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[edit] Tekken movie Rants
What I think about the Tekken movie (so far). The boldface is original text found on the Internet. The text after the boldface is my thoughts about the original text from the Internet. I will add images sometime later. Please feel free to express your opinions about this movie and/or my rants on the talk page.
[edit] Rant #1
TEKKEN is the movie adaptation of the legendary Namco fighting videogame. In order to put to rest the ghosts of his past, Jin Kazama enters the Tekken tournament, a fierce and dangerous competition featuring the world’s best martial artists. Following close behind him is Zheng, a rebel monk looking to save Jin from his own inner demons. While on the surface Tekken appears to be the corporation of the future, Jin and Zheng expose a dark underbelly that could threaten the very threads of humanity.
Tekken is being written by Michael Werb, Michael Colleary, and Hans Rodinoff.
What seems to be right
1. Jin Kazama does exist. The ghosts of his past are probably the fact that he is haunted by his cursed bloodline and the fact that his mother was killed by Ogre when he was 15.
2. The Tournament. The Tournaments also make sense, since there are always Tournaments (that's why the games exist, right?). It also includes Martial Artists, whether the best or not.
What seems to be wrong
1. Zheng. Who the HECK is Zheng?!? They totally pulled him out of thin air!! Jin never had any childhood friends! The only other person that can be considered a friend is Ling Xiaoyu.
2. The Tournament. The Tournament has never ONCE been called the Tekken Tournament. It has always been, and will always be, called the King of Iron Fist Tournament (with the number afterward).
3. The company. It is NOT and never will be called Tekken Co. Every good Tekken fan knows that the company is the Mishima Zaibatsu. However, the company itself does pose a threat to humanity, so I guess they got that right.
[edit] Rant #2
Two childhood friends enter the world's largest fighting tournament where they have to battle deadly opponents using every form of martial arts known to man. As they fight both friend and foe, their journey takes them deep into the heart of the notorious Tekken Corporation, where they uncover a secret project that could change the world. Summary written by Crystal-Sky Studios.
What seems to be wrong
1. Childhood friends? In the Tekken series, there were no characters with a childhood friend or friends. Jin had no childhood friend. The closest you can get when it comes to childhoods is Nina and Anna, and those two hate each other. And again, Jin never had a childhood friend.
2. Prize. The winner of the King of the Iron Fist Tournament never won the chance to be a bodyguard; they won the company, or (in some cases) money.
[edit] Rant #3
The leader of a highly corrupt business under investigation of murder, Heihachi Mishima, suspiciously announces a tournament to crown a "king of the iron fist" whereby the winner will be made his personal bodyguard and will have riches and fame laid upon them. However, the tournament is not all it seems, as all of the contestants seem to have their own separate agendas to get close to the man looking to employ them. Consequently, a group of elite fighters, undercover police and assassins team together in the hope of uncovering the truth but slowly realize they are in fact linked together through more than just there goal of killing Mishima. Summary written by Truth Bringer.
What seems to be right
1. The company. The Zaibatsu is in fact very corrupt (considering all of Heihachi's bio-weapon research, his Tekken Force and the fact that he uses them to make world leaders believe that he is here to help.
2. Motives. A lot of people are looking to kill Heihachi (ex. Jin, Kazuya).
3. People. Heihachi Mishima is Heihachi Mishima. An undercover police officer may be Lei Wulong. The only possible assasins are Nina Williams and Anna Williams. Just about anyone could be in that group of elite fighters.
4. The link. As we know it, a lot of Tekken characters are in fact linked to each other somehow, no matter how ridiculous some of these bonds may be.
What seems to be wrong
1. Murder?" Murder? Under investigation for murder?! You would at least expect for him to be put on trial for something more, right?
[edit] Rant #4
(This rant is not so much a rant, as it discusses the quality of the movie.)
May 17, 2005 - Variety reports today that Steven Paul's Crystal Sky has teamed up with Sony's Screen Gems to put a Tekken film into production by late Fall.
Sony is going to distribute Tekken in North America, Latin America and Australia. The film was originally set up with Dimension at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Based on the Namco videogame series, the story of the film revolves around two friends who enter a worldwide martial arts competition. In the course of their progression through the tournament, they discover a secret within the Tekken Corporation.
Charles Stone (Mr. 3000, Drumline) is tapped to helm the project as well as re-write the latest draft penned by Michael Colleary and Mike Werb. Stone spoke to Sci Fi Wire late last year about his plans for the project: "I'm kind of interested getting back to the whole sports super-conglomerate, Nike thing, and also drugs and steroids and the whole anabolic madness… Right now I'm framing it after sort of Enter the Dragon as a backdrop, but again, more realistic and more accessible. I want it to seem like it can really happen in today's society, despite how grand and superhuman the characters are."
Screenwriter Mike Werb spoke to Screenwriting Monthly earlier this year about Tekken: "The idea here is to make a realistic movie out of an unrealistic stencil… What we hope to do with Tekken is to entertain both those who have played the game, and those that haven't – there's got to be more than effects and skirmishes on screen to hold an audience."
Variety reports the budget for Tekken to be around $50 million. We'll keep you posted as more information comes forth.
A few things
1. Budget. If they are going with $50 million, then this better be good.
2. Style. "An Enter the Dragon sort of feel"? I mean, I love Bruce Lee as much as any other Martial Artist, but still--what's it going to be, Jin arriving on some secret island going around searching for stuff? It better not.
[edit] Rant #5
Charles Stone III, director of the upcoming SF action movie Tekken, told SCI FI Wire that the video-game adaptation is in early stages of development and that he wants to do more research before locking down the script. "We got the writers going on it," Stone said in an interview. "But I do want to investigate K-1 fighting�it's out of Japan�and then the ultimate fighting competitions that are sprouting up all over the place. I want to investigate those and just look at the history of the gladiator world through the past." Based on the best-selling Namco video game, Tekken is an action movie about a young man who discovers he holds a great power and must battle a team of elite fighters who will stop at nothing in order to get it from him.
A few things
1. Research. Since it says: 'do more research,' that may mean that they might work hard to make is good. We can only cross our fingers and hope.
What seems to be right
1. Young Man. Jin.
2. Great Power. The very Devil Gene in his blood that turns him into Devil Jin when he really doesn't want to.
3. Elite Fighters Who Will Stop At Nothing In Order To Get It From Him. Lots of people, such as Heihachi Mishima (for his bio-weaponry), Kazuya Mishima (to make his Devil Gene whole again), Sergei Dragunov (for the body his organization found), etc.
[edit] Rant #6
(This one is based on an article stating who might be who. I will add comparison pictures soon.)
ANOTHER TEKKEN MOVIE?
China's Sina.com is an internet portal that never met a rumor it didn't like, so take this with several grains of salt, but apparently the cast has been chosen for a TEKKEN movie. The kids today don't know what Tekken is, but back in the days before first-person-shooters and MMPORGs, back when we all still had gills and breathed ammonia, your ancestors played a very popular fighting game on their "console systems" called Tekken.
The movie looks like a Gaga Communications/Sony co-production, directed by Charles Stone III (DRUMLINE, MR. 3000) and starring:
Vicki Zhao Wei as Xiao Yu, the cute little Chinese fighter with her pet panda
Takeshi Kaneshiro as Jin, the boring main character
Brian White as Bruce, the black guy
Nathan Jones, the only man who's huge enough to play Marduk
And Gordon Liu as Wang Jin-rei, the old guy with the white beard
(You can see shockingly accurate photos of each actor matched with their gaming character over on the Asian Fanatic Forums) Tekken movies have been rumored for as long as rumors have existed. Sammo Hung and Ekin Cheng starred in a Tekken movie that got ceased and desisted in a powerful combo move from Namco and had its name changed to AVENGING FIST. There have also been a couple of Tekken animes, but this might be the long-awaited (so long that no one cares).
A few things
1. Vicki Zhao Wei/Ling Xiaoyu. Vicki Zhao Wei would be perfect for the role of Ling Xiaoyu.
2. Takeshi Kaneshiro/Jin Kazama. I'm not too sure about this one. Jin's the guy that would get his hands dirty to get the right thing done. However, seeing that Takeshi loves using stunt-doubles and is a pretty-boy, I doubt who would be good to play Jin. But then again, who is?
3. Brian White/Bruce Irvin. I don't really know who Brian White is, but I don't think he should be Bruce. The guy from the Undisputed movies should definitely be Bruce.
4. Nathan Jones/Craig Marduk. As the article says, Nathan Jones is the only man who could possibly play Craig. As our Craig Marduk page says, he may be based off of Nathan. Nathan Jones is definitely perfect for this role.
5. Gordon Liu/Wang Jinrei. I think Gordon Liu would do a good job as Wang, especially since they're both Mando-speakers (I think Gordon is).
[edit] Rant #7
(This one is about the director's words.) Tekken: It's About the Fighting Director discusses adapting the videogame. by Paul Davidson
September 2, 2004 - It was the varied and often bizarre personalities of the Tekken arcade and console games that inspired Charles Stone III to make a Tekken movie. For Stone, adapting a fighting game doesn't just mean creating an action film with lots of fisticuffs and drop-kicks thrown in; it means making the entire film revolve around fighting, with hand-to-hand combat treated as an art form.
Stone told *Sci Fi Wire* that Tekken won't just have Hollywood-style action like The Matrix. "I grew up on the Hong Kong films, where fighting is filmed for the choreography of the actual art form, whereas in America we photograph fighting films with long lenses [and] way up close, and then the editing becomes the choreography," explained the director.
"One concern of mine is that the fighting be good, because I personally think the fighting in something like The Matrix, where a lot of people are like 'Wow,' just doesn't do it for me,"
The story of Tekken (which is Japanese for "iron fist") will revolve around an important martial arts tournament, with combatants vying to defeat Heihachi Mishima and claim the grand prize. The production is tentatively slated to reach theaters sometime in 2006. It could be a breakout film for Stone, whose previous work includes Drumline and the upcoming Bernie Mac comedy Mr. 3000.
A few things
1. Hong Kong. If they use Hong Kong Martial Arts movies as their inspiration, and then call in some experts like Yuen Wu Ping, Sammo Hung, etc., then at least this movie will have some great action sequences.
[edit] Rant #8
Stone Tackles Tekken
Charles Stone III, director of the upcoming video-game film adaptation Tekken, told SCI FI Wire that he was inspired by a long-standing affection for genre films. "I am a big science-fiction and comic-book head, and I've always wanted to do a film with fight choreography and all of that," Stone said in an interview. "I thought it would be a lot of fun to do Tekken, because it specifically has a lot of bizarre and interesting characters. They all have very specific personalities, so that intrigues me."
The best-selling Tekken, from Japan's Gaga, takes place during a martial-arts tournament, with the grand prize going to the fighter who can defeat Heihachi Mishima. Stone said that he intends to take the film's martial-arts action sequences in a different direction from such popular movies as The Matrix. "One concern of mine is that the fighting be good, because I personally think the fighting in something like The Matrix, where a lot of people are like 'Wow,' just doesn't do it for me," Stone said. "I grew up on the Hong Kong films, where fighting is filmed for the choreography of the actual art form, whereas in America we photograph fighting films with long lenses [and] way up close, and then the editing becomes the choreography."
Stone said that he expects to distinguish his film from those that precede it. "[American filmmakers] construct the choreography with the filmmaking more than they allow the artists to do amazing fighting," Stone said. "The American art form of fighting is not as great as martial arts, so there's no appreciation for that, [but] it was something that I always thought about." Tekken is tentatively scheduled for release in 2006.
A few things
1. Choreography. Well, atleast he actually wants some actual choreography rather than Matrixy action.
2. Year. 2006 was two years ago. I guess that was one of those times when the movie was cancelled (out of 3).
[edit] Rant #9
Tekken: The Movie by Brian Linder February 21, 2002 - The popular fighting game Tekken just added its name to the ever-growing list of games that are making their way to the big screen. According to today's Hollywood Reporter, Crystal Sky Entertainment and Japan's Gaga Communications will develop the Tekken movie in association with the game's developer, Namco.
The Tekken franchise is one of the most popular (and lucrative) in all of gaming. The original Tekken and its many sequels have been arcade hits for years, and more recently on PCs, and platforms like the Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2. For all the 411 on the latest and coolest Tekken games, check out IGN PS2's in-depth coverage of Tekken 4 or Tekken Tag Tournament. Combined sales of all Tekken titles account for over 18 million units worldwide. No doubt they're hoping for similar box office returns.
Crystal Sky's president and CEO Steven Paul reportedly acquired the rights from Namco after a fierce bidding war. Paul told THR, "Tetsu Fujimura, CEO of Gaga, and I have wanted to make a big commercial movie together for a long time. I have had a long and wonderful relationship with (him) and Masaya Nakamura, chairman of Namco, for over 12 years now. The time was right, and Tekken was the perfect game to pursue our dreams together. The game has fun characters and is a wonderful story. Unlike some other games, this has a whole style of its own and is a really fun piece that is very commercial."
No director has been attached, but Paul says that potential helmers and casting choices are being considered now. Crystal Sky is looking to get the movie into production as soon as possible.
The live-action film will reportedly require heavy CG visual effects, and is budgeted at around $60 million.
A few things
1. Year. Well, seeing that this was written in 2002, it most've been in production for a while now. Either that, or this is also one of the times production was cancelled.
2. Heavy CG visual effects. Most likely for Kuma, Panda, Ogre/True Ogre, Devil Jin, Devil, one of the Jack bots, Combot, Mokujin--depending on which one of these characters will be in the movie of course. The effects better be great.
3.$60 million dollars. The CGI better be good with that much money.
[edit] Rant #10
(This is about who people believe will be playing Asuka Kazama in the movie. I will add pictures sometime later.) Little has been revealed about the new Tekken movie. What we do know is that it is set later on than in the Anime film. Asuku is played by Chiaki Kuriyama.
A few things
1. Actress. For those of you who don't know, that's the crazy mace swinging school girl from Kill Bill Vol. 1. I think the only reason Chiaki Kurayama is 'supposedly' playing her is because she's always a school girl. I can't imagine her doing it though.
