Key points
- The quality of adaptations from video games to television and film adaptations has improved, with shows like The Last of Us and Fallout being well received.
- The Dead Rising series has received little film adaptation in the past, but a new adaptation is being considered.
- The Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster team has expressed interest in making a live-action zombie film or anime based on the game.
Over the past couple of years, the quality of the process of adapting video games to television and film adaptations has increased dramatically. Shows like The Last of Us and Fallout have bucked the historical trend of these adaptations being bad, both being nominated for dozens of industry awards, and films like The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog have been hits at box office.
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It's this resurgence that led me to ask the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster team at the Tokyo Game Show if they would consider making a new adaptation of the once-dormant series.
“A live-action zombie movie would be the coolest thing”
Historically, the Dead Rising series has been no stranger to film adaptations. Three films were released between 2010 and 2016: Zombrex: Dead Rising Sun, Dead Rising: Watchtower, and Dead Rising: Endgame. Each of these films was panned, and Dead Rising: Watchtower received the highest Rotten Tomatoes score: 32.
However, as Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster has done well with critics and public sentiment has changed towards adaptations, I asked the question, “Would you make another Dead Rising movie, or maybe an anime, now that it's back? ” to the Capcom trio of Kawata-san, Morimoto-san and Murai-san, a question that thrilled game director Ryosuke Murai.
“I would definitely like it,” he told me, adding, “For me personally, I think it could be suitable for an anime too, but it's an unusual approach. Ultimately, I think a live-action zombie movie would be the greatest thing to do since Dead Rising.”
Ultimately, I think a live action zombie movie would be the greatest thing to do since Dead Rising.
Murai-san pointed me to another project the team had been working on, somewhat in the vein of an anime, with an animated promotional music video for Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster uploaded to Capcom's YouTube channel.
Speaking to TheGamer at the Tokyo Game Show, the Deluxe Remaster team also shared how they would like the next game to be set on a cruise ship, why “a lot of people turned away” from the original game, and how they used the documents beta. to restore the cut content.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is based on the 2016 remaster of the 2006 original, following photojournalist Frank West as he tries to uncover the shocking source of a zombie outbreak and make it out alive.
- Top Critics' Rating:80/100 Critics recommend:79%
