father Albert Wesker arrive in New Raccoon City in 2022, a year in which everything seems to be fine and where umbrella It has not yet generated the chaos that is coming (as far as we can see). Albertwho is shown using his daughters’ blood for animal experiments, keeps more secrets than he seems, though he doesn’t seem to have any idea of the horrible consequences that lie ahead.
Let us remember that as they had marked, the series will have two time lines, the moments that we see in 2022 will focus on the sisters Wesker fourteen years old. The more time they spend in New Raccoon City, the more they realize that there is more to the city than meets the eye; and that his father may be hiding dark secrets. “Secrets that could destroy the world.”
At one point in the preview we see how not only the aesthetics of the series changes, but also its protagonists (the actresses, of course) and the environment, as we advance to 2036 and go to London. In this year the zombies are already common currency and the center of attention is put on Jade, whom we already see as an adult. Somehow or other, it seems that she and her sister Billie They separated.
In 2036, 14 years after the T-Virus caused a global apocalypse, “There are less than fifteen million people left on Earth and more than six billion monsters: people and animals infected with the T-Virus. Jadenow in her thirties, struggles to survive in this New World overrun by bloodthirsty infected creatures, while the secrets of her past – about her sister, her father and herself – continue to haunt her.”
Although in the preview we see a lot of action, explosions, shots, fires, chainsaws, blood and zombies, of course, the story seems to be far from those told to date in video games.
Andrew Dabb is he showrunner of the series and wrote all eight episodes alongside Mary Leah Sutton. As producers are: Robert Külzer Y Oliver Berben from Constantine Film and the CEO of the same production company, Martin Moszkowicz. As for the cast, lance reddick are added: Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Núñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti Y Turlough Convery.
io9 spoke with dabb about how this series fits into the canon of the franchise capcom. “The games are the backstory. So everything that happened in the games happened in this world in the timeline it happened in.” explained.
Furthermore, according to dabbthe most recent game, Villageplays no role in the series, but in the head of the showrunner it’s happening far away, almost simultaneously with this story. As for the movies, dabb says the show occasionally borrows from the saga of Paul W.S. Andersonbut that in his vision of resident Evil It was more about showing moments during a zombie apocalypse that we don’t normally see, like the lead-up or what the world looks like when you’ve come to terms with what happened.
However the showrunner He gave a very particular example to explain how they made the series faithful to the games, with their respective nods and references to the original story, but including unique elements:
“(Fans) want something that feels like a natural extension of what they already enjoy. And I would say that the marvel universe it does very well. Most of the movies Marvel) they’re not adapting a specific comic. They are borrowing here and there and building something new. That’s how we approach this. The games are canon and I’m sure we do make mistakes, but we don’t consciously violate any rules of the games. But at the same time, it’s not a direct adaptation of the games.”
As for the character of Albert Wesker, Dabb He assured that he is very aware of what happens to that character in the games. “There’s a very good reason why Wesker he’s back and it doesn’t come down to the fact that he was wearing lava-proof clothing and rocket launchers. So we’re very aware of that. He will be treated”.
So now you know, if you want to see more about Resident Evil, this new series will come to Netflix on June 14 and, from what the showrunnerthere are plans for there to be more seasons, although that will be defined by the platform of streamingdepending on how successful (or not) it is.