November 10, 2005

Vicky Zhao and Jet Li in Tekken (铁拳) Video Game Adaptation

(Posted In Asia Film News Martial Arts USA and Canada )

Zhao_Tekken.jpgI find it strange that at this point in time, Tekken would be adapted into a film, the game is not exactly new or in its prime. Even stranger to get high profile chinese actors Vicky Zhao and Jet Li (an unusual pairing) in a Japanese/USA co-production. Li is to play The Boxer, a character whom I've having difficulty remembering from the game, and Zhao is to play Ling Xiaoyu.
The IMDb had previously (March 2005, anyway) had Takeshi Kaneshiro as Jin and that HUGE white guy (Nathan Jones) from Tom Yum Goong in there as well. The Director is the obvious (*SARCASM*) choice of Charles "Mr. 3000" Stone III.
I'll confess to having wasted oodles of productive hours grinding my fingers into paste playing Tekken Tag with friends, what is 90 minutes more?

Via CriENGLISH.

» Posted by Kurt at November 10, 2005 07:33 PM
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that comparison pic really makes her look like Ling Xiaoyu... and she's got the personality to go with it

» Posted by deeplydubbed at November 11, 2005 12:19 AM

and she's hot.

» Posted by x at November 11, 2005 01:54 AM

i though jet li was retiring after fearless???

» Posted by fan at November 11, 2005 03:17 PM

The boxer fella, Steve Fox being Australian and err white..dunno what the deal is with that and Jet. Can't really imagine a Tekken movie working all that well..a curious pick for the crossover treatment. Cute chick at least.

» Posted by BtoFu at November 11, 2005 03:55 PM

Whenever I see or hear Vicky Zhao, I think of So Close. I will prob see this movie if it does actually work out just for the fight scenes... since Vicky was the best part of So Close, I'll give her the chance to make Tekkin a great movie. Besides her character Ling Xiaoyu was my favorite from Tekkin. So there's a plus.

» Posted by Ruttapong at November 11, 2005 04:27 PM

If I recall correctly, Jet Li said he was retiring from making any more Wushu pictures after Fearless. Which is a pretty minor distinction (sort of) from just a "kung fu" picture, but I do recall reading that quote somewhere. As for a Tekken movie........well hey, best of luck to them. And Vicky Zhao is pretty damn cute.

» Posted by FiveVenoms at November 12, 2005 12:13 AM

cant wait!! and hope its true ! ZHAO WEI >> OMG ! TOO HOT TO BE TRUE !
i luv xiao yu the most from this game and zhao wei will act as her ... what a dream come true ! LOLZ

» Posted by AnoNyM at November 15, 2005 06:55 AM

i think that is just an awesome collaboration. cuteness, prettiness, sexiness of vicki zhao. smartness, cool-ness, tough-ness of Jet Li. arghhhh~! what a perfect match. (not sure whethere all the 'ness' makes sense. hahaha)

It would one of the most awaited movie of all time if this is actually true!!! =)=)

i cant wait for the real news. i hope this is really really true.. heheheh.

xx

» Posted by aNnoyMoussie at November 16, 2005 02:19 AM

wow... she's a great actress so i'm sure she'll do the character proud. But really having trouble picturing Jet Li in a Tekken movie. Ever since Video Games made into Movies it hasn't been very successful... ie. Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat...

hopefully CROSSES FINGERS!!! that this will be good! or at least decent...

» Posted by ah bao at November 25, 2005 04:10 AM

God, she REALLY looks like Ling Xiayou, but she seems a bit serious, whereas Xiayou is very chidish and playful, a bit , ok, a LOT like a five year old.Don't like the idea of Jet Li being in it, Big star and all but can he actually pull off a boxer? A BRITISH boxer, NOT australian. I really hope a GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS guy will be picked for Hwoarang, as he is HOT HOT HOT!!!!

» Posted by Clare at December 8, 2005 04:46 PM

Zhao wei is my favorite actress and I'm obsessed with action movies with a girl as the person that kicks butt. the combination is perfect. can't wait till tekken comes out.

» Posted by allie 17 at January 8, 2006 04:34 PM

http://www.crystal-sky.com/films.htm

Based on the successful Namco game property the latest draft of Tekken is being written by Hans Rodinoff. 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 arts fighters. 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

I think "Zheng" is going to be Jet Li...

» Posted by Aileen at February 2, 2006 05:48 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/tekken5/news_6098705.html

» Posted by Aileen at March 6, 2006 03:35 PM

Nathan Jones must be playing the role of Craig Marduk, since they're both Australian and both freaking huge. Jet as a boxer? which boxer would that be? Steve Fox is a Brit... and infact I recall no Asian boxers at all :p but I must say that Vicky is a great choice for Xiaoyu. And one more thing... I wish Jackie Chan can play Lei Wulong.

» Posted by Kaza at May 28, 2006 04:34 AM

I read somewhere that Nathan Jones is playing the role of Craig Marduk..everyone think that jet li going to be steve fox in the movie but he not (I hope)...I don't know what "Boxer" he going to play...maybe a new character? who knows....I thought the "Boxer" was that "Zheng" guy

» Posted by Midnight Kiss at June 7, 2006 06:27 PM

who will be playing king and yoshimitsu or paul pheonix lee chaulan or devil jin christie eddy armor king

» Posted by jin kazama at August 21, 2006 11:57 AM

We don't know. I guess we have to wait...

» Posted by Midnight Kiss at August 21, 2006 06:58 PM

Who will play Feng Wei or Julia Chang?

» Posted by Scoopy 75 at August 31, 2006 03:15 AM

hi, i like ur movie

» Posted by shoua yang at August 31, 2006 04:34 PM

hey i think and have a few ideas but i doubt they would reach anywhere but yeah..

Jack-5 - Arnie
Lei - Jackie Chan
Raven - Wesley Snipes
Paul - Josh Holloway (just needs to bulk up a bit)
Eddie - Mekhi Phifer
HeiHachi - Ken Watanabe (I)
Kazuya - Takeshi Kaneshiro/will yun lee
Law - bruce lee ( but he no longer with us) so pass
Julia - Roselyn Sanchez
Bruce - Brain J.White
nina williams - cameron diaz/kristanna loken
anna williams - uma thurman

and that all i got so far, i have another few but dont know there names
Nina - Cameron Diaz
Anna - Uma Thurman
Marduk - nathan jones

» Posted by jonny at September 4, 2006 09:12 AM

I think it's safe to say that we may not see all of the Tekken characters in this film.

And if anything were possible, Uma Thurman would be the best candidate to play Nina merely based on looks. There's a similarity between Nina and Uma look-wise, and The Bride from Kill Bill is pretty much like an alternate universe Nina.

» Posted by Cassi at September 4, 2006 11:30 PM

I think Melissa George is good for Nina Williams

» Posted by Midnight Kiss at October 1, 2006 10:16 PM

Then the truth that is not looked like the Vicky Zhao in anything to the Ling Xiaoyu... the truth that if outside I a then actress can be you would remain unemployed, because I look myself a pile like her not like that bad vixen that does not look like in anything...

» Posted by Ares at October 14, 2006 12:15 PM

TEKKEN MOVIE TO FOLLOW THE STORY FROM TEKKEN 2 GAME.

If the Tekken movie is going to be made,Charles Stone and the screenwriters should start working on the script and work on the plot from the Tekken 2 game.
Tekken will centre around Kazuya Mishima as a young man whose been
trown into a cliff by his Father Heihachi Mishima.
Now 16 years later Kazuya enters The King Of Iron Fist Tournament known as Tekken and gets revenge against Heihachi,but Jun Kazuma must solve the Devil from Kazuya's soul and to destroy the evil out of the Devil.
The movie will have the characters from Tekken 2 to star in the and Crystal Sky better think about this before they start working on the film.
Thank You.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.

» Posted by Bruce Darren Acosta at October 26, 2006 02:59 AM

Hey that was really cool,if there's tekken movie!
hmm i juzz could say good luck ^_^
When it'll release? i'll always wait for it!!
is There will be any miscelanous char. like mokujin,gon,roger,panda,or kuma? lol

» Posted by Manji_XY at January 19, 2007 11:48 AM

By no means do not just use the Tekken 2 story and characters.

I believe These (main) characters should be in it:

Jinpachi, Heihachi, Kazuya, Jun Kazama, Jin, Asuka, Wang (Jinpachi's buddy), Xiaoyu (since she's with Wang or so, and obivuously cares for Heihachi or something). Yes, that would be kewl for Jackie Chan to play Lei W. :-)

» Posted by Emmanuel at January 23, 2007 07:16 PM

yey tekken the movie cant wait i might watch it over and over again!I hope this movie will be made cant really wait are there some special stunts on thier battle cant wait to see

» Posted by vladimir lansangan at January 25, 2007 11:02 PM

pls show the movie here in the pholippines we cant really i feel so excited!

» Posted by vladimir lansangan at January 25, 2007 11:06 PM

i hope they base this movie on jin kazama not kazuya.

» Posted by tom at January 26, 2007 02:14 AM

I have nooo idea as to who will play Julia..
But check these two out..
Anne Hathaway or Marion Raven.
They look like her I guesss :)

I think Vicky Zhao is an excellent choice for Ling Xiaoyu though!!
Ahhh! Does anyone know when it will be released????
x

» Posted by xmelissax at February 4, 2007 02:01 PM

Julia must be jessika alba beacause they have the same face and body and both eye color chages when they wear glasses.I saw at google images jessica alba with glasses and she looked alike julia so much!

» Posted by starglitter at February 7, 2007 10:08 AM

I think you should introduce Jun back into the game of Tekken..

And add me and my sister abby to the cast :D Lol, we've done some youtube tekken stuff - fun really but whatever the hell..

Still, hopefully this movie will be good - I'ma see it..

» Posted by Rebecca -D- at March 4, 2007 03:50 PM

CAN U LET ME NOW WEN THE MOVIE TEKKEN IS CUMMIN OUT WEN IS DA RELEAST DATE AND CAN U SEND ME A TRAILER PLZZZZ IU AM REALLY LUKIN FORWARD TO DIS MOVIE

» Posted by tahir at March 12, 2007 08:31 AM

I think the worst role for Eddie is Mekhi Phifer it wold be best if it were Latef Crowder who is a coporeira master and also looks to be a splitting image of eddie

» Posted by Quinton at March 31, 2007 12:17 PM

quien es el padre de jin kazama y que es de el xiayu.
para mi es un juego estraordinario aun que son un poco dificiles sus ataques.

» Posted by brenda hernandez perez at April 4, 2007 05:56 PM

Hmmm, im very insecure about this. I'd rather want a animated tekken movie, because the characters in the game is already something, or someone... i dont know how to explain. But they lose something.. tekken is animated, then if it will be movie.. it should be animated too. But.. one thing that is interesting, can anyone find someone who could act or be Hwoarang? Tekken wouldnt be Tekken without him, so he's gotta be in the movie!

» Posted by pippi at April 6, 2007 01:38 PM

hey i love the idea of a tekken movie the animated cartoon (based on the tekken 2 storyline) wasnt up to so much unfortunately. Great choice in zhao if its true and yeh maybe someone should start a campaign, jackie chan for lei wulong or something...

» Posted by smule at April 9, 2007 05:32 PM

TEKKEN = YOSHIMITSU and FENG WEI.... if these two guys wont make it to the movie then id rather watch Little Mermaid 3 the return of sinbad

» Posted by paolo david at April 10, 2007 09:38 AM

I just hope they dont cast a bunch of wack actors who don't know shit about martial arts, so they get lame ass trainers to train these guys for a few months and then shoot a movie. That's always a problem with American action/martial arts films. they get people who suck. Also if they start casting people from the wrong race to play as someone of another race (e.g. Memoirs of a Geisha or whatever that movie was w/ Jiang Xiyi), i'll be pissed. Hollywood has to get there shit together. they've been screwing us (the fans) over for long enough (namely Uwe Bolle).

» Posted by TekkenedOut at April 27, 2007 02:21 PM

hi xsomething i really like your fighting in all of those lovely fighting games tekken

» Posted by michael at May 3, 2007 03:11 PM

wow, is this really going to be a movie? i see this is dated back to 2005 so i wonder if this is for real or not?

» Posted by dtransporter at May 3, 2007 04:57 PM

can`t shu qi play a tekken charakter. and fann wong can continyu

» Posted by Robin at May 4, 2007 02:12 PM

Law very much look like Bruce Lee. So who can act as Forest Law?

» Posted by david artobelly at May 8, 2007 01:17 AM

bruce lee can play law and forrest law. da-ah.

» Posted by Robin at May 8, 2007 10:08 AM

you now Nik in top modell. she lok just like Angel.

» Posted by Robin at May 8, 2007 10:10 AM

wesley snipes would make a perfect raven...
ZHANG ZIYI for LING XIAOYU!!

» Posted by aldrin at May 10, 2007 10:09 AM

no. zhang ziyi or vikci zhao can play LING XIAOYU.

» Posted by Robin at May 10, 2007 12:04 PM

ya

i love her 2 but zhao wei have been hidden off for like 3 or 4 year anyway welcome back WEI i love ya forever

» Posted by LonG at May 10, 2007 04:24 PM

Vicky is so much alike Ling Xiayou

» Posted by maria at May 25, 2007 03:14 AM

I have all the info you guys want!! My script got rejected by the stinkin' films producers!!

» Posted by **--InsIdEr--** at June 29, 2007 10:14 PM

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