Netflix confirmed that its Serie live action from resident Evilwhich has been talked about so much in recent years, It will be released on June 14. It is, of course, an original production that reinforces the platform’s commitment to series and movies based on video games.
resident Evil It’s been almost two years in production, and now it’s closer than ever to being released. In fact, The image has been hanging around in the Netflix browser for some time now; thing that led many fans of the saga to constantly ask about it in the subreddit dedicated to resident Evil. However, the “secret” has officially been revealed.
The series comes under the name of resident Eviland It will be set in the year 2036.; some 14 years after the bloody display that the T virus left behind. On this occasion, we will follow in the footsteps of Jade Wesker, its protagonist; who must fight for his survival in a world that has been consumed by bloodthirsty beings, some more terrible than others.
In this utter carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City; because of her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation, but most of all, because of what happened to her sister, Billie.
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Of course, if you’re a fan of the franchise, you’ll know that Jade’s last name is quite familiar. In this new adaptation, the protagonist will be the very daughter of the iconic and infamous Albert Wesker; a figure that has served as a villain both in video games, as well as in the various adaptations of them to the big screen.
More details and new posters of resident Evil for netflix
On the other hand, Netflix has released several posters to accompany information about your adaptation of resident Evil. In the pieces of art we can see the logo that will come with the series; as well as some flashy and familiar elements from the franchise.
The images show a quite vivid yellow background. In one of them, we have a vial with blood, which also marks as positive for the T virus. The other, meanwhile, shows us a yellow and red pill with the word “Joy” on one of its faces. Also, we see what appears to be the Umbrella Corporation logo. Both elements appear surrounded by blood bubbles on the posters, quite common imagery in the saga resident Evil.
According to the media IGN, the series will be divided into two different timelines. In one of them, we will have Jade and Billie together during their childhood; while the other offers a vision of a lonely Jade decades after the T virus outbreak in the world.
In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are transferred to New Raccoon City; a manufactured and corporate city, which is imposed on them just when they are in their teens. But the more time they spend there, the more they realize that the city is more than meets the eye; and that his father may be hiding dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.
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The second timeline will take place decades after the global apocalypse. In it, we will have Jade Wesker as the protagonist Trying to survive no matter what in this new world; as she seeks to unravel the secrets of his family past.
There are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters: people and animals infected by the T virus. Jade, now in her thirties, struggles to survive in this New World; while the secrets of her past – about her sister, her father and herself – continue to haunt her.
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The distribution of resident Evil will be made up of Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker. Also, next to him are Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Nuñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti and Turlough Convery. Andrew Dabb, for his part, will be in charge of serving as showrunnerco-writing all eight episodes of the adaptation with Mary Leah Sutton.