Netflix has handed out an eight-episode order for “Resident Evil,” the live-action drama-horror series based on the Capcom video game franchise of the same name.
Constantin Films, which produced the six film franchise adaptation, will serve as the studio behind the series with Andrew Dabb (“Supernatural”) to serve as writer, executive producer and showrunner.
The story of the series will unfold across two timelines: the first follows fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker who are moved to New Raccoon City – a manufactured, corporate town, forced on them in adolescence. The more time they spend there, the more they realise this town is more than it seems.
The second timeline unfolds well over a decade into the future with less than fifteen million people left on Earth and over six billion monsters – people and animals infected with the T-virus. A now thirtysomething Jade struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past continue to haunt her.
Bronwen Hughes will direct and executive produce the first two episodes of the series while Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben also executive produce.
Source: Variety
