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Updates from the Street Fighter movie set in BangkokJune 4th, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
Aaron Horowitz is the man on ground in Bangkok on the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie set. He’s comes to you via the magic of der intarnetzens to hype rainy-day filming, big explosions and wire-flying karate tomfoolery. He also answers some of your questions (well, maybe not you specifically, but you generally) about Ryu and Ken’s roles in the film, as well as the overall tone. Check it! Kristin Kreuk as Chun Li from SF movieMay 23rd, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
Sure, she doesn’t have hair buns or a blue miniskirt and certainly isn’t displaying huge, meaty thighs, but Kristin Kruek is Chun Li assuredly in this sexy photo. For an even higher-res version of this picture (perfect for printing and smooching), jump over to the official Capcom Flickr pool and grab the big’un. Interview with New Street Fighter Movie WriterMay 7th, 2008 Seth Killian
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li screenwriter Justin Marks talks character background, shower scenes, and explains that Van Damme is a confused old man. Zing! Check it out here. Street Fighter Movie Blog Strikes AgainMay 6th, 2008 Seth Killian
Our prosaic friend Aaron over at the Street Fighter Movie blog is back. After some not-irritating-at-all complaints that it’s raining on his amazingly beautiful, Kreuk-infested beach in Thailand, he eventually gets around to sharing some cool on-set shots, some new storyboards, and–foolishly!–his email address where you can send in your questions about all things Kreuk. Check it out here. Kreuk. Hollywood vs Street Fighter: Round 1, Fight!April 25th, 2008 Seth Killian
Maxim has a cool slideshow with side-by-side shots of the “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li” stars juxtaposed with their in-game equivalents. Check out Chun Li, Balrog, Bison, Nash, and of course Taboo as Vega. Kristin Kreuk Hard at Work on LocationApril 25th, 2008 Seth Killian
For the record, this is completely Capcom-related and not just a cheap excuse to post a video of Kristin Kreuk hanging around on the beaches of Thailand. She’s on those Thai beaches to play Chun Li, people, and there’s totally a shot of her doing some Tai Chi. Further study may be required. Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat vs DOA… rolesApril 21st, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
Yeah, Batman punching Subzero in free-fall is neat-o and all, but talk about cross-continuity: how many actors actually get to portray martial arts masters in not one, not two, but THREE video-game-to-film adaptations? Robin Shou, for one (and probably only). Shou played Liu Kang in the good one as well as the bad one, “Pirate Leader” in the extremely bad one, and now Gen in the new Street Fighter movie. The super under-the-radar Street Fighter movie blog has the details, so go get yerself some learnings. The Official Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li Blog Is Live!April 10th, 2008 Chris TouFilm is finally rolling! The official blog on the upcoming movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li, is now live… again… (After being brought to its knees earlier). Currently the blog has an entry from their first week of shooting in the exotic location of Bangkok, Thailand. A quick cast bio is also up, with promises of future exclusive cast interviews and scoops as well. Finally, they also present us a page direct from their early storyboards. Cool stuff indeed! Go ahead and click on the link above to read the blog. Rest assured. I promise the their blog is much more Jean-Claude-free than ours.
New Street Fighter Movie Writer Talks Tough, Asks for Faith in Heretofore Secret “Nerd Hollywood”April 3rd, 2008 Seth Killian
In this new Gamasutra column, “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li” writer Justin Marks is naming names and taking no prisoners. Defending the possibilities of game-based film adaptations, he also points out that perhaps game movies are bad because the game stories and characters are, for the most part, bad. But it’s not that simple. Says Marks:
Click here for the full story. More Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li casting news (Van Damme not included)March 19th, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer
News from Hollyweird: several more actors have been cast for the 2009 movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li that Capcom is producing with Hyde Park for Fox. Filming has also begun, so pop the champagne! Smallville mega-hottie Kristin Kreuk will be playing Chunster, and will be the main character in the movie. Who knew Kreuk was of Chinese descent? Plus Dutch and Canadian. She’s a veritable smörgåsbord of hotness. Umlaut! Michael Clarke Duncan from The Green Mile and Sin City will be Balrog. Look at those guns! Taboo out of Black Eyed Peas will be Vega. Hopefully, backflips are a big part his on-stage dance moves. Neal McDonough will be donning the peaked cap and flappy cape of Bison, everyone’s favorite crime lord/would-be dictator. McDonough has been in a ton of movies and TV shows you’ve seen, including Band of Brothers and Minority Report. Chris Klein’s role as Charlie Nash was announced a few weeks back. His on screen name is cool, as it actually incorporates the two different names this character is known by. For some reason that even I can’t remember (and I’m old and know lots of odd Capcom secrets and weirdnesses), the character of “Nash” in Japan became “Charlie” in the US. Justin Marks, the screen writer cleverly slammed both names together — an idea borrowed from the comics, evidently — which should make people happy regardless of country of origin. |
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