Zombies are on their way to the White House in Netflix’s Resident Evil anime series, Infinite darkness. Netflix announced the upcoming series’ plot on Thursday and the release of new snapshots and the announcement of the voice cast.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness becomes a few years after the events of Resident Evil 4 and will play Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Netflix has said that voice actors Nick Apostolides as Leon and Stephanie Panisello as Claire will return, the same roles they played in 2019. Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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Instead of visiting a story from another game or movie in the series, Infinite darkness will tell his own original story with the two fans of fans. To give fans a preview of what’s in store, Netflix has released a full description of the plot:
In 2006, there were traces of improper access to secret presidential files in the White House network. U.S. Federal Agent Leon S. Kennedy is among the group invited to the White House to investigate this incident, but when the lights suddenly go out, Leon and the SWAT team are forced to take down a horde of mysterious zombies. Meanwhile, TerraSave staff member Claire Redfield gets a mysterious image drawn by a youth in a country she visited while providing refugee support. Ghosted by this drawing, which is apparently a victim of viral infection, Claire begins her own investigation. The next morning, Claire visits the White House to request the construction of a welfare facility. There she has a casual reunion with Leon and uses the opportunity to show him the boy’s drawing. Leon seems to realize some sort of connection between the zombie outbreak in the White House and the strange drawing, but he tells Claire that there is no connection and departure. Over time, these two zombie outbreaks in distant lands lead to events that shake the nation to its core.
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness debut sometime in 2021. But Infinite darkness is not the only Resident Evil series on the way from Netflix. The streaming service previously announced a series of live actions in the Resident Evil universe that members of the Wesker family follow in two separate timelines.
In fact, 2021 is going to be a big year for Resident Evil all around. Capcom and Constantin Film make a new live-action film adaptation, this time directed by Johannes Roberts (47 meters off), stares Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as Claire Redfield. The film will be released on September 3rd. The latest game in the series, Resident Evil Village, will be released on May 7th.