Showrunner Andrew Dabb noted that the events that are unfolding in New Raccoon City take place around the same time as Resident Evil Village (the Resident Evil TV series kicks off in 2022, while the events of Village take place in 2021). All the timelines you knew before still matter, and all of the key events of the Resident Evil canon have still occurred. When it comes to adapting those moments, the series will be pulling from game lore, but will rarely dip its toe into the films'.
The games are our backstory. Everything that happens in the games exists in this world, [including Resident Evil: Village.] We may not get there until season 5, but it is in our world. As we're moving ahead and talking about scripts for season 2, the village is a resource we can draw on.
If you know the games, Wesker is dead. He got blown up by a rocket launcher in a volcano — how I think we all wanna go. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the explanation for why Wesker is the way that he is and how he is still alive go hand in hand. [I promise the answer isn't as rudimentary as] "He's immune to lava."
[When it comes to Jade and Billie,] clearly, they may not be love children, let's just put it that way
