DuringCapcom USA’s livestreamon Twitch, the CGI movieResident Evil: Infinite Darknesswas officially revealed with a teaser trailer. The trailer first introduces us to Claire Redfield as she investigates a dark and long abandoned house. The teaser ends with a man holding a gun, then a final shot of Leon Kennedy with one trained on that same man. you’re able to watch it below:
This movie is the second of twoResident Evilprojects heading to Netflix. Unfortunately no other information onInfinite Darknesshas been revealed as of yet but hopefully more will be forthcoming soon.
There’s also a live-action series coming to the streaming service, which will consist of eight, hour-long episodes and will be overseen by Andrew Dabb, best known for his work onSupernatural. The first two of the eight episodes will be directed by Bronwen Hughes whose credits includeThe Walking Dead. The series will be split across two timelines and will follow Wesker’s kids.
In recent years there’s been a huge push of media based on videogame properties making their debut on various streaming services. Late last year we got thehugely successfulThe Witcherserieson Netflix and before that we had the likes of theCastlevaniaanimated show. Early July we got the announcement of an Amazon exclusiveFalloutseries,in March there was the reveal ofHBO’sThe Last of Usand we have thelikes ofCupheadand more hitting our screens soon. And now of course we have two confirmedResident Evilprojects in the works.
Meanwhile on the videogame frontwe haveResident Evil: Village, which made its debut duringthe PlayStation 5 Showcase by Sony. Continuing from whereREVIIleft off,Villageseems to be aiming to bring players into an entirely differentResident Evilexperience, this time around focused on European forests and mountains and the presence of werewolves, in lieu of the series' traditional zombies.
