New Street Fighter film, game launches will 'coincide'

The Legend of Chun-Li producer Patrick Aiello says home edition of SFIV will accompany the movie's February 27 theatrical release.

Street Fighter IV will be a movie tie-in? Sort of, according to Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li producer Patrick Aiello. Speaking with industry news site GameDaily, Aiello said that while The Legend of Chun-Li and SFIV won't have much in common from a storyline perspective, "the film and game release dates will coincide." According to 20th Century Fox, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is slated to swoop into theaters February 27.

Maya, in charge.

Addressing the thematic differences between The Legend of Chun-Li and SFIV, Aiello noted that the film focuses on "a very partitioned off origin story of the Street Fighter universe." Of particular note, Aiello said in June that two of the game's best-known, and oft-played, fighters--Ken and Ryu--won't make an appearance in the film. "There are just way too many characters in the Street Fighter universe to cram them all into one film," said Aiello via the movie's official blog. "We want to do each one the justice he/she deserves."

Smallville starlet Kristen Kreuk will take on the titular role of Chun-Li in the film, with Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, Daredevil) donning knuckle dusters as Balrog, Chris Klein (American Pie, Rollerball) as Guile compatriot Nash, and Rick Yune (The Fast and the Furious, Alone in the Dark II) as wizened master Gen. Hyde Park Entertainment has cast Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers, They Call Him Sasquatch) as Chun-Li's archenemy, M. Bison. The film is being helmed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, director of the critically and commercially unsuccessful film adaptation of Doom.

As for the game, Street Fighter IV burst onto the Japanese arcade scene earlier this year, with cabinets only just recently finding their way to US coin-ops. For more details on the home version--slated to appear on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC--check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

134 Comments

  • Aries03

    Posted Nov 5, 2008 11:12 am PT

    for some reason everyone keeps saying this is gonna suck hard,ok the last street fighter was realy bad but give this one a chance,for some reason i think this will do good,dont ask me why but i just do...

  • psychomas

    Posted Oct 2, 2008 6:57 am PT

    Man I have to wait longer for the game!, Ok as for the movie - I just hope it doesn't end up like the previous Street Fighter movie! Van Damme was a joke! Ken and Ryu looked like idiots!!! Ok the director for this movie made Cradle 2 the Grave and Exit Wounds which I actaully liked. Doom was a failure so I hope he makes up for it, as for the Actress Kristen I have my doubts, if she can't do a proper spinning bird kick, then the movie is a failure lol

  • leon257

    Posted Sep 30, 2008 7:15 pm PT

    Kristin Kreuk don't got the legs 2 be chun li

  • satreed

    Posted Sep 30, 2008 9:04 am PT

    this is sooooo gonna suck. i mean wats with ken and ryu nt being there. atleast they shud have made it an anime.
    Sometimes i wonder wats wrong with the entertainment industry nowadays. they always spoil the good stuff.

  • icecold49

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 11:36 pm PT

    Omg, this is going to fail. The fight scenes are going to be rediculously lame. Why the hell couldn't they just make this anime. If they did, they could animate each fighters' special moves and make an awesome movie. Just picture Kristen Kreuk using rapid kick attacks.

  • Uesugi-dono

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 9:42 pm PT

    Kristin Kreuk is chinese now? Total failure.

  • HolteEnder4Life

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 2:25 pm PT

    all street fighter films should be manga like street fighter 2, its sooooooo much better

  • kegmiester

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 2:22 pm PT

    I can't see this movie going to well and the critics will no doubt pan it. I don't know whether to say heres hoping or wish that it died.

  • GatCloudX

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 10:57 am PT

    hmmmm chun li sucks

  • Amigro

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 10:30 am PT

    Same director as Doom.... no thanks

  • sonic_xa

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 9:38 am PT

    "The film is being helmed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, director of the critically and commercially unsuccessful film adaptation of Doom"...... -_- ...lol..this man....he must really hate video games...

  • jjdomo

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 9:28 am PT

    did anyone see the original street fighter film with Van Damme as Guile? It was horrible. By far, one of the worst films ever made. This one looks like it could head down that same path.

  • MetalGuyver

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 8:31 am PT

    "Quick! Change the Channel!"

  • NYCKing87

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 7:53 am PT

    I don't like to judge films before they come out, but this film reeks and is gonna bomb. There's no way this things gonna be successfull. Kristen Kruek will become a laughing stock.

  • sieg6529

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:42 am PT

    I wouldn't see this movie if they paid me. My time is worth more than this drivel.

  • shamarke

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:27 am PT

    LOOL no ryu and ken they are the best f**k this!

  • armydominican69

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:24 am PT

    Wow, How stupid can they be? nobody will watch this garbage except for those who dont know anything about street fighter in the first place, sigh... looks like "Patrick Aiello" has Uwe Bolle secretly directing this movie for him... and here i was excited when i first heard of this a few months back, now im back to being disappointed...

  • payback_56

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:18 am PT

    yea they ruined this, its nice they would make a movie for street fighter, maybe the NEXT movie they make will be done right, this movie will flop....

  • toyota23

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:14 am PT

    wow im looking forward to this....

  • sonicmask

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:08 am PT

    THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CASUAL GETS INVOLVED!!!

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 3:46 am PT

    Who is this movie being made for exactly? I'm not interested in it and clearly every other SF fan isn't either (due to the lack of Ken and Ryu perhaps). I see this movie being a flop.

    All hail SF4!

  • shaun_mcwayne

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 3:44 am PT

    this sounds awful, i cant wait to miss this movie, what a load of bs, street fighter movie with no ryu and ken, get a grip.

  • macmert

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 2:31 am PT

    I cant imagine a SF without ken or ryu...

  • ImSwordMan

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 12:48 am PT

    I wanna see another anime based street fighter movie, by the way, is this movie even in POST PRODUCTION yet.

  • CureForLiving

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 11:25 pm PT

    Mmm I have the odd feeling that they're trying to make another Dead or Alive. My bet is that Kristen Kreuk is probably going to spend 3/4 of the movie in a bikini or something, after all they sure didn't pick her for her acting ability.

  • neovalkyr

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 10:48 pm PT

    So when's Street fighter HD remix supposed to come out ? after Street fight 4? cause if so i wont bother

  • MiB_GEO

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 10:13 pm PT

    oh god hell no!! No Ken , No Ryu?? WTF? I wont even waste my time downloading this movie for free,when it comes out on theater's.Legend of chun li, is this a joke? SF MOVIE = GARBAGE MOVIE! Cant wait to pick the game up tho.

  • O2k4

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 9:54 pm PT

    what a relief, at least ruy and ken escaped this debacle

  • Simulator_Shock

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 9:40 pm PT

    this movie will fail hard. very hard. they should just cancel it right now and do everyone a favor.

  • quinnd6

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:46 pm PT

    No Ryu or Ken.

    That's a bit like having a gears of war film with no Marcus Fenix.

    Why are they putting in Charlie instead of Guile?
    Gen aswell?

    The choice of characters they picked for the film sounds really bad to me.
    At least they got MBison I suppose.

    Sounds bad.

    I hope they prove me wrong.

  • Kcube

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:40 pm PT

    The game will = WIN
    The movie has fail all over it

  • dee200

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:33 pm PT

    dis movie is gona be so gay sdat who eva watches it will turn slightly gay from it because a streetfight with out tha man characters ryu an ken is not a streetfighter at all so to tha people thats makes the movie goodluck because dbz is gona put you to sleep on tha firsst day its out.

  • tawagivercetti

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:22 pm PT

    Chun-Li is from China! Therefore she is Chinese. This alone makes the movie crapola.

  • mrklorox

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 8:09 pm PT

    Kristen Kreuk is an atrocious looking Chun-Li.

  • hunter8man

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 7:01 pm PT

    The game will out-gross the movie by 10 times the amount.

  • Aurey

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 6:36 pm PT

    Yeah, it would be a lot better if Capcom itself were making the movie. I don't know if the RE movie is being produced by Capcom, but at least it looks like the sorce material (the games) and not some cheap adaptation.

  • blue-peregrine

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 6:33 pm PT

    I'll grab a copy of Street Fighter IV, thank you very much.

  • frazzle00

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 6:33 pm PT

    Kristin Kreuk is Eurasian so I guess the directors got it half right, and she seems to be the movie's only positive aspect. The rest of the cast, the horrible director and the absence of Ryu and Ken all spell disaster for the flick. At least the first Street Fighter motion picture was funny in a campy sort of way.

  • shinspikes

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 5:52 pm PT

    Also, they finally got it right by makin the cg movie version of resident evil or biohazard. That will probably be the only good movie capcom has ever produced. Wait, aren't they the ones makin the movie too? Produced and developed!

  • shinspikes

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 5:50 pm PT

    Why does capcom allow this? Why do they let one of their key franchises and name get tarnished like that? Do the Japanese execs actually think that this crap american movie rendition of the game make it look cool? Since they probably don't understand most of the movie, they probably think the dumb cheesy actin and oneliners are cool when spoken in english.

  • jfpime

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 5:47 pm PT

    Can't wait for SFIV!

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 5:47 pm PT

    I know Kristin Kreuk looks asian, when she's really not. She is still far from being Chinese, not to I don't think she has the martial background to back it up with.

    Does she have the legs? I think not.

  • acsam12304

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:52 pm PT

    man i hope this movie at least is worth the money to watch. and how come they dont add Ken and Ryu. man you knwo what. with out these guys this movie will suck . waste of money

  • workingdesigns1

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:28 pm PT

    whats funny is that as much as we all know this movie is going to suck, we are all going to end up watching it. ha ha just like bloodrayne

  • 1uP_OnYou

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:27 pm PT

    This movie is going to be LAME.
    SFIV better make up for this!

  • ocdog45

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:13 pm PT

    wonder if they will have a bundle of some sorts,

  • hayato_

    Posted Aug 19, 2008 4:07 pm PT

    How can you not have Ken and Ryu (two of the most popular characters in the Street Fighter universe ) in the movie????

    Owell, atleast the game won't suck

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