Meghan Ory ('Once Upon a Time'), Virginia Madsen and Dennis Haysbert (24) have also joined the zombie video game adaptation, reported Deadline.
The Legendary and Crackle project will be directed by Leprechaun: Origins' Zach Lipovsky.
The film centres around a failed attempt to vaccinate against a zombie outbreak.
The survivors go on the run, stumbling onto a government conspiracy that might be the root of the epidemic.
'Dead Rising' will be the first project from Legendary's Digital Media division.