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Tekken, Onimusha Movie News

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!]


August 14, 2007
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Gans Talks Onimusha Movie

Christophe Gans sat down for some croissants and tea with Ecran Large, mainly to discuss his upcoming Onimusha adaptation. What did he have to say? Filming starts next March and will be shot mostly in Beijing, in the same studios Hero was shot. Nearly the entire cast and crew are Chinese locals, they’re hoping to wrap filming up by next July and the things got a $US70 million budget co-financed by backers from the US, Japan, China and Gans’ bestest friend Samuel Hadida. And…that’s about it. Shame about the cast thing, if only because it greatly reduces the chances of a Jean Reno appearance. Onimusha : Tournage confirmé en mars 2008 [Ecran Large, via Dark Horizons]