{"id":24341,"date":"2022-03-17T13:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/ahad-raza-mir-to-star-in-netflix-resident-evil-series\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:03:30","slug":"ahad-raza-mir-to-star-in-netflix-resident-evil-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=24341","title":{"rendered":"Ahad Raza Mir to star in Netflix series &#8216;Resident Evil&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2022 is the year of wonderful opportunities for Pakistani artists as every few weeks we get to hear a remarkable news about new milestones achieved by our artists. The most recent one to boast is that Pakistani-Canadian actor Ahad Raza Mir has been cast in Netflix original series <em>Resident Evil.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though Netflix has not yet revealed the details about the character that Mir will play in the series, but the actor&#8217;s agent, Hamid Hussain, has confirmed the news.<\/p>\n<p><em>Resident Evil<\/em> is a live action, scripted series that will tell a new story building on Capcom\u2019s hit video game franchise. Lance Reddick is set to star as Albert Wesker and the cast also includes Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, and Paola Nu\u00f1ez.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/asia\/ahad-raza-mir-netflix-resident-evil-series-1235207789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, Constantin Film, which previously produced the six-feature film franchise based on the games, will serve as the studio behind the series. Andrew Dabb is the writer, executive producer, and showrunner, with Mary Leah Sutton also writing and executive producing the series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When the Wesker kids move to New Raccoon City, the secrets they uncover might just be the end of everything. Resident Evil, a new live action series based on Capcom\u2019s legendary survival horror franchise, is coming to Netflix. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XWh5XYxklD\">pic.twitter.com\/XWh5XYxklD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixGeeked\/status\/1298949632379121665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ahad is not the first Pakistani to appear in an international series on Netflix. Earlier, Humayoun Saeed was also confirmed to play Dr. Hasnat Khan in the upcoming season of the popular Netflix series <em>The Crown.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ahad is currently filming a Ramazan drama serial for Pakistan\u2019s Hum TV titled <em>Hum Tum<\/em>. He is a household name, well-known in the Pakistan&#8217;s TV and film fraternity. The actor&#8217;s notable performances include drama serials <em>Yaqeen Ka Safar<\/em>, <em>Aangan<\/em>, <em>Ehd-e-Wafa <\/em>and<em> Yeh Dil Mera. <\/em>He has also been a part of one feature film <em>Parwaaz Hai Junoon. <\/em>Ahad starred alongside his wife Sajal Aly, in a Zee5  web series<em> Dhoop Ki Deewar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/humayun-saeed-cast-as-dr-hasnat-in-netflixs-the-crown\/\">Humayun Saeed Cast As Dr Hasnat In Netflix\u2019s The Crown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamid also shared that Ahad is co-producing a Greece-set thriller film alongside him, which will feature a mainstream Pakistani female star in the lead role. Further details are under wraps at the moment. Ahad debuted as a producer with <em>Kalasha,<\/em> which is currently filming.<\/p>\n<p>In Canada, Ahad has built a name for himself as a theater actor. After playing Tybalt in <em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em> (2014) and Lennox in <em>Macbeth<\/em> (2015), he played the title role in <em>Hamlet: A Ghost Story<\/em> (2019), all for The Shakespeare Company. His interpretation of Hamlet won him Canada\u2019s Betty Mitchell Award for outstanding performance by an actor.<\/p>\n<p>Keep watching this space for more updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No details have been revealed yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,39,214],"tags":[1075],"class_list":["post-24341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment","category-featured","tag-ahad-raza-mirnetflixresident-evil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}