Resident Evil, the iconic apocalyptic video game series by Capcom, is officially going to be hitting our (small) screens onNetflixwith a brand-new storyline. On July 13, 2025, the streaming giant officially announced that the live-actionResident Evilseries was in active development. The show is the brainchild of Andrew Dabb, the co-showrunner and executive producer of CBS’ hit TV seriesSupernatural.
In an official statement for the show, Dabb went on to say:
“Resident Evilis my favorite game of all time. I’m incredibly excited to tell a new chapter in this amazing story and bring the first-everResident Evilseries to Netflix members around the world. For every type ofResident Evilfan, 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.”
If the news of this show’s development sounds familiar to you,Deadlinehad initially reported the story of this show back in January 2019. However, this is the first official confirmation that this video game will be adapted into a TV series. Of course, the question on everyone’s mind is what the storyline will look like for this show; will it be similar to the video game or something entirely different? Moreover, what can we expect from this upcoming Netflix series? Let’s dive right into it.
Resident Evil: The Plot
The video game adapted into the TV series will follow the two Wesker children’s adventures and be set across two time periods. Netflix confirmed the following story arcs in an official announcement:
“In the first timeline, fourteen-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems and their father may be concealing dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.Cut to the second timeline, well over a decade into the future: there are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters – people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past - about her sister, her father and herself - continue to haunt her.”
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Albert Wesker, their father and the perennial villainin theResident Evilvideo games, has been an integral part of their world since the first video game. Though we do not know what will happen to Billie along the way, we are pretty certain that there will be something to do with teeth and mutation.
Resident Evil: Confirmed Cast
Though the series was officially confirmed recently, fans have known a lot about it, including the main cast, since June 2021. At that time, the Twitter account Netflix Geeked tweeted that six actors were officially roped in for the series. These include Lance Reddick, Ella Balinska ofCharlie’s Angelsfame, Siena Agudong fromF9: The Fast Saga, Tamara Smart fromAre You Afraid of the DarkandArtemis Fowl, Paola Nuñez ofBad Boyz for LifeandThe PurgeTV series fame, and Adeline Rudolph fromChilling Adventures of SabrinaandRiverdale.
As reported byVariety, Lance Reddick will take on the role of Albert Wesker, the antagonist who appeared for the first time in the video game back in 1996. In fact, this character has been featured in quite a fewResident Evilfilm projects too. We last saw Tom Hopper play the role of Wesker in the 2021Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Reddick has featured in many popular films and TV series, most notably as Charon in theJohn Wickfilm series and Cedric Daniels on HBO’sThe Wire.
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The character details for Smart, Balinska, Agudong, Nuñez, and Rudolph have yet to be released. The IMDb page for the series also features Tetiana Gaidar, who is listed as a Tactical Weapons Trainer. The list also features Evan Hengst as Carl, Rizelle Januk as Billie Wesker’s teacher, and more. Variety also reported that Ahad Raza Mir would join the cast. However, his role hasn’t been disclosed yet.
Resident Evil: Release Date
TheResident Evilseries will drop on Netflix on July 13, 2025, as tweeted by Netflix Geeked. Back in 2020, Netflix announced that the show would consist of eight episodes, each being an hour long. This pretty much follows the same format as most TV shows on streaming services in the last few years. What’s unclear, though, is whether Netflix will be dropping all the eight episodes ofResident Evilin one go or will they be opting for a once-a-week release format.
Considering a number of streaming platforms, including Disney+ and Prime, have been releasing their popular shows every week, it is likely that Netflix would do the same. However, that’s something we’ll only know on July 14.
