'Dead Rising' Movie, 'Watchtower' Plot Details, Release Date News - Zach Lipovsky's Zombie Film Casts Rob Riggle As Frank West

Legendary Digital Media's upcoming movie adaptation of the video game Dead Rising has cast its Frank West, the protagonist of the gaming title's first chapter. Comedic actor Rob Riggle will portray the veteran photojournalist with a keen sense of how to survive the Zombie apocalypse. It looks like Dead Rising: Watchtower is turning into quite the project for the new division of the production company and partner Crackle.

For those of you unfamiliar with Riggle's line of work, he recently starred in 21 Jump Street and will be featured in Dumb and Dumber To. A former Daily Show correspondent, Riggle has a journalistic past and even covered the war in Afghanistan. Plus, Riggle served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps before getting into show business.

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According to the announcement from Crackle and Legendary, Riggle will join Harley Morenstein (Epic Meal Time, Epic Meal Empire, TUSK), Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel, Once Upon A Time), Aleks Paunovic (THIS MEANS WAR), Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Virginia Madsen and Dennis Haysbert.

Here is the official title of this movie adaptation (via Slash Film):

Dead Rising: Watchtower 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.