Dead Rising: Watchtower follows the story of Chase Carter, a reporter who’s just trying to make it big. What was supposed to be his career-defining story could turn out to be career- and life-ending.
The world hasn’t ended yet, and ambitious duo Chase and Jordan, his camerawoman, went inside the quarantine zone. Zombies are nothing new to them, but outbreaks are an uncommon occurrence. Prior outbreaks were contained in the nick of time, but many of the survivors abandoned in the quarantine zone carry the zombie virus in their blood. All that’s preventing a new outbreak is an antidote called Zombrex – but for some mysterious reason, it fails to work and triggers an outbreak.
Chase gets stuck in the quarantine zone, but Jordan makes it out; the story begins to play from two perspectives. Jordan sets out to unravel what could have caused the Zombrex to fail, she along with the rest of the media and officials observe from outside. Meanwhile, Chase battles to survive in the quarantine zone, kept company loner-with-a-secret Crystal, and grief-stricken mother Maggie. Under these circumstances, they’re forced to question what they’re willing to do to survive and their own sense of humanity.
We’ll leave you with these two trailers, which give us a glimpse into what Dead Rising: Watchtower will be like.
Dead Rising: Watchtower is based on the popular Capcom game franchise, Dead Rising, which has sold over 8.2 million copies worldwide. Dead Rising: Watchtower is a Dead Rising/Contradiction Films production directed by Zach Lipovsky (Leprechaun: Origins), written and produced by Tim Carter (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), and executive produced by Tomas Harlan (Mortal Kombat: Legacy) and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the Transformers franchise), presented by Content Media Corporation and Legendary Entertainment.
Dead Rising Watchtower is now available on iTunes, VOD Platforms, DVD & Blu-Ray in South East Asia, Latin America (except Brazil and Mexico, coming soon), Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and will release on Monday July 27th in the UK & Ireland, Africa (except South Africa, coming soon), on Wednesday July 29th in Australia, on Friday July 31st in Germany and Austria, on Wednesday August 5th in Mexico, Monday August 10th in New Zealand, Wednesday August 19th in Brazil, Thursday August 20th across Scandinavia and Tuesday September 1st in Italy, France, Switzerland and South Africa.