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[Gp1]

The synopsis:
"In the first timeline, 14-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems and their father may be concealing dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world.

Cut to the second timeline, well over a decade into the future: there are less than fifteen million people left on Earth. And more than six billion monsters — people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now thirty, struggles to survive in this New World, while the secrets from her past—about her sister, her father and herself—continue to haunt her."

Ok, the guy is great in The Wire, John Wick and even his voice in Destiny 2 is great.

But Albert Wesker? The Resident Evil "almostnazi" eugenic übermenschen villain? Really Netflix?

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Probably gonna be garbage.

 

[skneogaf]

I laughed so much when I saw this!

I love Lance but why on earth should he be Albert wesker?

Sureif they wanted him in it, they could have made up a character.

I hate actual people/characters from history or things being changed just to fit today's agenda.

I wonder what the actors and actresses think when they're told they're being cast as a character that is as far different as you can possibly be.

 

[HoodWinked]

damn what a shame Lance Reddick not like this.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Wow seems to miscast a lot. Is it hard to come up with something original for Riddick?

 

[Jack Videogames]

 

[dr_octagon]

Antony Starr or Michael Fassbender as Wesker

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

so im confused. what are the 5 women doing in raccoon city?

 

[Stitch]

 

[Animagic]

so im confused. what are the 5 women doing in raccoon city?

fighting for social justice

 

[TGO]

 

[Animagic]

Perfect lmao

 

[Yoda]

Wouldn't have watched anyway (movies sucked), but man talk about pandering...

 

[xrnzaaas]

Geez, that cast photo looks like it's taken from some Lifetime show. I knew it'll be shit because of Netflix, but that's a goddamn hard pass.

Wouldn't have watched anyway (movies sucked), but man talk about pandering...

*all movies sucked except for the first one which was a really decent horror/action flick

 

[BigBooper]

Max Pander.

 

[lame gag1990]

This is so fucking pathetic. I really hope it bombs hard.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

People are going to return to this thread when the show is out and say that Lance Reddick was the best thing about the show, same as Isaac in Netflix's Castlevania.

 

[Cravis]

Oh wow, so the t virus can change your race as well as turn you into a hideous fucking monster?

Netflix what are you trying to tell us?

 

[Mossybrew]

People are going to return to this thread when the show is out and say that Lance Reddick was the best thing about the show, same as Isaac in Netflix's Castlevania.

I wouldn't be surprised. He's been one of the best parts of Bosch, which wrapped it's final season. Man needs to work.

 

[AlteredForms]

Lance Reddick is an excellent actor, though I can't see him as Albert Wesker.

 

[skneogaf]

People are going to return to this thread when the show is out and say that Lance Reddick was the best thing about the show, same as Isaac in Netflix's Castlevania.

He will be the best thing as he's amazing but should not be cast as Wesker.

Obviously!

 

[ipukespiders]

If you're black in current year, you have a 1 in 1.0001 chance of being in a commercial, tv series, or movie.

 

[nush]

It's OK guys all the zombies will be exclusively white.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I don’t pay attention to horror film casts they end up dying anyway, resident evils main problem at least in the games is figuring out pace and action together.

 

[INC]

Paul W S Anderson is looking like a genius, right about now! you know you've fucked up, when that happens.....

 

[Blackage]

*Stares at my avatar & name*

Did I do this?

Whelp.

 

[Kimahri]

People are going to return to this thread when the show is out and say that Lance Reddick was the best thing about the show, same as Isaac in Netflix's Castlevania.

I wouldn't be surprised. He's great in everything he's in.

But fuck this dumb shit. Wesker isn't black. Gtfo

 

[poppabk]

so im confused. what are the 5 women doing in raccoon city?

You're confused because you didn't even take the time to read the two paragraph synopsis.

 

[Pagusas]

wow Siena Agudong & Ella Balinska are amazingly beautiful

 

[LaughingStock]

Zavala

But the netflix adaptation meme isn't even a meme anymore.

 

[Animagic]

People are going to return to this thread when the show is out and say that Lance Reddick was the best thing about the show, same as Isaac in Netflix's Castlevania.

he's awesome

 

[Reallink]

Looks like Black Wesker used the virus to annihilate all the white peepo, shoulda been spoiler tagged.

 

[DeafTourette]

First world problems... Where you rage at a white character being played by a black man. A VILLAIN at that.

*Waits for the MLK strawman arguments*

 

[8bitpill]

 

[8bitpill]

That Netflix diversity fairy laid its magic all over this one.

 

[Rest]

If you're upset that a person who doesn't exist is going to be black in in a reimagining, you're retarded. Lance Reddick is the mother fucking man.

 

[Fbh]

It's a Netflix original.
Regardless of casting there's already like a 95% chance it will be shit.

 

[FunkMiller]

So, we’re never actually going to get Resident Evil in live action are we?

First time around it was one giant excuse for a moron to show off his wife, second time around it’s one giant excuse for a collection of people to signal their virtue.

 

[Robot Carnival]

If you're upset that a person who doesn't exist is going to be black in in a reimagining, you're retarded. Lance Reddick is the mother fucking man.

Lace is awesome indeed.

 

[Punkster88]

 

[Azzurri]

It will be cancelled after one season, mark my words.

 

[O.v.e.rlord]

You're confused because you didn't even take the time to read the two paragraph synopsis.

lol when you think raccoon city do you think 5 women 1 dude, taking on the horrors of a zombie apocalypse?

 

[SJRB]

What the fuck at that cast pic.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

It’s a complete alternate universe story. Who cares who plays who.

 

[Yoboman]

Good to see Lance is branching out managing his new female pop group

 

[Azurro]

My god, what is this shit? Are there even any resident evil characters in that? And no, Wesker isn't a black guy, as much as I like Lance Reddick in his previous roles. I'm not even sure sol_bad and ManaByte will like this, and they love everything Hollywood tells them to love.

 

[belmarduk]

This is fantastic news. I loved Reddick in The Wire and am pretty confident he would make an excellent Wesker.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I bet this will be absolute garbage.

 

[Krappadizzle]

This is fantastic news. I loved Reddick in The Wire and am pretty confident he would make an excellent Wesker.

I don't think anyone would argue the guy can't act. He is a fantastic actor. Hell, I'm not even mad at him for taking the role, I'd take it too. Just don't like the pandering.

 

[belmarduk]

I don't think anyone would argue the guy can't act. He is a fantastic actor. Hell, I'm not even mad at him for taking the role, I'd take it too. Just don't like the pandering.

Wesker is a fictional character and nowhere in his backstory is it particularly relevant that he's white. There's really no reason he can't be played by a black actor. Perhaps the people who cast this series thought he would be best for the role? Maybe he will make a fantastic Wesker. You don't know as you have not seen the series.