{"id":365382,"date":"2020-08-28T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=365382"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T08:06:09","slug":"netflix-is-making-a-live-action-resident-evil-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/365382-netflix-is-making-a-live-action-resident-evil-series.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix is making a live-action Resident Evil series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix has announced<\/strong><\/a> it is making a live-action series based on Capcom’s hit survival horror game franchise Resident Evil.<\/p>\n

The series will be produced by Constantin Film, the same company responsible for the six Resident Evil movies released to date.<\/p>\n

Its first season will comprise eight episodes of one hour each, with events playing out over two timelines.<\/p>\n

The first timeline follows 14-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker as they are sent to New Raccoon City.<\/p>\n

The second timeline takes place 16 years after the first, with Earth’s population decimated by the t-virus, resulting in only 15 million people left to fend off a horde of over 6 billion monsters – both infected humans and animals.<\/p>\n

The first two episodes of Netflix’s Resident Evil will be directed by Bronwen Hughes, who has also worked on Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and The Walking Dead.<\/p>\n

Supernatural’s Andrew Dabb has been appointed as writer, executive producer, and showrunner for the series.<\/p>\n

“I’m incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first-ever\u00a0Resident Evil series to Netflix members around the world.”<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

No details have been revealed about the cast for the show.<\/p>\n

Most successful game-based movie franchise<\/h3>\n

The first Resident Evil game debuted in 1996 on the original PlayStation console. It spawned numerous sequels which were released on various platforms in subsequent years.<\/p>\n

Over its more than two-decade existence, the franchise sold in excess of 100 million copies of its games worldwide.<\/p>\n

Constantin Film acquired the rights and adapted the first Resident Evil story for the big screen in 2002.<\/p>\n

Five sequels have followed, putting the movie franchise’s total gross at $1.2 billion across the globe. This makes it the most successful movie franchise based on a video game.<\/p>\n

The next game in the series, Resident Evil: Village, is set to be released in 2021, while a new Resident Evil movie is also under development.<\/p>\n

Now read: Nu Metro cinemas to reopen in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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