Tekken: The Movie

[Bigal]

I've heard about this for years, but a plot and cast list are finally up on wiki:

The leader of a highly corrupt business under investigation of murder, Heihachi Mishima, suspiciously announces a tournament to crown a "King Of Iron Fist" whereby the winner will be made his personal bodyguard and will have riches and fame laid upon them. However, the tournament is not all it seems, as all of the contestants seem to have their own individual agendas to get close to the man looking to employ them. Consequently, a group of elite fighters, undercover police and assassins team together in the hope of uncovering the truth but slowly realize they are in fact linked together through more than just their goal of killing Mishima.

* John Foo as Jin Kazama

* Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya Mishima

* Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima

* Cung Le as Marshall Law

* Candîce Hillebrand as Nina Williams

* Marian Zapico as Anna Williams

* Luke Goss as Steve Fox

* Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu

* Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro

* Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo

* Darrin Henson as Raven

* Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury

* Gary Ray Stearns as Yoshimitsu

* Nathan Jones as Craig Marduk

* Randal Reeder as Scared Fighter

* David Pitt as Jack (Tekken Police)

* Mircea Monroe as Kara

* Cassie Shea Watson as Med Tech

* Louis Herthum as Tekken Security Chief

* Michael Showers as Security Assistant #1

* Jevon Miller as Angry Fighter Reject

* Roger "Matador" Huerta as Miguel Rojas

Aside from Chiaki Kuriyama as Xiaoyu (which is a good choice, btw), I haven't heard of anybody on that list. Still, it might be a good movie, in the campy Street Fighter kind of way.

EDIT: zOMG, the guy who plays Heihachi was Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat. YAY!

Edited July 17, 2008 by Bigal(TM)

[apsham]

BUT WHO WILL PLAY SECURITY ASSISTANT NUMBER 2!?

And what? You haven't heard of NATHAN JONES!?

Edited July 17, 2008 by apsham

[RoyWill Rumble]

If this ever happens, I'm definitely going into it with low expectations in hopes to be pleasantly surprised if it's anything but shit.

Yoshimitsu ought to be interesting to see though, I will admit that.

[DMN in the House]

Where is King? I DEMAND KING. Unless he's Rojas, which is possible, since I don't know much of the Tekken universe.

[rocksta]

Hold up. Cung Le. Like strikeforce's 'I just broke Frank Shamrock's arm' Cung Le?

I know he wanted to get into movies but this is perfect for him.

Roger Huerta too. Weird.

[GoGo Yubari]

* Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu

Shit, I'm going to end up seeing this one now, and I hate watching movies based on fighting games that aren't the first Mortal Kombat.

EDIT: I am vastly disappointed by the lack of King and Lee, though. They're my favorites, and I'd take them any day over the likes of Raven a.k.a. I'm not Blade, Really, Honest.

Edited July 17, 2008 by GoGo Yubari

[Bigal]

Turns out that Goss fella is part of that Goss band that was shit >_>

[GhostMachine]

No Lei Wulong (I guess Jackie Chan is too expensive. ) or King makes me sad. Seriously.

Wait a sec......NO PAUL?!?!

[New Damage]

No Lei Wulong (I guess Jackie Chan is too expensive. ) or King makes me sad. Seriously.

Wait a sec......NO PAUL?!?!

Same thing with Chan, the bills for the hair products for Mr. Phoenix would be astronomical.

[Gene Kiniski]

Where is Paul, King, or Hwoarang? You put Raven and Steve Fox, but you can't fit those 3 in?

Fail.

[Benji]

Has there been a series of cast announcements I missed or something? As far is I knew it was barely casted a month or so ago >_<

[Bigal]

It's apparently in post-production now.

[IAceI]

No Hwoarang makes me a sad panda.... WHERES PANDA?!? and Roger.

Fucks sake.

Although I'll go see it for Cung Le and Roger Huerta.

[TheRyno]

From what I've gathered from Wikipedia:

Eddy Gordo is the Capoeira fighter from The Protector/Tom-Yung-Goon.

Jin Kazama is the guy that Tony Jaa fights after the Capoeira fighter from The Protector.

Steve Fox is the guy that played Prince Nuada in Hellboy 2.

Raven is Darrin from the Darrin's Dance Move videos that you might see on late-night infomercials.

Bryan Fury is played by Gary Daniels, most notable for mid-90's straight-to-video martial arts movies. His most notable role was the lead in the live-action Fist of the North Star.

So beyond Shang Tsung, GoGo, Nathan Jones and MMA fighter dude, those are the other notable names. Apparently, the girl playing Nina is a singer from South Africa, too.

[GoGo Yubari]

Raven is Darrin from the Darrin's Dance Move videos that you might see on late-night infomercials.

... seriously? My god, the cast list in this is so fantastically bizarre.

[LexChaney]

I am pissed off like most of you that Paul or King won't be in the film. But I am glad that Yoshimitsu is on the list, loved playing as him in the game.

Can't say I am that excited about a film version of the game, it might be good or it might not.

[apsham]

I really can't wait for the principal photography shots to come out from this, it is going to be INTERESTING.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Luke Goss was in Bros, is a genuinely funny, nice guy (apparantly) and I think he was the baddie vampire in Blade 2.

The lack of Paul especially is a MAJOR oversight, and King too (as well as my fave Hworang) and as much as I love Chiaki, I'm in two minds over whether she is right for Ling, especially as Chiaki is Japanese and Ling is Chinese. Grawr it's like Memoirs of a Geisha all over again!

[Colly]

He was indeed the baddie in Blade 2, which I believe possibly makes him the most famous person involved. I demand they bring in the actors who played Ryu and Ken in Street Fighter to be Law and Paul.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

This is out at my local cinema next week and subtitled so it'll be in English sound (whoo). Has this been out everywhere else for months or is it just coming out?

The trailer looks cheesy in a Mortal Kombat kinda way so it might be worth a laugh - Jin looks rubbish (so does Heihachi)though but Bryan looks great as does Yoshimitsu. Doubt my wife would wanna see it.

The main guys seem to be:

JIN

CHRISTIE

YODA HEIHACHI

KAZUYA

BLADE RAVEN

STEVE

BRIAN

MARSHALL LAW

KARA

NINA

JUN