For all you Street Fighter fans who are eagerly awaiting the Street Fighter film, I think you are going to be let down come February 27th. That aside, a new clip of Street Fighter The Legend of Chun-Li has come out, and it is a fight sequence between Chun-Li and some thugs.
Despite my utter repulsion to the movie, I will admit that this clip actually looks pretty good. If I didn’t know any better, I would say this movie may actually not be a nightmare. Luckily for us we know better!
If you are really bored and would like to watch the poorly casted Kristin Kreuk (no disrespect to her but she is no Chun-Li) kick the snot out of some really lame bad guys, you should give it a click. If you, like me - have no desire to see this film, watch this clip anyway and hold on to the vague hope that someday . . .somehow, Hollywood will actually create a good video game-based film.
If you followed the Prince of Persia video game series, and are eager to get the first glimpse of the poster for the upcoming film, you will have to do it at the cinema! The poster for Jerry Bruckheimer’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will be premiered in another one of Bruckheimer’s upcoming movies. What film you ask? Surely another film related in some way, maybe a sweeping adventure? Sorry gamers if you want the first glimpse of the POP movie poster you will be doing it at the chick flick, “Confession’s of a Shopaholic.”
The poster is said to premiere half way through the film in a shot of time square in New York City, with Jake Gyllenhaal in full costume as the prince. “Confessions of a Shopaholic” is the latest film from Bruckheimer, and it is a romantic comedy about something totally irrelevant I am sure!
Dropping advertisements for movies in other movies isn’t anything new, in fact it has been around for awhile now. In “I Am Legend” starring Will Smith there was the infamous advertisement for the Batman Vs. Superman movie in a scene of time square.
I am still wondering why the heck Bruckheimer wanted to put the poster into a romantic comedy, instead of a related film, but I can understand the marketing scheme behind it. After all “Confessions of a Shopaholic” was produced by Bruckheimer as well and maybe this news of the POP poster premiering in the film will boost ticket sells? Who Knows?
If you are dead set on getting the first glimpse of this poster word of advice bring your girlfriend as an excuse so you don’t bruise your ego too badly.
Kudos to the folks over at ComingSoon.net, because thanks to them we now have new pictures of the upcoming Street Fighter film. Specifically the pictures are of the films main character Chun-Li played by Kristin Kreuk. There are five picture total which depict various scenes, three of them action sequences in which one of them CHun-Li uses her signature move.
The film follows the story of Chun-Li who is searching for inner peace, nah I’m just messing with yah the movie is really about kicking the crap out of bad guys. The basic plot revolves around Chun-Li’s personal history and her pursuit of justice, through beating people senseless.
It is a little to soon to tell if this film will live up to the buzz it has generated, but as of now it’s popularity has grow just a bit bigger.
As the gaming industry continues to grow we see more and more of our favorite game titles adapted to screen. Some have had moderate success; the Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil films, and then others not so much. One of the upcoming films that fans are hopeful about is Max Payne; which was a title released by Rockstar in 2001, and was wildly popular at the time for its game play due to its slow motion capabilities.
The film will be hitting theaters October 17th , and its plot is based on that of the game. Max, being played by Mark Wahlberg, is an inner city cop whose family and partner are brutally murdered. In the pursuit of retribution for these disturbing crimes, Max plunges into the depths of a dark, gritty underworld; in which he discovers enemies beyond the mortal realm and a betrayal beyond imagination.
The film was Directed by John Moore who is best known for Behind Enemy Lines, his Directorial debut. The cast consists of Mark Wahlberg (The Departed, The Italian Job) as Payne, Mila Kunis (That 70’s show) as supporting actress, and Chris Ludacris Bridges (Crash) as supporting Actor. Although Mark Wahlberg has refused to play the game, he says it is nothing personal it is only because he doesn’t want to indulge his addictive nature; and since he has claimed that playing Max Payne is his favorite role yet, fans of the game may let it slide.
Mark who is no stranger to the action film genre was praised for his supporting role in The Departed which also got him an Oscar nod. Although Mark has an almost iconic role to live up to, fans seem elated with him playing Payne, and more than satisfied with the supporting role of the beautiful Mila Kunis.
The trailer has fans starving for all the gritty bullet riddled goodness that is Max Payne the movie. I guess for now we will have to rely on the trailer to satisfy our hunger for mayhem.
Here is the official Max Payne trailer.
Below is an interview with the cast at Comic-Con; on the Max Payne film, the game, and the fans.
The highly anticipated CGI film Resident Evil Degeneration is scheduled to be released on video by the end of this year, but fans will have three premieres to be looking forward to until that time comes. The world premier (hosted by Capcom) will be taking place October 10th at the Tokyo Game Show. The film will also premiere at two events in North America; the New York Horror Film Festival November 13th, and then In Los Angeles Premiere hosted by Fangoria November 18th.
Degeneration is a continuation of Resident Evil 2, and the best aspect of the plot would be the reunion between two of the most popular characters in the Resident Evil franchise; Leon S. Kennedy, and Claire Redfield. After the Zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation was squashed by the government in the form of a Nuclear bombing; the Umbrella stocks plummeted and the Corporation soon crashed. Seven years later the zombie threat is reborn in a rural airport in the United States; through a commercial airliner that unknowingly carries cargo infected with the zombie virus.
The reunion of Leon, and Claire is reason enough for fans to be reveling; and the fact that the film is Produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi ( “Resident Evil 4″ and “Devil May Cry 4″), and Directed by Makoto Kamiya (Special effect direcor of Godzilla, Mothra) is not to shabby either. A two minute trailer was revealed at Comic Con and is now posted on the offical Resident Evil Degeniration site. I guess us fans of the franchise will just have to nibble on that until the premiere.
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