Netflix has opted to not renew its live-action sequence adaptation of the beloved online game sequence Resident Evil. Deadline was the primary to report.

The determination comes roughly six weeks after the sequence debuted on July 14, and the show–as Deadline speculates–didn’t ship the word-of-mouth numbers that Netflix hoped for. Although audiences and critics have been break up on the present, GameSpot’s Chris E. Hayner discovered the difference to be an formidable and strange interpretation of the supply materials.

Hayner writes in his evaluate: “It’s off to a powerful begin to declare the award for finest adaptation we have but seen… it is telling a brand new story that is not beholden to the occasions of the video games, however with the sequence’ main trappings: specifically, zombies and mutant monsters created by an evil pharmaceutical company.”

Part of what made the present so unusual–and what could have damage it within the end–was its inventive use of constructing off and diverging from the canon of Resident Evil video games as backstory. As showrunner Matt Dabb defined in lots of interviews, the present treats the video games as data that solely informs however does not immediately form what occurs on display. Additionally, the present was set in two distinct time periods–what’s taking place in 2022, earlier than the downfall of the world due to the T-virus, in addition to a zombie-filled post-apocalyptic 2036.

Around the present’s debut, Dabb spoke with GameSpot about his plans for the present in future seasons all the way in which as much as Season 5, which can have lastly included the fan favourite character Lady Dimitrescu from 2021’s Resident Evil Village.

Netflix reportedly is seeking to proceed working with members of the present’s solid on future tasks, or discover them alternatives on different at the moment working exhibits.