27 AUG 2020

NETFLIX TO RELEASE NEW “RESIDENT EVIL” LIVE ACTION SERIES

The eight one-hour episodes of the scripted series, executively produced, show-ran, and written by Andrew Dabb, was inspired by Capricorn's "Resident Evil" franchise giant.

27 AUG 2020

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Netflix confirmed that a scripted live-action series inspired by Capcom’s massive “Resident Evil” franchise will debut on the platform.Resident Evil is my favorite game of all time,” Andrew Dabb, Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer, said. “I'm incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first-ever Resident Evil series to Netflix members around the world.”

The series will consist of eight 1-hour episodes, executively produced and written by Dabb. Bronwen Hughes will direct the show and serve as executive producer for the first two episodes. Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film and Mary Leah Sutton will also executively produce, and Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz will also contribute to production.

"Resident Evil" will tell a brand new story across two timelines: In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. 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. 

A decade later, during the second timeline, there are less than fifteen million people left on Earth, and more than six billion monsters, with people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World and her secrets come to haunt her. “For every type of Resident Evil fan, including those joining us for the first time, the series will be complete with a lot of old friends, and some things, bloodthirsty, insane things people have never seen before,” Dabb said.

Since Capcom first debuted the genre-defining survival horror title in 1996, “Resident Evil” has sold more than 100 million games sold worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling video game franchises in history. Constantin Film has collectively earned more than USD 1.2 billion worldwide through the series.

 

 

Resident Evil is my favorite game of all time. I'm incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first-ever Resident Evil series to Netflix members around the world.” Andrew Dabb Showrunner, Executive Producer,Writer, Resident Evil