Sony Picture Television’s Crackle service will debut the movie adaptation of Capcom’s Dead Rising series on March 27.
Dead Rising: Watchtower will be made available on physical media and other digital formats later down the line following its premiere on Crackle.
Described as a combination of dramatic action and humor with a pinch of scares, Dead Rising: Watchtower is directed by Zach Lipovsky and features Harley Morenstein, Keegan Connor Tracey, Aleks Paunovic, Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Virginia Madsen and Dennis Haysbert.
The film’s lead role is played by Rob Riggle, while the script was penned by Tim Carter of Sleeping Dogs fame.
Dead Rising made its debut as an Xbox 360-exclusive back in 2006, and was followed in 2010 by the multiplatform Dead Rising 2. The series returned to its Xbox-exclusivity with Dead Rising 3 in 2013.