Following rumblings that Capcom’s spook ’em up would be getting the television treatment, Netflix made the news official in a tweet earlier today, accompanied by a photo of a script written by Andrew Dabb (Supernatural) and directed by Bronwen Hughs (Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead). Netflix’s formal announcement describes it as such: Resident Evil, of course, already has a strong history in live-action adaptations. I haven’t seen them, but the Milla Jovovich-fronted films are meant to be pretty good - schlocky, brutal, and gory as hell for sure, but quite good as far as videogame flicks from the 00s go. “Cut to the second timeline, well over a decade into the future: there are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters – people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past - about her sister, her father and herself - continue to haunt her.” Fittingly, Constantin Film (the firm behind those films) are producing the Netflix series, which has been commissioned for eight one-hour episodes. Don’t expect to tune in anytime soon, though. At time of writing, there’s no word on casting or potential release date. Chances are you’ll be playing Resident Evil: Village long before the Netflix series airs.
