We won’t see Raccoon City returning to TV any time soon
The Resident Evil TV show has officially been cancelled by Netflix after one season following dismal reviews and disappointing viewing figures.
Only released back in July this year, higher-ups at the streaming giant have decided to axe the small screen adaptation of the iconic game series after eight underperforming episodes and just over a month into its lifecycle.
As per Deadline, while the show had an decent launch, debuting at number two in Netflix’s trending page with 72.7 million hours watched, the figures started to plummet and its chances only worsened as memes and less than favourable write-ups spread across social media.
Although it was never going to top the charts drop amid the Stranger Things 4 fanaticism, it fell out of the top ten after just three weeks and currently sits at a measly 55 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, with an even lower audience score of 27.
The show was review-bombed from day dot, with audiences confessing that while this particular take on franchise was perhaps the closest they’ve come to a faithful interpretation, it was simply poorly written and acted — so much so that they wanted it taking off the platform entirely.
But it’s not all bad news for videogame adaptations as after years of speculation, pre-production woes and stop-starting, it looks like we’re finally getting a BioShock movie, with the film set to arrive on Netflix in November 2023.
Looks like we're finally heading back to Rapture#BioShock15 https://t.co/blFDWyyXNj
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) August 26, 2022
Moreover, regarding TV adaptations specifically, Umbrella Academy director Steve Blackman has reportedly signed on for the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn show which should arrive some time 2024.
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