Legendary Is Making A ‘Dead Rising’ Movie
By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2014 6:00 am EST
Capcom’s zombie-fighting video game series Dead Rising was a debut title on the Xbox 360; that first game and the titles released since all bear a great deal of influence from zombie movies. (Dead Rising 3 debuted with the Xbox One last fall.) But while the games are already heavily film-influenced, it’s no surprise that Capcom wants to complete the circle with a Dead Rising movie. What is surprising is the manner in which it is going to happen.
Legendary is producing the film, but this won’t be a theatrical release. Dead Rising will be a “full-length digital feature” that will first stream on Sony’s service Crackle. Variety has the details. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series producer) will exec produce; Tim Carter will write and produce with Tomas Harlan. There’s no director hired at this point. Carter and Harlan’s company, Contradiction Films, is the same company behind the Mortal Kombat: Legacy digital series. Each of the games generally follows a single protagonist who is desperately trying to survive a zombie outbreak, but there are many other characters sprinkled throughout the games. Variety says of the plot of the film, “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.”
Tom Lesinski, chief of Legendary Digital, said,
Dead Rising has a built-in fan base and rich characters and plotlines that are ideal for digital storytelling and on target for Legendary’s brand. Crackle and Content are adept at distributing cutting-edge digital content and we look forward to delivering a highly engaging and cool series for a global audience.
After Crackle has its way with Dead Rising, the film will be released on disc media, TV, and VOD. While some fans probably want a much bigger Dead Rising film, this might be a great approach. Going the “digital feature” route will keep the budget down, which means the film doesn’t have to be targeted for a broad audience. Perhaps it can be a little messy, maybe even scary.
Legendary Is Making A ‘Dead Rising’ Movie
By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2014 6:00 am EST
Capcom’s zombie-fighting video game series Dead Rising was a debut title on the Xbox 360; that first game and the titles released since all bear a great deal of influence from zombie movies. (Dead Rising 3 debuted with the Xbox One last fall.) But while the games are already heavily film-influenced, it’s no surprise that Capcom wants to complete the circle with a Dead Rising movie. What is surprising is the manner in which it is going to happen.
Legendary is producing the film, but this won’t be a theatrical release. Dead Rising will be a “full-length digital feature” that will first stream on Sony’s service Crackle. Variety has the details. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series producer) will exec produce; Tim Carter will write and produce with Tomas Harlan. There’s no director hired at this point. Carter and Harlan’s company, Contradiction Films, is the same company behind the Mortal Kombat: Legacy digital series. Each of the games generally follows a single protagonist who is desperately trying to survive a zombie outbreak, but there are many other characters sprinkled throughout the games. Variety says of the plot of the film, “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.”
Tom Lesinski, chief of Legendary Digital, said,
Dead Rising has a built-in fan base and rich characters and plotlines that are ideal for digital storytelling and on target for Legendary’s brand. Crackle and Content are adept at distributing cutting-edge digital content and we look forward to delivering a highly engaging and cool series for a global audience.
After Crackle has its way with Dead Rising, the film will be released on disc media, TV, and VOD. While some fans probably want a much bigger Dead Rising film, this might be a great approach. Going the “digital feature” route will keep the budget down, which means the film doesn’t have to be targeted for a broad audience. Perhaps it can be a little messy, maybe even scary.
Legendary is producing the film, but this won’t be a theatrical release. Dead Rising will be a “full-length digital feature” that will first stream on Sony’s service Crackle.
Variety has the details. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers series producer) will exec produce; Tim Carter will write and produce with Tomas Harlan. There’s no director hired at this point. Carter and Harlan’s company, Contradiction Films, is the same company behind the Mortal Kombat: Legacy digital series.
Each of the games generally follows a single protagonist who is desperately trying to survive a zombie outbreak, but there are many other characters sprinkled throughout the games. Variety says of the plot of the film, “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.”
Tom Lesinski, chief of Legendary Digital, said,
After Crackle has its way with Dead Rising, the film will be released on disc media, TV, and VOD.
Dead Rising has a built-in fan base and rich characters and plotlines that are ideal for digital storytelling and on target for Legendary’s brand. Crackle and Content are adept at distributing cutting-edge digital content and we look forward to delivering a highly engaging and cool series for a global audience.
While some fans probably want a much bigger Dead Rising film, this might be a great approach. Going the “digital feature” route will keep the budget down, which means the film doesn’t have to be targeted for a broad audience. Perhaps it can be a little messy, maybe even scary.
