Netflix welcomes visitors to New Raccoon City with the release of new footage from the video game-inspired sci-fi series, Resident Evil. The just-released footage provides a good look at Lance Reddick as Albert Wesker, a leading biochemist at the Umbrella Corporation.
The cast also includes Ella Balinska (she/her), Tamara Smart (she/her), Siena Agudong (she/her), Adeline Rudolph (she/her), Paola Nuñez (she/her), Ahad Raza Mir (he/him), Connor Gossatti (he/him), and Turlough Convery (he/him).
Andrew Dabb (Supernatural) guides the series as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Writer Mary Leah Sutton, Robert Kulzer, and Oliver Berben also executive produce. The series is a Constantin Film production with CEO Martin Moszkowicz producing.
Season one will consist of eight one-hour episodes. Resident Evil premieres on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
The Plot: Year 2036 – 14 years after Joy caused so much pain, Jade Wesker (Balinska) fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and mind-shattering creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the sinister Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie (Agudong).
