We’ve heard quite a few details about the upcoming movie, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, but we still haven’t actually seen much from it aside from a dirty-faced Kristin Kreuk or a tank top wearing Moon Bloodgood. Now though, it seems that JoBlo has gotten their hands on a few stills from the movie itself that show Chun-Li in action. And by “Chun-Li in action,” I mean “Kristin Kreuk knocking people out or looking pensively over her shoulder.” Yeah, without the blue dress and spiked wrists, I just have a hard time seeing what any of this has to do with Street Fighter. At least we know Vega and some of the other characters — who aren’t named Ryu or Ken — will be showing up at some point.

You can check out some more stills here.

Those who were hoping to see at least a cameo by Ken or Ryu in the upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li are fresh out of luck it seems. In a recent Q&A that was posted the official film blog, producer Patrick Aiello said that the team behind the film decided to focus more on the origin of Chun-Li from the start:

“There are just way too many characters in the Street Fighter universe to cram them all into one film. We want to do each one the justice he/she deserves. So, in short, Ken and Ryu will not be appearing in this film. But, that doesn’t mean we won’t see our red and white-clad heroes in potential sequels…”

Hmm, I thought those two seemed noticeably absent from the cast. So two of the series’ most popular characters may not be showing up until a sequel. Of course, we’ll have to see how well the movie does before we know if there will even be a sequel. On the plus side though, Aiello did mention that certain characters would be donning their classic costumes, though not all of them:

“Now, as a result of this approach, it’d be silly to put Neal McDonough’s Bison in a bright red suit and captain’s hat with a pair of humongous shoulder pads. It works great in the video game, but in real life, it just wouldn’t look intimidating. The same can be said for Balrog. He’s an enforcer. A killer. A take-no-s*** brawler to the core. And so, how scary would he be on screen if he beat people up with boxing gloves and a pair of blue short-shorts?

All that said, do not worry. We haven’t turned a blind eye on the game we all know and love. At some point, Chun Li will sport her trademark buns (the ones in her HAIR!) and of course, Vega’s still got the mask and claw, for starters.”

I just don’t know what to think about the movie at this point. It does sound like it could at least be entertaining, but it’s hard to say for sure. Maybe the taint of the last Street Fighter film is still stuck with me.

Via Official Street Fighter Movie Blog

The latest screenshot form the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li shows a more down to earth take on the title character. Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) is much more believable as a street fighter hunting her father’s killer, M. Bison, through the mean streets of Thailand.

My question is, do Street Fighter fans, Chun Li fans in particular, want that much realism in their cinema. Yes, the Street Fighter movie of 1994 was horrendous. This movie will have to try hard to suck more.

I just wonder if fans are going to miss seeing Chun Li kicking ass in her sexy blue mini dress? According to JustPressPlay, one of the storboards shows our heroine sporting her trademark buns so maybe there’s hope after all.

Like many people, I’m still quite amazed that they’re actually making a new Street Fighter (particularly since I still have horrific flashbacks from the first one). But making it they are, and in fact JoBlo.com got a chance to sit down with the new film’s screenwriter, Justin Marks, to talk about what fans can expect from this new movie. According to Marks, the story for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li will stick to the Street Fighter mythos rather carefully, but will partly delve into Bison’s past and reveal just how he gained his status. Marks also made it clear that they’re not looking to make the same mistakes that other films have made in the past. Besides ignoring the old film completely, he’s taken some of his cues from other films on what not to do, as seen in his response to a question about a possible shower scene like in the vastly superior anime film:

No this is actually a good moment to mention something about Chun-Li’s depiction in the movie. Basically there are two factors at work. First, I’ve never seen a successful action movie (in my mind) that blatantly sexualized its female lead and succeeded for its audience. CATWOMAN, ELEKTRA, the list goes on and on, and I just get a lot of eye-rolling. Then I think back to THE TERMINATOR, or possibly my all-time favorite movie, ALIENS, and I think of how Ripley is depicted in that film. She’s a tough woman, but not because she came from a place of wearing tight pants and beating up men. She’s tough because she had this core emotional story about a life that could have been and never was. To me, that’s the way you write a woman in these kinds of movies.

The second factor is Kristin [Kreuk, who plays Chun-Li] herself. She’s really something special, a fantastic actress and very selective about what she will and won’t do, because she knows that lots of girls out there are really impressionable. So we’ve gone to great lengths to make sure Chun-Li is not just a sex object fantasy for people’s desktop backgrounds. That was something Kristin made very clear, and we’re honored that she’s willing to go that route, because it’s one of the factors that’s going to elevate this above adolescent video-game adaptation.

That said, did I mention Kristin is gorgeous? And there’s one very steamy night club scene where she does… awesome things… to get the information she needs.

Well…damn; I was really looking forward to that shower scene. On the plus side though, it sounds like Marks is taking this project very seriously. Throughout the interview he seemed to constantly reassure everyone that this isn’t another hastily thrown together video game movie. Guess we’ll have to wait and see for ourselves whenever the movie comes out. In the meantime, you canr ead the rest of the interview by clicking the link below.

Via JoBlo

The official blog for the new Street Fighter film has just updated to reveal a couple new details from upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. First up, there’s a new shot showing one of the main characters…er, Detective Maya Sunee? Yeah, I have no idea how she fits into the new film, but I’m not going to complain about anything involving Moon Bloodgood. According to the blog though, “she’s Bangkok Gangland Homicide. A no-nonsense, fast-talking, half-Thai cop who rocks a Ducati and a set of gold cuffs.” There’s also a new page from the storyboard posted, showing Chun-Li landing a solid hit to Vega (even just looking at the little drawings, it made me go, “ouch”). Hopefully their next update will reveal how Kristin Kreuk fills out the spiky wristbands of Chun-Li herself.

Via Official Street Fighter Movie Blog

You may recall that a new Street Fighter movie was confirmed to be in the works a few months back, and that the story would focus heavily on Chun-Li out for revenge. Now it looks like the actress filling the blue outfit and spiked bracelets will be none other than Smallville’s resident Lana Lane, Kristin Kreuk. The film, dubbed “Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li,” is slated to begin filming in Thailand this March with Andrzej Bartkowiak directing and Justin Marks penning the script. But enough about that; the point is there’s soon going to be a film with Kristin Kreuk doing martial arts moves in a little blue dress for about two hours. This movie just became watchable, people.

Via ComingSoon.net