Dead Rising Movie To Be Directed By Zach Lipovsky

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2014 4:20 pm EST

The Dead Rising video game series is set during an epic zombie outbreak. Here is the official description from Capcom:

The game allowed players to control Frank as he explored the mall, using any available object as a weapon. The sandbox game featured several endings, which one you got was dependent on the decisions the player made during the story.

Dead Rising follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, a freelance photojournalist after the scoop of a lifetime. In a small suburban town that’s overrun by zombies, he escapes to the local shopping mall, thinking it will be safe. Now it’s a standoff, with zombies unable to get Frank, but him unable to get out & escape. Fortunately, he’s got an entire mall at his disposal. Utilize everything you can find to fight off the flesh-hungry mob and search for the truth behind the horrendous epidemic.

Dead Rising is essentially every zombie movie concept crammed into a game, with an insanely overwhelming amount of undead. I’m interested to see how they are able to differentiate the Dead Rising film from the zombie film properties that inspired it how a digital film will be able to handle the epic number of zombies on a lower budget. We’ve fans (and friends) of Zach, so I’m happy to see him tackle a challenge of this level.

Lipovsky has been making a name for himself in the horror film world: directing the Syfy television movie Tasmanian Devils starring Danica McKellar and co-producing the found footage action thriller Afflicted. Lipovsky’s feature film directing debut Leprechaun: Origins hits theaters this Friday (August 22nd, 2014). And if you miss that, WWE Studios will release the Leprechaun reboot/prequel on VOD on August 26th, 2014.

Lipovsky has also been working with Blindness/Hobo with a Shotgun producer Niv Fichman to make a feature film titled Dogs of War, a heavily-stylized action fantasy retelling (think 300) of the War of 1812 about “Canadian fighters clearing a path for the British army to invade Washington and burn down the White House.”