TechSpot: Following its decision to turn The Witcher into a TV series, Netflix is bringing another video game franchise to its library: Resident Evil. Constantin Film, the studio behind the six Paul W. S. Anderson-directed movies, is said to be working with the streaming service to develop the project. In the world of mostly terrible video game movies, a couple of the Resident Evils aren’t too bad—I remember enjoying the first one when it came out, and the most recent entry wasn’t bad, though Metacritic disagrees. But after earning a total of $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, they’re the most successful series of movies based on a video game to date.
With Constantin Film involved, it seems the TV show will be closer to the films that the games, which is a bit of a shame, and Milla Jovovich’s involvement is very unlikely. Deadline reports that it will delve deeper into the inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation. We’ll also see more of the post-T-virus-outbreak world.
Resident Evil is seeing quite a revival right now. After the games started to go downhill, 2017’s Resi 7 switched the view to first-person and breathed new life into the franchise.
Additionally, today sees the release of the Resident Evil 2 remake, which has earned rave reviews and is being called one of the best-ever games in the series.