Video game adaptations are becoming more and more common, and we’ve come a long way from the likes of Doom and the Resident Evil movies, no matter how much of a guilty pleasure those later films began. Netflix has successfully adapted video games into anime with Castlevania and Arcane, and now Devil May Cryis looking to keep the hot streak going. The Devil May Cry series is a long-running franchise that dates back to the days of the PlayStation 2. It started work as Resident Evil 4, but the developers decided to shift gears and create a whole new game out of it. Netflix has now released a short teaser trailer as part of Geeked Week to give viewers an idea of what to expect. Check it out below!
It looks like things are staying very true to the video game series, which means you can expect a lot of gore. The first season consists of eight episodes, and there will surely be room for more if the viewership is there for the series.
There’s not a lot else known about the series yet other than Johnny Yong Bosch is voicing Dante, the series’ protagonist, with Reuben Langdon, the English Dante voice actor in the video game series, not being brought back to voice the character in the show. The series is helmed by Adi Shankar, the same creator who helped bring Castlevania to life for Netflix…and there even are rumors the two could crossover. That doesn’t automatically guarantee the same quality as that series, but it means viewers and fans should be in good hands.
Netflix Has a Solid Track Record When It Comes To Adapting Video Games
Time and time again, we’ve seen video game adaptations come out and fail. The most recent example of this is Borderlands, a movie based on a wildly popular video game franchise that’s shaping up to be one of the biggest box office bombs of 2024, and arguably one of the biggest of all time. With Netflix adaptations typically focusing more on the small screen side of things, they haven’t had that problem, although the live-action Resident Evil series was met with a lot of disappointment and only survived for a single season.
Outside of that, Netflix has had success turning video games into shows, especially when they go down the animation route. Arcane, Castlevania, Dota: Dragon’s Blood, and Sonic: Prime have all seen success, and that’s not even naming everything. The team at Netflix must’ve liked what they’ve seen so far as they’ve continued to committ to the video game adaptation pipeline. Joining Devil May Cry is an animated Tomb Raider series and a series based on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. Time will tell whether Devil May Cry joins TheShockNews of Netflix successes or if it’s just another video game dud.
Devil May Cry
releases on Netflix in April 2025.