Jan 20, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Tekken Is Almost Ready to Punch Moviegoers in the Face!

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.


Sources: IESB

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Comments (18)

  1. Phatlightning

    cerealkiller, i think we both meant "Bloodsport" with Van Damme, haha

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  2. Mein Kampf

    ahahaha!!! as bad as street fighter??!! wahahah!!! well..yeah, knda agree with that...3D??? why not???

    =)

    4 years agoby @mklgFlag

  3. R0B062

    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. (esp*cially tournament based ones)
    and cypher unreal, mecha assault what the hell!!
    need i say more ? :)

    4 years agoby @r0b062Flag

  4. Rama's SCREEN

    I got a bad feeling about this.

    4 years agoby @ramasscreen-comFlag

  5. kpcurtis

    This movie will probably be as bad as Street Fighter.

    4 years agoby @kpcurtisFlag

  6. R0B062

    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. (esp*cially tournament based ones)
    and cypher unreal, mecha assault what the hell!!
    need i say more ? :)

    4 years agoby @r0b062Flag

  7. Space101

    Oh man not another one....I hope this junk goes straight to DVD next to the other crappy fighting video games made into movies...

    4 years agoby @space101Flag

  8. ed_wood

    The game was ok, but the movie will suck.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  9. CapisDead

    Hmm, could be cool, but could also be another throwaway film? I guess we shall see, as most video game film suck.

    4 years agoby @capisdeadFlag

  10. brew1701

    ya this is all we need, its prolly ull bowl or however u spell his damn name, using an alias, lol

    4 years agoby @brew1701Flag

  11. Phatlightning

    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..

    4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag

  12. alsherik

    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!!

    4 years agoby @alsherikFlag

  13. CypherUnreal

    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

    4 years agoby @cypherunrealFlag

  14. PUNISHER

    Bloodrayne...need I say more?

    4 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

  15. Rama's SCREEN

    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

    4 years agoby @ramasscreen-comFlag

  16. Jimthar

    honestly, i'm still waiting for MORTAL KOMBAT 3! whats up with that?!

    4 years agoby @jimtharFlag

  17. PUNISHER

    These video game movies never seem to work out well. This sounds like a good idea but will most likely suck big time.

    4 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag

  18. Jacoolh

    Ohhhh, not sure about this. Keep your fingers crossed for a plot.

    4 years agoby @jacoolhFlag

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