Netflix built a huge, service-defining hit out of a particular horror genre release that’s accumulated a staggering amount of viewing time on its platform. Netflix is the leader in entertainment. Stranger Things, though, subscribers won’t always be streaming the mega-popular series at the same rate as they are today, however. This is the never-ending challenge the streamer continually faces — how to keep the content pipeline continually refreshed. Next up for Netflix? Resident Evil, Live-action adaptation of Capcom’s video game franchise that’s out on July 14.
There’s some potential crossover here with Stranger Things’Given the nostalgia in both, they have a large fan base. The 8-episode. Resident EvilThe series builds on the success of one of horror/survival’s most popular video games.. The adaptation will be a completely new story that spans two time periods.
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“Resident Evil is my favorite game of all time,”Andrew Dabb is the show’s showrunner, executive producer and writer. This was according to press material from Netflix. “I’m incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first-ever Resident EvilNetflix members worldwide can stream series.
“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.”
Here’s how Netflix summarizes the show’s timelines that we alluded to above:
Jade and Billie Wesker (14 years old) are moved to New Raccoon City in the first. It’s a manufactured, corporate town, and the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems. Their father may have dark secrets.
Secrets from the Past
While the second timeline is more than a decade away, it still shows the future. If there are less 15 million people left on Earth. There are also more than 6 Billion monsters living on this planet. Both animals and humans are infected with T-virus. Jade, now 30, struggles to survive in this world. She is haunted by secrets from her past.
For context on the video game this series is based upon, the original title of the franchise was released in 1996. It’s gone on to become one of the best-selling video games ever, with more than 100 million units sold worldwide. It has been almost 25 years since the game was released. Resident EvilThe company now includes six movie franchises, a Netflix series and theme park attractions. The latter has earned more than $1.2 million to date.
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