“The town of Clearfield, MD has long stood in the shadow of three seemingly unrelated behemoths – the Umbrella Corporation, the decommissioned Greenwood Asylum, and Washington, D.C.
In early 2020, Netflix’s Media site listed an official story description for the series (although it has since been removed). While the project is in early stages, the series is expected to incorporate all of Resident Evil’s signature elements, including action sequences and easter eggs.” “The drama series will explore the dark inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation and the new world order caused by the outbreak of the T-virus. The following was said about the plot of the upcoming Resident Evil series The series was first reported on back in January 2019 according to Deadline. What is the plot of Resident Evil season 1? This caused some initial concern surrounding the tone of the first season but at this point, it’s too early to tell. His previous credits include Supernatural for The CW. The episode is written by Andrew Dabb and directed by Bronwen Hughes ( The Walking Dead).Īndrew Dabb is helming the series. In the script that was posted by NXonNetflix in August 2020, we know that episode one is called “Welcome to New Racoon City”. The 8 x 1 hour episode season will be helmed by Andrew Dabb (Supernatural), Bronwen Hughes (The Walking Dead, The Journey Is the Destination) will direct the first two episodes.
That’s when they published the first details via the former NXonNetflix account. Netflix themselves didn’t actually post anything official regarding the live-action series until August 27th, 2020.
Netflix is seemingly going all-in on Resident Evil with this live-action series and at least two animated projects too, the first of which was Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness which was released on Netflix in July 2021.