The MovieSet Blog has learned details about the latest video game to be turned into a movie and no, Uwe Boll is nowhere near this project’s set (hey, speaking of Mr. Boll whatever happened to the release of Far Cry?) The film is called King of Fighters and is based on the SNK Playmore arcade fighting game that debuted in 1994 and has spawned 11 sequels and 13 — yeah, you read that right — 13 spinoff games. By comparison, Capcom’s Street Fighter and Midway’s Mortal Kombat brawler franchises are still in the single digits with their sequels.
Learn all the cast, crew and story details after the jump, player!
The King of Fighters movie quietly began filming in Vancouver, Canada on November 27 under the eye of director Gordon Chan, the dynamic Hong Kong-born helmer of Fist of Legend, Beast Cop and the 2003 Jackie Chan movie The Medallion. The screenplay is by newcomer Rita Augustine.
The movie stars Maggie Q (Live Free and Die Hard), Sean Faris (Never Back Down), Will Yun Lee (Elektra), Francoise Yip (Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem), Monique Ganderton (Supernatural) and the coolest Sith Lord ever, Ray Park (a.k.a. Darth Maul from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace). It also looks like the King of Fighters movie will introduce a new science fiction spin into the setting established in the games’ universe by following the surviving members of three legendary fighting clans who are continually whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world they battle that universe’s native defenders, while the force that brought them seeks to find a way to invade and infect our world. Pardon me while I show how much of a nerd I am but it kind of sounds like a little bit of Highlander and Marvel’s Exiles comic book series. Not that I’m complaining, I’m just sayin’.
Joseph Chou, Tim Kwok and Bobby Sheng are the film’s producers. The movie is targeted for a 2010 release.
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Um…street fighter has way more than 11 sequels and 13 spinoffs…
street fighter, 6 versions of street fighter 2, three street fighter 3’s, 3 (or 4 depending on how you count) street fighter alphas, three street fighter ex’s, street fighter 4, and this isnt even counting the versus series.
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NeoGeo Battle Colliseum, I could see this being. King of Fighters? Oh. Fuck. No. “!”. (The biggest stretch would be putting 3 new heroes at the leads, and again, being more NGBC-like with it’s featured cast. But why call it a KoF?)
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KING OF FIGHTERS MOVIE WHY NOT MAKE WORLD HEROES MOVIE AS WELL.
Maggie Q is starring in the movie of Gordon Chan’s King Of Fighters also it stars Sean Faris,
Ray Park and Will Yun Lee,based on the SNK game series,Snk will co-produce the King Of Fighters movie and they should talk on working with other Hollywood producers to make the live action World Heroes movie,that would be a good choice to see a live action Hanzo,Fuuma,Kim Dragon and other characters from the WH games in the movie.
World Heroes live action film would be good or bad choice.
Thank You.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.
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If Sean Faris is in it – I’m watching it. He’s a great actor!!
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irne Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pm
your a fucking idiot play the games
and this movie will sucks sean faris is a terrible stupid actor!!!
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sasha Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm
@Susanne Brindley,
wow Susanne you must be one of those shallow low class sean fangirls.
who should get shot in the head.
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this movie is going to suck kyo is Japanese!!
i hate sean farris!
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please let this movie be awesome!!!
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i love kof . ia m comming soon movie
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I can’t wait! I hope this movie kills it. Gordon Chan should bring some heat!!! Definitely gonna be the first to watch… God I hope it’s in theaters and not some DVD crap.
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irne Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@Steve Markus,
the movie is going to suck
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you guys are idiots co producing is bad. cause co producer is an idiot with money
who usually inherits or gets dumb investor who are just as stupid and hope the movie makes money. also There not putting money into it.And there not involved with the movie
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terry Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:17 pm
@sasha, your right!
thank god…..snk is not involved with this crappy movie!
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you know I got the meaning from…. the comedy film movie the producers!
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this movie effing sucks im boycotting this crud!
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you guys are idiots…. co producer is an idiot with money who usually inherits or gets dumb investor who are just as stupid and hope the movie makes money.There not putting money in to it and there not involved.
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