Resident Evil has been canceled by streaming platform Netflix after just one season.
In the shadow of the fourth season of Stranger Things, the Resident Evil-licensed series launched in second place on Netflix with 72.7 million hours watched. In its second week, Resident Evil didn’t see the big splash you’d expect from a new series when word of the word spreads. The series hit 73.3 million hours watched in its second week and peaked at number three before plummeting and falling out of the top 10 after only three weeks.
#ResidentEvil ‘s cancellation comes after it fell out of the @netflix top 10 altogether after just three weeks. https://t.co/V2XKEvjY6l
— Deadline in Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 26, 2022
Although Resident Evil is not ongoing, Netflix can look forward to several successes such as Stranger Things, Arcane, The Witcher, The Umbrella Academy, Shadow and Bone, Vikings: Valhalla, Sweet Tooth, Black Mirror and the last one, The Sandman, which was a real hit. and should be renewed soon to continue attracting audiences. The emergence of new productions such as The Midnight Club, The Witcher: The Origin of Blood, Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Rarities, Three Body Problems, One Piece and Avatar: The Elementalist will further expand the catalog SVOD service.
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This live-action series is Netflix’s second foray into the Resident Evil universe. The first was the animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness which featured video game voice actors Nick Apostolides and Stephanie Panicello. Showrunner Andrew Dabb is a new Resident Evil series set in the year 2036. Fourteen years after a deadly virus triggered a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights to survive in a world overrun by bloodthirsty, infected and deranged creatures. In this ultimate carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, her father’s frightening ties to the Umbrella Corporation, but especially what happened to her sister, Billie.
Netflix’s Resident Evil trailer.
Resident Evil starred Ella Balinska, Lance Reddick, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph and Paola Nunez. Other cast members include Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gosatti and Turlough Convery.