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Soul Calibur The Movie

Apr 04, 2001 10:04pm CST tags: Namco, Games: Console, Soul Calibur
Crazyness for the evening, a deal has just been signed for a Soul Calibur movie. The budget has been set at $50million (!) according to the official website of the director signed for the deal Sammo, Thanks Eurogamer

It's official--Sammo will be directing "Soul Calibur", based on Namco's video game. Namco is the company that brought us Pac-Man and Tekken (among other games). There isn't much information available yet since the agreement between the producers and Namco was signed on March 29, 2001, but the budget will be around $50 million US! With its medieval setting, shooting locations will probably be Eastern Europe and China. The film will probably have an international cast to reflect the global popularity of the game. Hopefully this film will get Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao involved in some capacity--a reunion of sorts. And of course this is what fans have been dying for all along. Rhythm & Hues will more than likely be the CG effects house for the project because of their relationship with Namco.

                                                          

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