It’s always difficult these days to determine whether or not a streaming service will renew a series. With that in mind, it’s been revealed that Netflix has cancelled their live-action Resident Evil series after only one season. It’s been revealed that “the drama did not have a particularly strong showing on Netflix’s Top 10 and cost vs. viewing is the streamer’s leading renewal criterion.”
This news comes via Deadline, where they further emphasized the series suffered an “underwhelming 55% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a 27% audience score.” As such, while the series does have its fans, the majority seemingly did not support the series enough to warrant a second season. And, as is the case with many streaming projects these days, Netflix decided to cancel it.
If the series were to have continued, however, there would have been some interesting changes. For example, it was hinted that other Resident Evil video games would have been used as the basis for new storylines. This included hints that Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village could have even appeared. Regardless, we’ll now never see how the storylines from these other games would have been implemented.
With the conclusion of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, which provided an end for the initial series of live-action Resident Evil films, it’s been unclear what the direction for the franchise will be next. Many thought Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City would launch a new series of video game adaptations – but any official sequel has yet to receive the greenlight. Now that Netflix’s Resident Evil series has been cancelled, it’ll be interesting to see what potential adaptation will come next. Hopefully one that’s more universally successful with fans.
The cast members for the cancelled Resident Evil series included Ella Balinska, Lance Reddick, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph and Nuñez. Other cast members include Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gosatti and Turlough Convery.