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Free Willy 2 Director Helms Tekken Film

by Chris Faylor, Dec 20, 2007 9:02am PST
Related Topics – Namco, Games: Console

Cleveland-born director Dwight Little (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home) has been chosen to direct the live-action film adaptation of Namco Bandai's Tekken fighting franchise.

"The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people," Little (pictured left) explained to Variety. "It's a gladiator story, but the video game has a complicated enough storyline that it provides the template for a martial arts spectacular."

The Tekken Corporation has never been featured in any of the existing Tekken games, which revolve around the no-holds-barred King of the Iron Fist Tournament. However, the game's mythology does include a private corporate army known as the Tekken Force.

With a script written by Alan McElroy (Left Behind: The Movie, Spawn, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers), the movie enters production on February 4.


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    By: phased1841 x
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    This is the new Hollywood folks. They don't have any other choice really. The gaming industry is growing at enormous rates, while the movie industry grosses less and less each year. It would be utterly foolish of them to not try and tap as much of this material as they can.

    Hollywood knows that movie based on games have traditionally been poor performers at the box office, but they must make them money. The formula is pretty simple. Throw a couple million at a movie based off a game franchise with a large fan base. They will most likely break even at least, and probably turn a profit after world-wide theater releases, DVD's, and Merch.

    One look at the list of movies based off games that are currently in production will pretty much tell you that this is the direction Hollywood is heading.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games
    Dec 20, 2007 10:04am PST