Netflix’s Resident Evil trailer teases the TV show’s grim zombie future

Resident EvilThis summer, Netflix will offer a completely different version of the series. Andrew Dabb is the writer-producer of this new TV series that features live action.Supernatural), reimagines Capcom’s Resident Evil series as an action-packed, time-hopping story of survival and horror, with a dash of family drama and corporate intrigue.

You can set both the modern day and the 2036 in New Raccoon City (South Africa). Resident Evil centers on Jade Wesker as she both fights for survival in a world overrun with zombies and reckons with her past — and what has become of her sister, Billie, 14 years after the onset of a zombie apocalypse. Jade and Billie are the daughters of Albert Wesker, played by Lance Reddick in Netflix’s series, who serves at the pleasure of his superiors at the Umbrella Corporation.

As seen in Netflix’s first teaser trailer for the television series, Resident Evil will deliver on the zombie-infested horror of the games, with no shortage of bloody violence, the looming threat of Umbrella, and brief hints of the Resident Evil’s quirkier side.

Resident EvilThe eight-part season of ‘The Lie’ will be available worldwide on Netflix from July 14th. Joining Reddick in the series are Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, and Paola Nuñez.