mr_jbloggs

Got this from DCForums

Soul Calibur film rights snapped up

flashburn

Probably going to be directed by the same guy who did House of The Dead, Bloodrayne, Far Cry and whatever other horrible video game movies. Joy!

RocShemp

Not if I beat him to death first.

Apocrypha

Too bad
last I heard (3 years ago) Samo Huang was set direct with possibly Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan starring.

Jackskeleton

Yup. 3 years ago it was. was postponed and now back in talks. interesting.

Outlaw

This isn't gonna happen.

PixyJunket

It should star that dude from the commericals selling weapons.

RocShemp

This was a good idea back when Sammo Hung was to direct because there was a lot of talk that the studio and Sammo were doing everyhting to make sure that Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung starred in the film together. I can't really picture them as any of the characters (well maybe Yuen Biao as Li Long or an older Maxi) but it would have rocked to see that trio back together again.

Trigger

the Mortal Kombat movie was a total fluke that it was even remotely good... fighting games simply don't make for good movie material. Maybe a saturday afternoon cartoon series. However, I'll wait and see.

DLogic

Warren Zide of American Pie?

I can see it now... co-starring Sean William Scott...

Dude, where's the Soul Edge?

Static Cling

I was thinking Uwe Boll when I opened the thread... glad to see it's not him. The world needs less crappy movies based on video games, not more.

RocShemp

Too true. Besides, the Soul Edge/Calibur games have a better story than most fighting games. It could easily make a series of fun adventure movies if handled correctly.

flashburn

Guess who co-wrote it. UWE BOLL!!! How wonderful . IMDB shows him and Dave Parker (guy who wrote House of the Dead) wrote it.

I guess this can be chalked up as a crap movie, even before it is made.

Edit: actually this looks to be a movie that was already completed, now Im confused.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282997/

RocShemp

flashburn,

No, that's just the proposed release date for the movie when Sammo Hung was attatched to it. IMDB seems to have added new writer information but forgot to change the proposed release date and remove Sammo Hung's name.

So it seems Uwe Boll and Dave Parker are indeed writing the script for the new production. Let's just hope there are enough negotiations problems to cancel this production as well. After all, with those two names attatched, this movie will be DOA.

Edit: Based on this bit of news from IGN, I'm guessing the main characters are Xianghua and Kilik.

The rest is at http://cube.ign.com/articles/496/496...html?fromint=1

Change that nonesense about a prince trying to open the gates of hell to Nightmare/Ziegfried trying to ressurect his father (who he himself killed) and get rid of the aforementioned writers and we might have something.

Amator

Casting Call: Soul Calibur Movie

Ivy: Kate Beckinsale
Maxi: Sing Ngai(Seraph in Matrix Reloaded)
Xianghua: Zhang Ziyi
Astaroth: Michael Clark Duncan
Mitsurugi: Ken Watanabe
Taki: Chiaki Kuriyama (Go Go Yubari in Kill Bill)

flashburn

That is just who you would like to be in the film, right? If that was the actual cast, that would be insane.

RocShemp

Nice choices. Though Chiaki Kuriyama is awesome she's a little too cutesy for Taki. I'd like to see someone who looks a little more mature. Then again, I'm sure her appearance in Kill Bill has me biased somewhat. Kate Beckinsale could definitely work as Ivy. Zhang Ziyi better stay away from this. I feel Xianghua should go to someone better. But I can see why you picked her. As for Ken Watanabe, yeah, I can see that. Though you'll be aging Mitsurugi a bit since, despite his mature appearance, he's only a kid in the games. Still, it's a nice dream cast.

Amator

Just fanboy dreaming, feel free to add your own.