In case you didn't know, a Netflix RESIDENT EVIL series is in the works that plans to "keep the basic premise" of the games. No showrunner or cast has been announced, but today it looks like the series is slowly starting to take shape. Today we hear that production on eight one-hour episodes of Netflix’s RESIDENT EVIL will start prepping in April in South Africa and will film June through October.
Here's a production snippet via Redanian Intelligence:
The last thing we heard on the series was way back in January of last year when we learned that Constantin and Netflix were searching for the right showrunner to "shepherd the adaptation" that would expand the Resident Evil universe and deepen the existing mythology, keeping the basic premise, but also serving as a setup for the movie franchise.
The drama series will
explore the dark inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation and the new world order caused by the outbreak of the T-virus.
We'll let you know when we hear more.
The last film in the franchise was fittingly titled RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER. It centered on the T-virus unleashed by the evil Umbrella Corp. spreading to every corner of the globe, infesting the planet with zombies, demons, and monsters. Alice (Milla Jovovich), a former Umbrella employee turned rogue warrior, joins her friends on a last-chance mission to storm the company's headquarters located deep underneath what used to be Raccoon City. But the Red Queen (Ever Anderson) knows that Alice is coming, and the final battle will determine if the rest of mankind lives or dies.