Chalk this up as Japanese developer minutia, but Keiji Inafune, creator of Dead Rising and Onimusha, pulled a muscle in his calf while playing tennis. Recovery will take a month. [Keiji Inafune だぜ！！]
Capcom spent the week and a half following Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s resignation from the Japanese developer reassigning producers to his games and reorganising the company, Capcom told Kotaku today. More »
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The streets of Tokyo’s Shibuya are a battleground. For your money. More »
Christophe Gans’ Onimusha movie is in a spot of bother. It’s been put on indefinite hold thanks to, of all things, the death of Heath Ledger, which impacted on the schedule of producer Samuel Hadida, who was due to work with Ledger on a new Terry Gilliam movie. Because that’s been stopped, Hadida had to delay the filming of Onimusha, which has now thrown out the calendars of the film’s Japanese cast, who are now all too busy working on other stuff to get started on Onimusha. Series fans not put off by either the prospect of an adaptation or the fact Gans was handling it will no doubt be crushed. If, you know. Those people exist. ONIMUSHA delayed? What’s Christophe Gans up to, then? [AICN]
Earlier, I appeared on the Bionic Commando podcast and rambled on about pointless things and got in an argument with some Capcom dude. Good times. The official word from Capcom is that the podcast I appeared on is the second most downloaded BC podcast. The first is where the team discussed Bionic Commando Rearmed, the second was me droning on and on and the third was when Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune showed up. Hello craziness! That’s just makes no sense whatsoever. So please, do humanity a huge favor and go download the crap outta the Inafune podcast. That guy made Dead Rising and Onimusha, I sit at home in my underwear and misspell words all day. He has insight into the gaming industry and should be second! Not me, dammit! Do The World a Favor, Listen to Inafune [Bionic Commando][Pic]
Video game film adaptations are generally poorly received, but the upcoming Hollywood transformation of Capcom’s Onimusha seemed to be on the right track. When the production announced the wise casting of Takeshi Kaneshiro as lead demon slayer in Christophe Gans adaptation, I wondered “When’s some clueless executive going to come around and fuck this thing up the right way?” Well, we may have an answer. The upcoming plot of Onimusha the movie has been revealed. More »
TEKKEN: There’s been a Tekken movie in the pipeline for yeeeeaaaaars now. Thing is, it’s gone nowhere, spending a good 3-4 years in limbo. Probably because nobody could be bothered getting it running, especially after Dead Or Alive’s stellar box office reception. Well Screen Gems don’t seem to mind, getting the ball rolling by releasing a teaser poster as well as announcing Charles Stone will direct. Stone’s pedigree? Dude directed and starred in those Budweiser “waaassuuppp” ads. Yup.
ONIMUSHA: Christophe Gans’ work on a screenplay is coming along nicely, and word is it’ll start filming next April. We know, he botched Silent Hill, but Onimusha has a lot more kicking to the face. Those movies are a lot harder to mess up. Tekken Poster and Onimusha News! [ComingSoon, thanks Maggot!] More »
