The live-action Resident Evil TV series from Netflix finally has a premiere date.
On Thursday, Netflix announced that Resident Evil is coming out on July 14, 2022. Despite what the title implies, this series has nothing to do with the films starring Milla Jovovich or even Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. Yes, Netflix’s Resident Evil is yet another reboot of sorts. Constantin Film’s involvement is the only connection to anything else in the franchise, as the company produced all prior live-action Resident Evil films.
The series was announced in August of 2020, and aside from a short teaser trailer, there’s still not much information about Netflix’s Resident Evil.
evil has evolved. RESIDENT EVIL is coming to Netflix July 14. pic.twitter.com/6uvDsSdRw2
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) March 17, 2022
The official logline for Netflix’s Resident Evil suggests quite a departure from the games as well.
“Year 2036 – 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures,” Resident Evil’s logline reads via The Verge. “In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.”
Solid video games to film adaptations are still in short supply, and it’s difficult to say where Netflix’s Resident Evil will land in terms of quality.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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