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Naomi Paul Jennifer HuppertCrackle Crackle10202 West Washington Blvd. 10202 West Washington Blvd.Culver City, CA 90232 Culver City, CA 90232P: 310-244-8447 P: 310-244-9302E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

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DEAD RISING: ENDGAME

CAST

Chase Carter JESSE METCALFESandra Lowe MARIE AVGEROPOULOS

Hancock IAN TRACEYJordan KEEGAN CONNOR TRACY

Jill JESSICA HARMONGarth PATRICK SABONGUI

Sue Ingot CAMILLE SULLIVANCaptain Smith JIM THORBURN

WithLeon Rand BILLY ZANE

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General Lyons DENNIS HAYSBERT

FILMMAKERS

Directed by PAT WILLIAMSWritten by MICHAEL FERRIS AND TIM CARTER

Based on THE VIDEO GAME DEAD RISING CREATED BY CAPCOMProduced by TIM CARTER

Executive Producer TOMAS HARLANExecutive Producers HARUHIRO TSUJIMOTO

KIICHIRO URATAExecutive Producer THOMAS LESINSKI

Director of Photography DAVID PELLETIERProduction Designer BOB BOTTIERI

Edited by JUSTIN LI and JAMIE ALAINCostume Designer STEPHANIE NOLIN

Music by RICH WALTERSCasting by JUNIE LOWRY JOHNSON and LIBBY GOLDSTEIN

MONICA KELLYCanadian Casting by TIFFANY MAK

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SYNOPSIS

It’s been two years since investigative reporter Chase Carter (Jesse Metcalfe) discovered that the Army and pharmaceutical giant Phenotrans had conspired to engineer the zombie outbreak in the East Mission City quarantine area. Now working at the television network UBC, Chase continues to pursue any lead that will expose the plot and reveal the Army’s complicity in the kidnapping of his former partner Jordan Blair (Keegan Connor Tracy).

Following up on an informant’s tip, Chase gathers damning evidence of a criminal enterprise involving powerful two-star Army General Lyons (Dennis Haysbert). But his discovery has unforeseen consequences, as Chase learns when a corporate whistleblower named George Hancock (Ian Tracey) reveals the chilling dimensions of a rogue military operation called “Afterlife.” A potential massacre is only hours away and it’s up to Chase and his team – his colleagues Jill (Jill Harmon) and Sandra (Marie Avgeropoulos), Hancock and sardonic combat vet Garth (Patrick Sabongui) – to thwart Lyons’ plans. Descending behind the walls of East Mission City, the would-be rescuers find themselves in a zombie-infested hell-zone unlike any other: thanks to the perverse brilliance of Dr. Leon Rand (Billy Zane), the undead are faster, meaner and more terrifying than ever.

Legendary Digital Studios presents a DR2/Contradiction Films Production of DEAD RISING: ENDGAME. Directed by Pat Williams (“Continuum”) and written by Michael Ferris (TERMINATOR SALVATION, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES) and Tim Carter (DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER, MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY). Based on the video game Dead Rising by CAPCOM. Produced by Tim Carter. Executive producers Tomas Harlan, Haruhiro Tsujimoto, Kiichiro Urata and Thomas Lesinski Starring Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives,” “Dallas”), Marie Avgeropoulos (“The 100"), Ian Tracey (“Bates Motel,” MAN OF STEEL), Keegan Connor Tracy (“Once Upon a Time,” “Bates Motel”), Jessica Harmon (“iZombie,” “The 100”), Patrick Sabongui (“The Art of More”), Camille Sullivan (“The Man in the High Castle”) and Jim Thorburn (“Continuum”). With Billy Zane (TITANIC, ZOOLANDER 2). And Dennis Haysbert (“24,” WRECK-IT-RALPH). Director of photography David Pelletier, production designer Bill Bottieri, edited by Justin Li and Jamie Alain, costume designer Stephanie Nolin, music by Rich Waters, casting by Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Monica Kelly, Canadian casting by Tiffany Mak.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

August 8, 2016 is the 10th anniversary of the North American release of Dead Rising, Capcom’s enormously popular zombie videogame franchise. In the years since its debut, , the game has amassed a loyal and passionate fan base and the combined titles of Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 3 have sold over 9.1million units to date.

With each title, Capcom writers and developers have sought to evolve the franchise and heighten the player’s experience by adding new characters, effects and layers to the story, and making its zombies ever faster, crazier and meaner. That tradition continues continue with the recently announced Dead Rising 4, due in December 2016. Among its many treats are two brand-new, gruesomely formidable subspecies of the undead enemy, one of which will transform before the very eyes of the player.

In similar fashion, Contradiction Films’ Tim Carter and Tomas Harlan set out to raise the bar with the follow-up to their original feature film DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER, which successfully premiered on Crackle in March 2015. A Legendary Digital Media production written by Tim Carter and directed by Zach Lipovsky, DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER delighted the game’s fans and introduced unfamiliar viewers to the Dead Rising universe, where virus-based zombie outbreaks have taken their place alongside other scary modern diseases. Breathlessly covered by the news media, the outbreaks are largely isolated events that are controlled through a combination of government-supervised quarantines; a virus-suppressing vaccine called Zombrex; and, when all else ostensibly fails, fire bombing. DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER takes viewers inside the quarantine zone of East Mission City as a virulent new strain of the zombie virus begins to wreak gory havoc and the U.S. government makes preparations to firebomb the area. While trying escape alive and unbitten, would-be hotshot reporter Chase Carter and camera operator Jordan Blair discover evidence that the new outbreak is the product of a conspiracy between the Army’s cold-blooded, opportunistic General Lyons and Phenotrans, the manufacturer of Zombrex.

Carter and Harlan are both avid, experienced game players and Carter has worked extensively in the gaming industry as a writer, consultant and reviewer. Prior to DEAD RISING, they produced the first season of the hit television adaptation of the blockbuster videogame “Mortal Kombat.” They have developed their own theories about what is essential to successfully translate a videogame from one medium to another. It’s a complicated proposition, in part because the filmmakers want to satisfy three distinct constituencies: the game’s fans, fans of the particular film genre, and the viewers who simply want to see good story told well.

As Harlan puts it, “We can’t just say, ‘What’s a cool way to adapt this game that will get an audience?’” He points out that the nature of game fandom and gaming itself adds more wrinkles. “It’s important to consider all these different scenarios that have already been established for people who have played the game as protagonists. A videogame is

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not like reading a book where you have linear content coming at you and you make decisions in your mind about how characters look or some of their behaviors. As a protagonist in the world of the videogame, you make decisions.”

The velocity and intensity of the gaming experience became the reference points as they began developing DEAD RISING: ENDGAME. “In most good videogames, you don’t stop and take in visual details for more than 20 or 30 seconds,” Carter remarks. “You’re there with the controller in your hand, feeling threatened and in the middle of the action. That’s how we wanted the second chapter to feel. So we made a conscious decision to make a 90 minute movie that never stops.”

An action-focused movie called for a director with a very specific skill set, and Carter and Harlan found the collaborator they needed in Pat Williams, who had recently wrapped a four-year run on the sci-fi/suspense series “Continuum.” They agreed that an action-based film called for a tonal approach that was darker and edgier than that of the first film, which incorporated Dead Rising’s cheeky brand of humor. Says Carter, “This movie was going to be closer to SICARIO than SHAUN OF THE DEAD. We wanted to put people on the edge of their seats. Pat embraced that and had a plan to pull it off.”

Williams knew the finer points of staging a 10-minute action sequence, but videogames and Dead Rising were brand new territory. Spending time with the writers and developers at Capcom made him a fan of both. “Dead Rising is a story about killing zombies, but there’s much more to it,” he observes. “There’s a conspiracy behind Phenotrans, a conspiracy behind Zombrex, a conspiracy behind the military’s involvement – those were the things that attracted me. We expanded on those elements to make a conspiracy-driven movie and a nonstop thrill ride.”

The screenplay, written by Michael Ferris (TERMINATOR SALVATION, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES) and Tim Carter, continues the story of DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER, and features three characters from the first film: reporter Chase Carter, his erstwhile partner Jordan Blair and General Lyons. It is set approximately two years after the zombie outbreak in East Mission City, during which time some 1.5 million people, both infected and healthy, have been implanted with a chip that releases daily doses of Zombrex. Chase Carter is now a reporter at the television network UBN. Jordan Blair, who was kidnapped by the Army, is still missing.

The majority of the film unfolds inside East Mission City, a mysterious place where few dare venture. And with good reason: it is a hellacious no-mans-land populated by zombies, murderous gangs and who knows what else. Says Carter, “Our starting point for the story was Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ as a theme for a journey upriver to a place where civilization has vanished. In Dead Rising, there are all these walled-off, Chernobyl-type locations – not hundreds of them, but they’re out there and they remain a threat. So we could drop our heroes in a place like that, in this case East Mission City, and make their lives miserable from that point forward.”

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Chase has been making dangerous excursions into East Mission City, doggedly pursuing every possible to lead that might uncover the high-level conspiracy that claimed his partner as a victim. When he learns that a rogue Army operation called “Afterlife” is hours away from launching, Chase has to fight his way to the putrid heart of the quarantine zone to stop the clock.

Carter and Ferris created several new characters who are either working with or against Chase, including: Sandra Lowe, an expert hacker who is Chase’s sound tech at UBN; Jill, his segment producer at UBN; George Hancock, a whistle-blower from Phenotrans who alerts Chase to the “Afterlife” plot; Chase’s friend Garth, an ex-soldier who talks a big, crude game to mask a fundamentally moral nature; Sue Ingot, the CEO of pharmaceutical Goliath Phenotrans; and Dr. Leon Rand, a brilliant monomaniac who is operating a secret research laboratory.

With plotlines of viruses, conspiracies and the undead, the DEAD RISING and Dead Rising franchises offer metaphors for the anxieties and fears troubling our everyday lives. Observes Carter, “You can draw connections to a few things, certainly the fear of disease. Whether it’s SARS or Ebola or the Zika virus, it feels like there’s always something in the headlines. Doctors contained and cured Ebola, which was a massive accomplishment. And then boom! Zika shows up what felt like a day later, as if to say, ‘Yeah, don’t get too comfortable.’ Our films also touch on themes of privacy and state surveillance. So you have all these layers that tap back into current events and the world that we live in. But you still have crazy action, people on the edge of death, and hordes of really scary zombies.”

A diverse ensemble cast is on hand to battle the undead and one another in DEAD RISING: ENDGAME. Reprising their roles in DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER are Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives”) as Chase Carter; Keegan Connor Tracy (“Once Upon a Time,” “Bates Motel”) as Jordan Blair; and Dennis Haysbert (“24,” WRECK-IT-RALPH, FAR FROM HEAVEN) as General Lyons. Patrick Sabongui (“The Art of More”), who played a hippie priest in the first film, returns as different character, Garth. New to the series are Billy Zane (TITANIC, ZOOLANDER 2) as Dr. Leon Rand; Maria Avgeropoulos (“The 100”) as Sandra Lowe; Ian Tracey (“Bates Motel,” MAN OF STEEL) as George Hancock; Jessica Harmon (“iZombie,” “The 100”) as Jill; Camille Sullivan (“The Man in the High Castle”) as Susan Ingot; Jim Thorburn (“Continuum”) as Captain Smith; and Victor Webster (“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” “Continuum”) as Chuck Greene.

Even before the film had a name or plot, Carter and Harlan knew they wanted to build DEAD RISING: ENDGAME around Jesse Metcalfe, who starred in DEAD RISING WATCHTOWER. “We knew Jesse going into the first film that Jesse was a smart, charismatic actor but we didn’t realize that he had such a talent for action,” says Carter. “It’s a great advantage to have a leading man who loves to run and jump. There was no doubt we could make a grittier and more suspenseful film with Jesse at the center.”

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Metcalfe approached the role almost as if he were taking on a new character, given the personal and professional fires that Chase has been through. “In the first movie, Chase was about getting a salacious story that would make him rich and famous. He was closer to a yellow journalist than a legitimate reporter,” Metcalfe comments. “In the past two years, he’s become a serious investigative journalist and grown more cynical. He amassed powerful evidence of collusion between the Army and Phenotrans, he put out compelling stories – and nothing happened. But Chase has got tunnel vision when it comes to taking down the U.S. military and Phenotrans. He’s not only putting his life on the line, he’s also putting his team in danger.”

Chase’s heedless actions are also driven by his guilt over the disappearance of Jordan Blair. Keegan Connor Tracy was thrilled to revisit her character and also impressed by the gender parity that is built into film without any fuss. “As a woman, a feminist, a mother of daughters, there’s a strength in these female characters that was so refreshing to be able to play and experience,” Tracy affirms. “And from the time I talked to Tim and Tomas about WATCHTOWER, I felt like I knew Jordan, where she came from and what she was about. So when they told me what they wanted to do with Jordan in this movie, I was like, ‘Yeah, sign me up!’ To get a hold of a role like Jordan, with everything she goes through and the way she responds -- it’s a tremendous opportunity.”

Marie Avgeropoulos echoes Tracy’s observations in describing Chase’s current colleagues: “Sandra and Jill are no-nonsense types; they’re there to get the job done. They’re capable and fearless in high pressure, life-or-death situations.”

Avgeropoulos found her character to be interesting and complex. A former Army Intelligence tech and consummate hacker, Sandra found herself a pariah after the Army fired her. “Sandra is tough and intelligent but what happened to her while she was in the Army left her feeling vulnerable and alone,” the actress observes. She notes that Sandra has many reasons for joining the journey into East Mission City. “Sandra cares a lot about Chase, who was the first person in years to see her value, and she wants to ensure his safety. She knows there are innocent lives at stake and she’s on-board for exposing the Army.”

As television producer Jill, Jessica Harmon leaves the zombie challenge to her comrades and engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with the Army and Phenotrans. It’s a sensible choice given the circumstances, and one that carries its own risks. As Harmon puts it, “Jill is great at investigating and reporting, but she probably wouldn’t be as useful behind the battle lines in East Mission City. So while Chase, Sandra, Hancock and Garth do the dirty side of the mission, Jill’s fighting the human evil of the Army and Phenotrans.”

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It was Pat Williams who suggested casting Ian Tracey as Phenotrans defector George Hancock. “I’ve worked with Ian many times and he is a great actor, the type of guy whose presence elevates any scene he’s in,” the director comments.

Patrick Sabongui’s return to the DEAD RISING fold was unplanned but highly fortuitous. His character, Garth, is a former soldier with a sizeable cache of weapons, a serious videogame habit and gift for sarcasm and profanity. He’s a big personality whom the script subjected to the unhappy position of being turned upside down. And there lay a problem, explains Carter: “It’s actually very difficult to act while upside down. So we had a bizarre niche to hit: a stunt performer who is comfortable with weapons and whatever else we do with him -- and who can act and be funny. When Patrick was suggested, we said, ‘Of course! We love Patrick!’ And he was fantastic.”

The movie’s interwoven conspiracy subplots led to the creation of two new villains: Phenotrans CEO Sue Ingot, and the dangerous Dr. Leon Rand. Ingot is more than willing to leverage public fear into billions of dollars for her company, but she doesn’t necessarily march in lock-step with her partner in profiteering, Lyons. Lyons’ patronage has ensured Rand a steady supply of research subjects, which has allowed the doctor to go well beyond his original mandate of finding a cure for zombie-ism.

In writing Lyons’ accomplices, Carter and Ferris took care to steer away from caricature. “We think the most compelling villains are the people that don’t see themselves as villains,” Carter remarks. “All of our bad guys have a very logical point of view. Lyons, Ingot and Rand perceive themselves to be very reasonable people doing their best to save humanity under incredibly difficult circumstances.”

Having Haysbert back as General Lyons was a boon, the producer adds. “Dennis Haysbert is great, and he so rarely plays bad guys. We love the idea of taking this authority figure – someone you usually see playing a president or general that you like and trust – and turning that on its head.”

Zane joined the cast a few weeks prior to filming his role and proceeded to make the character his own, according to Williams. “Rand is a bit of a mad doctor character, but he’s battling with a moral conscience and trying to do the right thing,” says the director. “He’s trying to find a cure for the zombie virus and along the way he finds something far more special. The lengths Rand goes to in accomplishing that is what makes him so sinister. Billy played those two sides beautifully.”

Williams was impressed by the cast’s level of engagement with their characters; they offered input on everything from dialogue to wardrobe. “All the actors came to the set with smart ideas. It’s a great thing to see a character come to life when people have put so much thought into it,” he comments.

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Both DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER and DEAD RISING: ENDGAME were filmed in Vancouver.

The filmmakers challenged themselves to be as creative, inventive and audacious as possible in terms of chases, fights, zombie mayhem and other building blocks of non-stop action and suspense. Executing that vision was a collaborative effort representing virtually every department chief and their staffs, including: director of photography David Pelletier; production designer Bob Bottieri; art director Joanna Dunn; costume designer Stephanie Nolin; makeup artist Cindy Barlow; hair stylist Jill Winston; and props master Andreas Neiman.

For noted visual effects designer Chris Van Dyck, whose credits include the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, THE HOBBIT and “Game of Thrones,” DEAD RISING: ENDGAME was an exciting opportunity to play with the genre’s visual vocabulary. “We were looking to do things that people hadn’t seen before,” Van Dyck confirms. “In our first meetings, Pat would say, ‘What’s going to make the viewer remember this scene or this moment from the film?’ That really tells you something about the level of passion people have, and I wanted to be part of it.” Over the course of a month, Van Dyck and his 12 person team created over 100 shots.

Dead Rising is known for its ingenious, irreverent take on weapons, which combine ordinary items that are often absurdly incongruous as killing tools. With DEAD RISING: ENDGAME, the improvisational mindset is still present, but the weapons that Chase, Sandra, Hancock and Garth make for themselves in the quarantine zone are built for business. “We wanted to make the action more intense, frenetic, frightening, and that figured into the weapons,” explains Carter. “Each character has a unique hero piece that they carry through the rest of their journey. We still pay homage to the game and the idea that you’re building weapons on the fly and duct-taping together whatever you can find. But you see the things our characters build and you think, ‘Wow, that can take someone’s head off.’”

Easter eggs – discreet visual references to Dead Rising – are scattered throughout the film. The filmmakers set up a game console and a giant TV in the production office so everyone in the crew could play the game and scour for details. But the biggest Easter DEAD RISING: ENDGAME is human: Chase and team get a much-needed assist from fellow zombie crusher Chuck Greene, the protagonist and reluctant hero of Dead Rising 2.

The makeup, hair, special effects makeup and visual effects departments worked as a team to bring the film’s zombie multitudes to peak undead grotesqueness. Wigs were torn up to fashion creepy patchwork hairdos. Barlow ordered a trove of masks from a Los Angeles company, which enabled the team to devise customized looks for all the zombies. “We had free rein to do whatever we wanted, which was great,” Barlow remarks.

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Sending battalions of zombies into action – some 75 were required for one sequence – was no small logistical challenge. So they set up an assembly line. Explains Barlow, “We’d have one person doing makeup to pale out the zombies, another would add prosthetics like ripped jaws, another would put in the giant contact lenses, another would put blood on them, whatever was needed. People in the crew would jump in and help out. Everyone had so much fun.”

Extensive planning went into the film’s many actions sequences. Williams credits stunt coordinator Kimani Ray Smith with choreographing spectacular, nail-bitingly tense scenes. “Kimani is one of the best stunt coordinators I’ve ever worked with,” the director says. “I can’t stress enough how important it is to have a great stunt coordinator on a movie like this. Kimani could not only see my vision, he could improve upon it.”

As for the zombies, they are terrifying class unto themselves and they come at our heroes relentlessly, snarling waves of the undead. Says Smith, “The next generation of zombies are faster and more animalistic, and they come sprinting at you at top speed. So the zombie fights are about survival and terror. It’s less about killing them than getting away from them and saving your own ass.”

Metcalfe, Avgeropoulos, Tracey and Sabongui performed many of their own stunts in the film. “Our cast are rock stars,” Smith reports. “They’re very athletic and what we call ‘handy’ in the stunt profession. They could handle a lot their own action. Pat would say he needed 10 zombies, and we’d coordinate and choreograph a few sequences; each character might take on 5 zombies or Chase might take on 10 at once.”

There are three stunning marquee action sequences in DEAD RISING: ENDGAME, including an extended battle that moves from a parking garage to a three-tier escalator bank as Chase is besieged by zombies from every angle.

For sheer technical virtuosity, the climactic scene in Dr. Dr. Rand’s laboratory stands alone. The location was ideal: Riverview Hospital, an abandoned 20th Century mental asylum that is supremely eerie in its dereliction.

The filmmakers set out to design something that would dazzle audiences in the same way as the bravura moment in DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER – an action sequence shot as one continuous take by director Zach Lipovsky. Thanks to ingenious choreography, stunt work, editing, effects and a heroic effort by the entire crew, the sequence appears to be one continuous shot. It’s not.

The sequence is also the epitome of nonstop action, a whirlwind of makeshift weapons, gore and terror as Chase contends with a horde of zombies in one very small space. And it is Carter and Harlan’s homage to Dead Rising and a sign of their commitment to the

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fans who love it. “Chase is grabbing anything he can to fend off the zombies. He’s using a least a dozen weapons, if not more, picking them up and using them one after another, all at a frenetic speed,” notes Carter. “He’s essentially emulating the experience of playing Dead Rising. And we’re very proud of that.”

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CAST BIOS

JESSE METCALFE (Chase Carter)Jesse Metcalfe has established a thriving career in television and film since his breakout turn as a seducible, perennially shirtless teenage gardener in ABC’s hit television series “Desperate Housewives.” Metcalfe and his co-stars won back-to-back SAG Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series in its first two seasons. Metcalfe’s performance also earned him an award for Choice TV Breakout Performance Male at the Teen Choice Awards, as well as a nomination for Choice TV Actor in a Comedy.

Metcalfe co-stars in the upcoming independent film DESTINED, which recently had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival. He will also be seen in the Hallmark television movie CHESAPEAKE SHORES.

From 2012-2014, Metcalfe co-starred in TNT’s popular reboot of “Dallas.” From 2012-2014, Metcalfe co-starred in TNT’s popular reboot of “Dallas.” Other recent credits include GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 and Hallmark Channel’s original romantic drama A COUNTRY WEDDING starring opposite Autumn Reeser and Lauren Holly. Additional credits include the Jerry Bruckheimer limited series “Chase,” the comedy JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE, INSANITARIUM, THE OTHER END OF THE LINE, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT and THE TORTURED. Metcalfe made his television debut as a co-star of the fan favorite soap opera “Passions” and was a regular on the series for five years.

Born in California and raised in Waterford, Connecticut, Metcalfe played in several basketball leagues in his youth. He studied acting at NYU at the famed Tisch School of the Arts and is an accomplished guitarist and pianist. Metcalfe is active in several charities including North Texas Food Bank, The Go Campaign, Weingart Foundation and UNICEF.

MARIE AVGEROPOULOS (Sandra Lowe)Marie Avgeropoulos currently stars in the CW’s post-apocalyptic drama series THE 100. She was most recently seen in the romantic drama A REMARKABLE LIFE and the acclaimed thriller NUMB, which garnered her a best supporting actress nomination at the LEO Awards, presented by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia. In 2015, she co-starred in the action drama TRACERS and the action thriller ISOLATION.

Avgeropoulos has worked extensively in television, and had her breakout role in The CW’s “Cult.” She was a regular on “The Inbetweeners” and has had guest roles in hit series including “Supernatural,” “Fringe,” “Eureka” and “Human Target.” Her film credits the comedies 50/50 and I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER. Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Avgeropoulos grew up fishing, hunting and camping, spending most of her free time

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outdoors. She learned to play the drums at a young age, which has helped land her roles in various national commercials.

JESSICA HARMON (Jill)Born into a family of filmmakers and actors, Jessica Harmon has been working in film and television for over twenty years. She can currently be seen in recurring roles in on the CW's "IZombie" and "The 100."

Harmon is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States and has spent her career working on both sides of the border. She made her professional debut in "The Outer Limits" at the age of ten. Her credits span a range of genres, from the lead in horror/ thriller films like BLACK CHRISTMAS to sci fi favorites including "Battlestar Galactica" and "Supernatural” and the comedy/drama “Life as We Know It.”

PATRICK SABONGUI (Garth)Patrick Sabongui has worked extensively in television and film, with recent recurring roles on “The Flash” and Crackle’s “The Art of More.” He will next be seen in the thriller ON THE FARM and is featured in several films slated for 2017, including POWER RANGERS, SCORED EARTH and DRONE.

Other film credits include GODZILLA, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB, WHITE HOUSE DOWN and 300. Sabongui was a regular on “Stargate: Atlantis”; other television credits include “The 100,” “Almost Human,” “Nikita,” “Fringe” “24,” “Fringe” and “E-Ring.” Over the course of his career he has worked with such prominent directors Steven Spielberg, Joss Whedon, Roland Emmerich, Zack Snyder, Richard Donner and Gary Fleder. His background as a competitive athlete, martial-artist, and mountaineer has added a dimension of action to many of his roles.

A native of Montreal, Sabongui grew up in a trilingual household and speaks English, French and Arabic. He began his career while studying drama in the 1990s and his formal training includes an MFA in Acting at the University of California. His recent stage credits include the Canadian premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Disgraced” and “Inside the Seed.” Sabongui has also written, produced and directed several award- winning short films and live plays and continues to develop new works as a filmmaker and theatre artist.

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PRODUCTION BIOS

TIM CARTER (Writer/Producer)Tim Carter is a writer, producer and co-owner of Contradiction Films, which he founded with Tomas Harlan in 2004. He most recently produced ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL, a reboot of Sid and Marty Krofft’s classic TV 1976 series television series. ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL went on sale on various streaming outlets on June 7, 2016.

Carter wrote and produced last year’s DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER, the first chapter in the DEAD RISING series. He produced the 2011 mini-series “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” for Warner Bros. The same year, he was a co-writer and producer on Contradiction’s indie feature THE CHATEAU MEROUX.

Carter has an extensive history in the gaming realm and has written for several AAA console gaming titles, including Sleeping Dogs. He continues to act as a creative consultant in the industry. Carter has a B.A. and M.A. in political Science and served as a media analyst and expert in international affairs, terrorism, and warfare for a variety of Canadian news outlets.

TOMAS HARLAN (Executive Producer)Tomas Harlan is the co-founder and head of Contradiction Films, a production company which specializes in adapting video games to live action for film, TV, and digital distribution. Recent works include the hit shows of “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” (WB), DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER (Legendary/Sony), and ELECTRA WOMAN AND DYNA GIRL” (Legendary/Fullscreen).

Harlan also helps oversee Contradiction’s strong presence in the video game world, where it not only creates original story/IP for AAA console and mobile games but also works on existing franchises to create more immersive and engaging narratives/characters. Examples include Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix), Need for Speed (EA), and Mod Nation Racers (Sony).

Harlan has directly conducted business in 26 different countries, speaks several languages, and holds a B.A. from UCSD and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He has also received awards, spoken at conferences and symposia, and had his research used in published materials.

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END CREDITS

Associate Producers TODD GIROUXBOB BOTTIERIJUSTIN LIJAMIE ALAIN

Line Producer CHRIS FOSS

Unit Production Manager CHRIS FOSS

First Assistant Director PATRICK WEIR

Second Assistant Director TROY SCOTT

CASTChase Carter JESSE METCALFE

Sandra Lowe MARIE AVGEROPOULOS

Hancock IAN TRACEY

Jordan KEEGAN CONNOR TRACY

Jill JESSICA HARMON

Garth PATRICK SABONGUI

Sue Ingot CAMILLE SULLIVAN

Captain Smith JIM THORBURN

Leon Rand BILLY ZANE

General Lyons DENNIS HAYSBERT

Skinner TEACH GRANT

Stark LEE MAJDOUB

Agarn SANDY ROBSON

Zane DONAVON STINSON

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Simon Collins PETER KELAMIS

Rogers BEN COTTON

Dick VIV LEACOCK

Samantha LUVIA PETERSEN

Todd STEPHEN LOBO

Young Zombie Girl DAKOTA GUPPY

Military Technician CURTIS LUM

Alicia HEATHER ROOP

William JIM SHIELD

Chuck Greene VICTOR WEBSTER

Stunt Coordinator KIMANI RAY SMITHStunts BARRY NERLING

BYRON BRISCOBRUCE CRAWFORDLEISHA AUYENGLOYD BATEMANKIRK CAOUETTECHRIS PETERSANDREW PRESTSARAH LINDSAYJASON DAYED ANDERSDALIAS BLAKEJOHN DESANTISKORY GRIMLARS GRANTSHAWN ROBIDOUXDONAVIN KUHLDINHO BRASILJENNIFER MYLREAMIKE LEWINSONCRYSTAL MUDRYSEAN KOHNKEMATT REIMER

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ZEN HUMPAGEMIKE CHINGJASON "JAY" BELLBRETT CHANDARRYL SCHEELARFRASER AITCHESONGEORGE BOUTROS

Chase Stunt Double ADRIAN HEINSandra Stunt Double KRISTA BELL

Hancock Stunt Double DAN PELCHATJordan Stunt Double HEIDI FORD

Skinner Stunt Double MATTHEW MYLREAAgarn Stunt Double HEATH STEVENSON

Head Cook Stunt Double BRAD KELLYDick Stunt Double ANTHONY MCRAE

Samantha Stunt Double JANENE CARLETONTodd Stunt Double ADRIAN PERSAD

Stand Ins ANNE OPENSHAWJUSTINE WARRINGTON

Art Director JOANNA DUNNSet Decorator LA VONNE GIRARD

Set Decorating Buyers CLIVE EDWARDSJAMES BOATMAN

Lead Dresser CRAIG POULTERSet Dressers HEATHER OHLIN

RYAN DRAKEGORD CARSONMICHAEL BROUGH

On Set Dresser ANDREA FREDRICKSON

A Camera Operator CHRIS FISHERFirst Assistant A Camera TREVOR BUTT

Second Assistant A Camera ANDREW VIDINHAB Camera Operator STIRLING BANCROFT

First Assistant B Camera AIDAN DUNGAITSecond Assistant B Camera RICHARD SPOONERDigital Imaging Technician DARREN JOSEPH

Camera Trainee KIRK LANGERStill Photographer KATIE YU

Script Supervisor LARA FOX

Playback Graphics CHRIS BUFFETPlayback Coordinator KALI SMITH

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On-Set Playback CASEY POR

Production Sound Mixer MARK SCHROEDERBoom Operator IAN ROBINSON

Gaffer BLAINE ACKERLYBest Boy Electric KAIO KATHRINERLamp Operators JENNIE EMPREY

KOSMAS MAVROMATIDISJORDAN SHELTON

Generator Operator JOHN DINES

Key Grip DAVID HUTTONBest Boy Grip ZORAN HAJDUKOVIC

Dolly Grip JASON BENNETTGrips GERALD GOWANS

JIM POWERNATE HARTIGANMATT BRADY

Assistant Costume Designer PATRICIA GALBRAITHSet Supervisor THOMAS PANKIEWICH

Truck Costumer SARAH McDERMOTTPrep Costumer SHEILA BINGHAM

Set Costumer SCOTT MOFFAT

Key Makeup CINDY BARLOWFirst Assistant Makeup NIKITA L. PENNOCKSpecial Effects Makeup RYAN NICHOLSON

Assistant Special Effects Makeup ROY NICHOLSONContact Lens Technician STAN INGHAM

Key Hairstylist JILL WINSTONFirst Assistant Hair FRANCES SMITH

Property Master ANDREAS NIEMANProperty Buyer JENNIFER OVEREND

On-Set Property DONNA BRAYSHAW

Special Effects REAL TIME FXSpecial Effects Coordinator DARREN MARCOUX

First Assistant Special Effects BILL PANKIWSecond Assistant Special Effects JOHN PEREIRA

Security Captain DAVID OKROPIRIDZE

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Production Coordinator MELYSSA ROSE DAVIESFirst Assistant Production Coordinator CRAIG J. LANE

Second Assistant Production Coordinator ALEX VOONGThird Assistant Director JEFF CROFT

Trainee Assistant Director JAMES GARDINERStory Editor TODD IRELAND

Production Accountant DALE CORNICKFirst Assistant Accountant MARK BORJA

Accounting Clerk CHRIS CORDOVIZ

Location Manager DAVID FULLERTONAssistant Location Manager MARK WILMOT

Key Production Assistants CHRIS MANNGARY TONGUEDANIEL ROBICHAUD

Casting Assistants CURTIS LUMCELIA REID

Extras Casting Director SARA BROWNBackground Coordinator RACHAEL TAYLORExtras Casting Assistant LORI JEPHCOTT

Construction Coordinator JASON OVERENDPaint Coordinator MICHAEL ALLEN

Paint Foreman FRANK SPEERHead Greensman TRAVIS BROOKS

Transportation Coordinator RON GAVINTransportation Captain DON EMOND

Cast Drivers RON BOURRASSATERRY FREETHY

Starwagon KELLY JONESCable Truck WESLEY CUDNEY

Honey Wagon JOHN JACKSONHair/Makeup/Wardrobe Truck KELLY MORRIS

Camera Truck FERNANDO VILLAGRANFuel Truck MIKE MAGNER

Caterer SERRANO CATERINGChefs DAVID LEE

SIMON VINEAssistant Chefs LEN ANTONATION

BRETT GRUETERFirst Aid and Craft Service PAULA WEEKS

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Post Production Coordinator SHEILA GIROUXSecond Assistant Editor MICHAEL SANGALANG

Post Production Assistant KIM RASILAINEN

Editorial services provided byWATERSHED DIGITAL

Facility Manager SHEILA HUMEEditorial Technical Support DOUG HOLBERTON

Digital Intermediate and Finishing services byFINALE POST

Colorist LIONEL BARTONOnline Editor CHRIS BOETTCHER

Project Manger JULIA NIENDORFTechnical Producer DAVE RICETechnical Assistant ALEX SCHENKE

Visual Effects byCVD VFX

VFX Supervisor CHRIS VAN DYCKVFX Coordinator JODIE CAMILLERI

On-Set VFX Supervisor BLAIR RICHMOND3D Artists DMITRY VINNIK

EVAN FRASER2D Artists CAMIL ADELL

ROMAIN BAYLEJASMIN BUDGEERIK T. JENSENGILES LONGMANASHLEY MASONFENNER ROCKLIFFECALVIN ROMEYN

Motion Graphics BLAIR RICHMONDCompositing Artists BEN PICKLES

JEREMY KEHLER

Post Sound Finishing services byA THOUSAND WORDS POST

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Re-Recording Mixer KIRBY JINNAHPre-Recording Mixer KONRAD CZAPLAK

Sound Design KIRBY JINNAHFoley and ADR Recording KONRAD CZAPLAK

Sound Editors TAJA JINNAHKIAL JINNAHMATT CAMERONERIC MOUWAD

Los Angeles ADR Services WILDFIRE / SONIC MAGICProject Manager BRITTANY MALOOLY

ADR Mixer TRAVIS MACKAY

“One More Day”Written by Rich Walters & Ryan Robbins

Performed by Supercoolwagon

“Stomp”Written and Performed by Rotallicso

The Producers wish to thankZACK TUCKER GANGNES

JIM FINNJON ANCTIL

NIKKI GOULAS

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