John Foo Is Jin Kazama In Tekken Movie

Topic started by GMan on Feb. 16, 2009. Last post by jamesjuhn 1 year ago.

Post by GMan (270 posts) See mini bio

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How many of you knew there was a Tekken movie coming out? It seems to have been kept a secret all this time. According to First Showing, the movie wrapped back in May. It seems to have been in production ever since. Is that something to worry about? John Foo is Jin Kazama.

The movie is directed by Dwight H. Little, who has directed "Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers" and some episodes of "Bones," "Prison Break" and "Dollhouse."

Apparently the movie will follow the story of Jin who is out for revenge after his mother's death which he blames on Heihachi Mishima.

What I want to know and see is who is playing Heihachi. All I know is they better get his hair right. I don't care if they need to CGI it but it better look right.

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Post by OkazukiIchigo (350 posts) See mini bio

Well, at least the actors looks fitted for the role unlike "that" other movie

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Acer (4,992 posts) See mini bio

Ive known about this movie for quite some time. John Foo looks to be a great choice for Jin.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is to play Heihachi

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by GMan (270 posts) See mini bio

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It's just really weird that it wrapped up waaaay back in May and there's really been no word about it. I'm a little worried. I'm more interested in this movie than a Street Fighter one.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Acer (4,992 posts) See mini bio

GMan said:

"It's just really weird that it wrapped up waaaay back in May and there's really been no word about it. I'm a little worried. I'm more interested in this movie than a Street Fighter one."

Same here, but i would rather go see a movie without previously watching a load of crappy trailers like Street Fighter.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Sonata (15,830 posts) See mini bio

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OkazukiIchigo said:

"Well, at least the actors looks fitted for the role unlike "that" other movie"

I agree 200%

I think this will do better than the street fighter movie

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by RedRoses (1,350 posts) See mini bio

... there's a Tekken movie? I absolutely adore Tekken.

What is up with all these games getting movies these days? We really don't need this influx of (potentially horrendous) movies right now.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Acer (4,992 posts) See mini bio

RedRoses said:

"... there's a Tekken movie? I absolutely adore Tekken.

What is up with all these games getting movies these days? We really don't need this influx of (potentially horrendous) movies right now."

Its like the sudden influx of movies based on comics.

LOL

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by TimSheehy (6 posts) See mini bio

I'm sure the number is on par with people aware of the King of Fighters movie.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Ruby_Alexandrine (75 posts) See mini bio

Anyone who played Tekken will know that True Ogre was responsible for Jun Kazama's disappearance or death. Heihachi shot Jin in the head in Tekken 3 which is the main reason why Jin wants revenge on Heihachi. It was Jin's Devil Gene that made him survive the bullet wound to the head. From what I read about the plot, its completely different from the video game storyline.

If anyone interested the rest of the Tekken cast, here is the list:

John Foo as Jin Kazama
Holly Marie Combs as Michelle Chang
Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro
Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya Mishima
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima
Darrin Dewitt Henson as Raven
Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo
Nathan Jones as Craig Marduk
Cung Le as Marshall Law
Luke Goss as Steve Fox
Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu
Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury
Candicé Hillebrand as Nina Williams
Tamlyn Tomita as Jun Kazama
Marian Zapico as Anna Williams
Gary Ray Stearns as Yoshimitsu
Randal Reeder as Scared Fighter
David Pitt as Jack
Mircea Monroe as Kara
Louise Griffiths as Sapphire
Cassie Shea Watson as Med Tech
Louis Herthum as Tekken Security Chief
Michael Showers as Security Assistant #1
R. Todd Jones as Tekken Citizen

Also I heard that Anton Kasabov will be portraying Sergei Dragunov as well.

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Post by DocHaus (176 posts) See mini bio

Little nitpick here: It's Heihachi Mishima, not "Heichi."

[/Tekken fan]

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by GMan (270 posts) See mini bio

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Ya know, I actually noticed that when I put in the link but forgot to fix.

am curious to see what Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa looks like as him.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Ruby_Alexandrine (75 posts) See mini bio

Here is a link to Crystal Sky Pictures who did the film - http://www.crystalsky.com/films.htm It has a brief synopsis of the film.

The film setting is in 2039 which is odd because the video game doesn't have an exact timeline. I can only assume that the video game's story setting is in modern time instead of futuristic.

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Post by Devilly (5,303 posts) See mini bio

Cool another movie i hope they wont screw up especially Heihachi he`s my fav character

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Post by Acer (4,992 posts) See mini bio

Ruby_Alexandrine said:

"Here is a link to Crystal Sky Pictures who did the film - http://www.crystalsky.com/films.htm It has a brief synopsis of the film.

The film setting is in 2039 which is odd because the video game doesn't have an exact timeline. I can only assume that the video game's story setting is in modern time instead of futuristic."

I think its more modern but the look and technology they use in the game is more futuristic.

@Dev: I hope they dont screw up Kazuya. The only thing i dont like is that Steve Fox will be played by Luke Goss

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Ruby_Alexandrine (75 posts) See mini bio

@Acer: I agree. The recent Tekken 6 game does have its modern setting yet looks quite futuristic. I don't know who Luke Goss is until I saw an entry about him in Wikipedia. All I know is that the actor is 40 years old and he's portraying Steve Fox who is 21 which is a 19 year age difference!

Here is a photo to the actor Ian Anthony Dale who portrays Kazuya Mishima (the actor looks mighty dapper in this picture):

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Post by RedRoses (1,350 posts) See mini bio

That's gonna be Kazuya Mishima? His eyebrows and eyes are perfect. Now if they do his hair properly, he may be able to pull it off.
He needs to be cleanly shaven (err... if I remember correctly Kazuya doesn't have facial hair... right?)

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by Ruby_Alexandrine (75 posts) See mini bio

@RedRoses - You are correct, Kazuya does not have any facial hair. I selected that photo because its the closest to the actor actually looking like Kazuya in a business suit. There are other pictures of the actor that make him not look like Kazuya. I thought this particular photograph is quite convincing.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

Post by transgojobot (101 posts) See mini bio

I honestly thought that this adaptation was stuck in developmental hell. IIRC, there was chatter about the Tekken going into production way, WAY before Speed Racer, Dragonball and even Chun-Li even started had teasers/trailers released.

It's amazing how little I've read about Tekken since then. This is the first I've heard about it in close to two years. Normally, producers and assistants would be "leaking" all kinds of stuff in order to build anticipation. That they would wait around until now doesn't bode very well. Makes me think the film has gone through serious revisions and re-shoots. Or the distributor isn't very confident about it.

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Post by GMan (270 posts) See mini bio

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Exactly. The report said they finished production back in May. Either there's been some problems or they're really really good at keeping things under wraps.

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago

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