Variety are reporting that
Justin Marks has been hired to write a screenplay for another movie adaptation of the video game franchise
Street Fighter. Hyde Park and Capcom, the Japenese publishers of the cult game are on board to produce. This is the second time the video game has been adapted onto film after the debacle that was the
Jean-Claude Van Damme and
Kylie Minogue star vehicle of 1994. That movie is so bad it's comical, it's very rare a film ends up as bad as that but I'm not sure what they were expecting when they hired the cast they did. The second attempt at Street Fighter will have no relation to the first movie a decade ago and will focus on the female character of Chun-Li who was actually introduced to the franchise in the second game Street Fighter II. The movie is set to be released sometime in 2008 which will mark the 20th anniversary of the video game franchise. I must admit I haven't played much Street Fighter, I was always a big
Mortal Kombat fan myself so the only Street Fighter I know was the crappy movie. Any fans of the game exicted by this? Is Chun-Li the best character to base a movie on? Anyone else think Mortal Kombat was THE KING of this kind of video game? source -
variety,
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