I’m still not entirely convinced that DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER is going to be very good. Aside from a terrible title, video games don’t exactly have the best track record when hitting the silver screen. Will Zach Lipovsky's take on the undead set itself apart from the rest? Time will tell, I suppose.
I've never played the game but from what I understand is that you play a character who hacks and slashes his way through hordes of zombies using tons of different weapons, some that you actually build out of all sorts of random shit. If that element of the game is brought over into a movie format, I can see this one being a lot of fun, especially if its tone is closer to something like ZOMBIELAND. I also don't know what the f*ck I'm talking about half the time, so there's that. What we have on tap for you today is the film’s first teaser poster; check it out below!
Here's the synopsis:
The film takes place during a large-scale zombie outbreak. When a mandatory government vaccine fails to stop the infection from spreading, the four leads must evade infection while also pursuing the root of the epidemic, with all signs pointing to a government conspiracy. Politics, public paranoia, and media coverage play an important role in the story's narrative.
DEAD TOWER: WATCHTOWER stars Rob Riggle, Dennis Haysbert, Virginia Madsen, Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Harley Morenstein and Keegan Connor Tracy.
Crackle will debut DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER in its feature-length form in the U.S. in 2015. After Crackle's exclusive distribution run, the project will also be released on SVOD, DVD, VOD and TV. Content Media Corporation will distribute Dead Rising: Watchtower in both feature-length and episodic formats for all international platforms.