EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has opted not to order a second season of Resident Evil, its action horror series loosely based on the popular video game franchise.
The news, which comes a month and a half after the series’ July 14 release, is not entirely surprising as 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.Running partly in the shadow of mega genre hit Stranger Things, which was released within the same time frame, Resident Evil debuted at No.
2 with an OK 72.7 million hours viewed. But It did not deliver the big Week 2 bump one would like to see for a new series as word of mouth spreads, raking in 73.3M hours viewed in its second week for a No.
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