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Tekken Is Almost Ready to Punch Moviegoers in the Face!

Source:  IESB
Here is one for the rumor mill: Director Dwight Little is getting ready to bring the kung fu, high kicking, ninja flipping video game to the big screen. According to IESB, Tekken is set to star Jon Foo, Andy Serkis, Susie Amy and Sienna Guillory.

Based on a number one selling video game from the NAMCO arcade company, the film will take place around Jin Kazama as he enters a secret martial arts tournament with villains and allies. Tekken pits fighters with different skills against one another, though a plot to the film is yet to be known.

Filming begins February 5th in Shreveport, Louisiana.


18 Comments


January 22nd, 2008 5:53am
cerealkiller, i think we both meant "Bloodsport" with Van Damme, haha
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January 21st, 2008 5:30pm
ahahaha!!! as bad as street fighter??!! wahahah!!! well..yeah, knda agree with that...3D??? why not???

=)
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January 21st, 2008 9:22am
oh god ! please just lets these video games stay as games dont ruin thyre reputation by making a terrible film that has nothing to do witht eh game but the characters. (espicially tournament based ones)
and cypher unreal, mecha assault what the hell!!
need i say more ? :)
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January 21st, 2008 9:17am
I got a bad feeling about this.
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January 21st, 2008 9:13am
This movie will probably be as bad as Street Fighter.
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January 21st, 2008 9:04am
oh god ! please just lets these video games stay as games dont ruin thyre reputation by making a terrible film that has nothing to do witht eh game but the characters. (espicially tournament based ones)
and cypher unreal, mecha assault what the hell!!
need i say more ? :)
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January 21st, 2008 8:45am
Oh man not another one....I hope this junk goes straight to DVD next to the other crappy fighting video games made into movies...
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January 21st, 2008 8:38am
The game was ok, but the movie will suck.
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January 21st, 2008 8:37am
Hmm, could be cool, but could also be another throwaway film? I guess we shall see, as most video game film suck.
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January 21st, 2008 8:07am
ya this is all we need, its prolly ull bowl or however u spell his damn name, using an alias, lol
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January 21st, 2008 4:23am
def sounds like bloodrayne, but i will still go see it just because i like the plot, and i agree cypher, i would really like to see something like mechwarrior or even something like the "Lost Planet" video game brought to life..
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January 21st, 2008 2:04am
Hmmmmmm, a movie based on a martial arts video game? Did we not learn anything from "Dead or Alive"? "Street Fighter"? "Mortal Kombat"? C'mon folkes, the kids are tired of the same old crap!!
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January 21st, 2008 1:59am
If they wanna make a hell of a video game movie, give me the rights to something like Mechwarrior and i'll pen the script for them... i'd make it a classic retelling of Mech 3... that game was awesome... hell even MechAssault would be a great movie... you need a video game with plenty of source material, the possibility of an expansive universe, and you've got to abide by the strict rules of how the games are, you lose that and you've lost the movie.

Mortal kombat, whilst they did provide a -short- story to each character, focused purely on a few fighters, and also things didnt work out in the movie as to the game, which disappointed viewers.

Tekken, there is a bit of source out there for a certain character, but it's not Jin Kazama... i definitely have my doubts already about this movie... unless Namco can expand on Jin during the events of Tekken 3-Tag-4 ect... Flop.

PS: Bloodrayne was just terrible... i fell alseep after pressing play on the menu... Postal would have been hella funny, but even though the budget blew out, the movie only came out in russia... uwe boll failed us once again :( I challenge him to ... A STREET FIGHTING no rules match... stuff this boxing stuff :P
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January 21st, 2008 1:48am
Bloodrayne...need I say more?
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January 21st, 2008 1:40am
I agree with cerealkillerlp. Judging from the history of previous game based movies and how they did.
I'm guessint TEKKEN movie's gonna disappoint every moviegoers out there
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January 21st, 2008 1:21am
honestly, i'm still waiting for MORTAL KOMBAT 3! whats up with that?!
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January 21st, 2008 1:17am
These video game movies never seem to work out well. This sounds like a good idea but will most likely suck big time.
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January 21st, 2008 12:04am
Ohhhh, not sure about this. Keep your fingers crossed for a plot.
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