A production note has leaked out on the movie adaptation of TEKKEN and the good folks at IESB have got their hands on it revealing a start date for the movie and a full cast list. It's dated January 10th so it's less than two weeks old. Of course it could be complete bullshit but these names do fit quite well for this kind of production. Some of the names are pretty impressive for what previously was turning out to be a big B-movie fest, others are pretty typical for this kind of movie... TEKKEN STATUS - February 5 LOCATION - Shreveport, Louisiana (6 weeks) PRODUCER: Steven Paul - Benedict Carver - Tetsu Fujimura - Masaya Nakamura DIRECTOR: Dwight Little LP: Lampton Enochs WRITER: Alan McElroy CAST: Jon Foo - Sienna Guillory - Susie Amy - Andy Serkis - Chiaki Kuriyama - Nathan Jones - Takeshi Kaneshiro. To see cast photo's and more click after the jump... Jon Foo (25, Wushu master who was one of the League of Shadows in BATMAN BEGINS and has done stunt work in HOUSE OF FURY. He is likely to be playing the role of JIN.).
Sienna Guillory (32, Kettering, UK. - Starred in ERAGON and RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE)
Susie Amy (26, London, England. - One of the familiar faces of
Footballer's Wives and late last year appeared on
Coronation Street). Andy Serkis (43, London, England. - Motion captured Gollum and Kong for Peter Jackson, also appeared in THE PRESTIGE).
Chiaki Kuriyama (23, Ibaraki, Japan. - KILL BILL VOL. 1, BATTLE ROYALE) Nathan Jones (38, Queensland, Australia - Former wrestler who appeared in TROY and THE CONDEMNED)
Takeshi Kaneshiro (34, Taipei, Taiwan. - HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, is the voice and likeness of the video game ONIMUSHA and is expected to star in the forthcoming movie). What do you think guys? There's some good talent in there with Kaneshiro, Serkis and Kuriyama... who are all way too good for this movie but will no doubt bring some great credibility and raw talent to this adaptation. The other names seem pretty typical for video game adaptations, especially that of muscle man Nathan Jones though I don't know where the hell they picked up Susie Amy from? TEKKEN has been written by Alan B. McElroy and will be directed by Dwight Little, a duo who in the past have brought us HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS and RAPID FIRE. Michael Colleary has script credit. He previously co-wrote FACE/OFF.