Proof of Concept - Resident Evil inspired TV series "Arklay"

Edit: 11/05/2025

I've come back to this video after seeing another youtube channel falsely claim that "Dave" was one of their "original cinematic projects." That is just straight up false.

"Dave" (known as Arklay at the time) was created by Shawn Lebert. The episode in this video is actually the 2nd episode that was produced. In the sources section, there is now a wiki article by Forerunner that details the production of Arklay.
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Back in 2014, it was announced that Mance Media was in development of a Resident Evil inspired TV Series, entitled "Arklay". The project has been, unfortunately, canceled but the footage has been uploaded by creator Shawn Lebert. They apparently have removed everything had referenced the game series from the video, and changed the name to "Dave".

It looked quite promising, giving me vibes of the original series, as well as vibes of the newest RE game, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. It's a shame that this was canned, but I'm hoping with enough backing that it would be picked up by Netflix, Hulu or even Syfy, who has shown the RE movies (though Arklay had NOTHING to do with the previous movie series) on occasion.

Enjoy guys! :D


"Resident Evil: Arklay"/"Dave" © Shawn Lebert

Sources:

https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/...

https://www.vg247.com/2017/10/27/this...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/10/2...

http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/10/2...