Lana Lang gets lead role in STREET FIGHTER

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

A lack of female action stars and some firm declining of offers from bigger stars has lead Hyde Park Entertainment to choose a pretty T.V. actress who they hope they can mould into the next Milla Jovovich or Kate Beckinsale for the biggest tentpole currently on their slate. Somehow, I don't think it's going to pay off. Coming Soon have the scoop that SMALLVILLE actress Kristen Kreuk (she plays Lana) has landed the lead role in STREET FIGHTER: LEGEND OF CHUN-LI. She will play Chun-Li, the female fighter on a journey for justice and it's believed she was far from the studio's first choice as Kiera Knightley, Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel are said to have turned down the part. The actress who is 25 next week, has yet to break out into Hollywood roles with her only American film credit so far being the lame comedy EUROTRIP, so this is easily her biggest role to date.

Horrible choice to be honest. I'm going to have a real hard time believing her to be an action star, just like I do whenever I watch SMALLVILLE and her character suddenely changes into a superhero of her own. It's pretty clear she was no where near the calibre of actress they wanted and have just settled here when no higher profile actress would take the part. The script comes from Justin Marks (he has also scribed the new MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, VOLTRON and SUPER MAX) and will be directed by DOOM director Andrzej Bartkowiak. If Bartkowiak couldn't make DOOM a success, then how the hell are they going to make this STREET FIGHTER movie work with the most uninteresting character from the series' canon and a T.V. actress with limited talent in the lead role? Disaster waiting to happen, but we all knew that way back in the Summer. Filming begins March in Thailand, and will be distributed by 20th Century Fox.