Resident Evil TV show trailer imagines a world after the iconic game series

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The first trailer for Netflix's Resident Evil TV series has been released – and it looks like a suitably menacing live-action adaptation of the iconic game series.

Posted on the streamer's various social media channels on May 12, the upcoming Netflix show bears all the hallmarks of a classic Resident Evil adaptation. The Umbrella Corporation, hordes of zombies, plenty of action set during the nighttime, and more sinister threats are all on show during the one minute and 20 second long video. Suffice to say, then, fans of the horror franchise should be licking their lips with anticipation.

Check out the teaser below:

Primarily set in the year 2036, Netflix's Resident Evil series follows Jade Wesker (Ella Balinska), the daughter of famed and villainous scientist Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick) as she searches for her sister Billie (Seina Agudong) amid a new zombie apocalypse.

Wait, why a new zombie apocalypse? Because Netflix's live-action adaptation takes place years after the events of the Resident Evil videogame series, as well as being set in New Raccoon City in the not-too-distant future. Netflix's live-action Resident Evil offering will jump between two timelines – present day in 2022, and one 14 years after a new outbreak (thanks to the Umbrella Corporation, again) occurs. 

Oh, and there's the small matter that – spoilers – Albert Wesker dies in the horror game series. Clearly, then, Netflix's TV show operates in its own sphere, even though it takes plenty of cues from Capcom's iconic franchise and appears to be set around the same time as the events of Resident Evil Village, the eighth game in the series, according to GamesRadar. 

Still, showrunner Andrew Dabb told Entertainment Weekly that there's a reason for Wesker's