New Street Fighter movie helmed by Doom director

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 6th 2007 at 6:55PM }

Variety is reporting that one helping of live-action Street Fighter just wasn't enough, Hollywood is going to try again. Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom have signed on Andrzej Bartkowiak to direct a new movie of Street Fighter ... but here's where it actually gets good. Variety says his credits include Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds and Cradle to the Grave. What they fully neglect to mention is that Bartkowiak directed another video game-based movie: DOOM!

Yes, the man who directed DOOM is going to helm the new Street Fighter movie, which will apparently follow Chun Li on a "journey for justice." Can't you just feel The Darkness swelling up inside of you to stop this? The original Street Fighter movie starring Jean-Claude "muscles from Brussels" Van Damme earned $33 million. It also starred Raul Julia (Addams Family movies, Kiss of the Spider Woman) in one of his last roles ever -- that was the real tragedy. Hyde Park just finished a couple movies you will probably never hear of. Place your bets now if this Street Fighter movie will actually be worse than the original, which would seriously be an accomplishment.

[Thanks Ben]

Tags: bartkowiak, doom, doommovie, streetfighter, streetfightermovie

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

opifex @ Sep 6th 2007 7:11PM

i loved the first movie.. its almost a fact that sequals turn out shiet, but im gona watch it anyway :)

sheppy @ Sep 6th 2007 7:21PM

You know, if you tried to take the original Street Fighter movie seriously, like how they marketed it, you would be disappointed. But once you realize M. Bison relieves stress by painting sad clown pictures, you basically roll with that aspect and realize it's a very entertainingly bad movie.

Also, keep in mind, during the time of the Street Fighter movie, majority of the story was still rather haphazardly thrown together (as evidenced as Malibu Comics tried desperately to spin a yarn from the series). By the time Udon got their shot at making the Street Fighter comic, Alpha had fleshed out so much of the story.

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 2:49AM

"loved" ?

Love is a pretty strong word for such a pretty crap movie.
Go watch it again.
The last time you saw it you must have been 4 or 5.

blooh @ Sep 6th 2007 7:06PM

ahahahaha

NaeemTHM @ Sep 6th 2007 7:08PM

He directed Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds and Cradle to the Grave? The original Street Fighter movie was Oscar worthy compared to that crap.

How do folks like him and Uwe Boll get financed for this shit?!

blooh @ Sep 6th 2007 7:11PM

i wonder if they'll use the same chick for chun li, she was hot
http://imdb.com/name/nm0001840/
gettin a little old now though :/

DangerMouse @ Sep 6th 2007 8:44PM

Steven Segal as Geriatric Vega.

Negativecool @ Sep 6th 2007 7:09PM

The very 1st thought that popped in my head was "Is it possible to make less than $0 at the boxoffice or on DVD?"

I mean, I know taking into acount the cost of making the movie, marketing, distribution, etc. sure it could easily cost the studio a fortune if it didn't sell well.--but that's not what I'm asking.

Is it possible to actually make less than $0 once it is in the boxoffice/DVD? If you sell no DVD's and do not sell any movie tickets, essentially you make $0...but can you make less than $0?---I think with this movie, better than any other before it, my question will be answered.

dextro @ Sep 6th 2007 8:13PM

Well you can if you try to pay to people to see your movie in the hope that others will think that the movie might actually be worth a shot...

Anyway I won't be surprised if this movie turns out worst than the Super Mario Bros Flick *shivers*

duggie @ Sep 6th 2007 7:11PM

Will they call it Street Fighter II, or Super Street Fighter' Hyper-Turbo Fighting 3rd Strike HD Remix?

blooh @ Sep 6th 2007 7:11PM

just look at how the DOA movie did, lol

blooh @ Sep 6th 2007 7:12PM

goddamn reply system

Shagittarius @ Sep 6th 2007 7:17PM

New Street Fighter movie DOOMED.

Negativecool @ Sep 6th 2007 7:19PM

HA!

LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 6th 2007 9:21PM

LOL! Thanks for a good laugh! :)

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 2:51AM

For once Shaggi I agree with you.

Your still one asshole of a troll though.

Mr Khan @ Sep 6th 2007 7:36PM

Will they get The Rock for this one, too?

Lam @ Sep 6th 2007 8:20PM

"We're the bad guys!?"

mr mobius @ Sep 6th 2007 8:46PM

One thing worse than movies being turned into games?

You guessed it... games being turned into movies.

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 8:48PM

How about a novel based on a movie based on a game. And that novel becomes a game?

mr mobius @ Sep 6th 2007 8:53PM

If its ever happened I want evidence. By my calculations that'll only happen with the coming of the apocalypse and the end of the world.

Psaakyrn @ Sep 6th 2007 11:43PM

Well, we do have games based on movies based on games, (Relevant example: Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game, or something like that, can't be bothered to remember the actual name) so that isn't TOO far of a stretch.

On hindsight, does Stranglehold counts as a sequel to a movie, a game based on a movie, or a game set in the same world as a movie? I'd think it's relevant here. (since it could count towards the number of movie-to-game situations which worked well)

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 2:55AM

@ Hvnlysoldr, you mean similary to X-Men, the TV show based on the movie; based on the TV show; based on the comic?

Aerostratos @ Sep 6th 2007 8:54PM

SF:Annihilation

Count Noobula @ Sep 6th 2007 8:58PM

How about they follow Dhalsim on his quest to stretch his limbs even longer. Better yet, keep this movie plot and make the Dhalsim version a TV series shot in real-time like 24.

The Following Takes Place Between 3PM and 4PM:

*Dhalsim has stretched his legs once more*

at 24 feet Ryu breaks in screaming:

*His balls are stretching out of place too, get Dr. Zangief in here STAT*

Zangief enters

*Commrade Dhalsim I will have to squish your balls back into place or you will die in 24 hours.....*

M. Bison secretly plans to overthrow India while this is happening. But it is up to Ken to stop him, along with his loyal sidekick E. "fatboy" Honda.

Donald @ Sep 6th 2007 9:34PM

Great, now I'm having flashbacks to the time my ten-year-old self dragged both parents up to the local googolplex to see the original piece of drek in theatres.

I don't think they've forgiven me to this day.

And if this leads to a sequel to "Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game", I officially quit video games.

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 3:15AM

These posts are literally laugh out loud funny.

Now I remember why I read Joystiq.

Word of the street. @ Sep 6th 2007 10:21PM

Confirmed: Is going to suck.

I didn't like Doom and I don't know if any of you like it but I didn’t. In fact I was surprised they had a Script for Doom, Last time I played Doom on the X360 there wasn't a plot unless you count the Text at the end of each Chapter.

The only movie based on a Videogame that I enjoyed was Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Annihilation was horrible but MK:1 was absolutely brilliant. Well maybe not brilliant but it was truly great.

Adam S @ Sep 6th 2007 10:29PM

The movie industry makes movies like these but not Halo. Dumb.

blooh @ Sep 6th 2007 10:40PM

they're slowly (very slowly) workin on a halo movie, but want it to actually be good, so they're taking their time. I hope it pays off

clo1_2000 @ Sep 6th 2007 11:28PM

Why? Why would they smear the most beloved 2-d fighter of all time like this? I guess after the travesty that was Street Fighter: The Movie, they think they can only go up? I'll tell you one thing, it will be impossible to top that Jean-Claude vs. R. Julia fight :P

HaleysComet @ Sep 6th 2007 11:39PM

Count me in...

I've been waiting for a Street Fighter movie ever since i saw that last one with Jean Claude Van Dam as Colonel William Guile.

That movie was BADASS!

Now if this movie can at least reach Transformers level of awesomness I'll be VERY HAPPY. But they need to include all the important characters and not screw the history up...or the relationships. Or the freaking clothes.

Plus the plot has to be believable. And the graphics really good.

mr mobius @ Sep 7th 2007 12:11AM

Here is hoping they never make a Zelda movie for fear of messing it up.

robert @ Sep 7th 2007 10:07AM

as long as they found the right chick to play Link it might not be so bad...

interested observer @ Sep 7th 2007 12:28AM

just look at the comparison between anime and live action movies,, the anime version of Street FigherII is a classic. That one could have done very well at the Box Office, as would any of the Fatal Fury anime movies..They (the directors/producers) should stick to the anime based arcade game formula...Mad Man (BISON)tries to take over world, throw in a good side story or two,(Cammy's story,Chun's and Guile's revenge quest.) and let it all unfold around Ryu and his constant struggles with Sagat and Akuma...where RYU(and Ken) has it out with Bison and Sagat in mid-movie.. bison loses,thus ending Cammy's,Guile's and Chun's stroylines..and then goes on to fight AKUMA to the finish (for now anyways)..I believe it would be a good beginning...the sequel would involve storylines from Street Fighter 3 and so on,,you know!!!

ThornedVenom @ Sep 7th 2007 12:32AM

Only one way to save the movie: get a FUCKING hot chick.

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 3:19AM

*coughDOAcough*

I don't think that'll work unless unless your marketing strictly to 16 yr olds.

ThornedVenom @ Sep 7th 2007 5:56PM

**COUGHTOMBRAIDERCOUGH**

Never underestimate the 16-year-old demographic. ^^

Sam @ Sep 7th 2007 2:03AM

what this article left out was a rumor of Jessica Biel as Chun Li!

quote from IGN -
"Casting is not yet underway, but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from turning out names like Jessica Biel (who is so not Asian, but who's getting caught up in particulars?) for the lead role."

Mystical Ninja HD @ Sep 7th 2007 2:59AM

Maybe this time we can get a ha-do-ken?

Oh wait, no sorry this is Chun Li's story. So a spinning bird kick will become a cartwheel kick.

The original SF2 movie was entirely rubbish and I used to love it as a 5 year old. At least the anime had some form of plot!

As for the DOA movie at least it was eye candy.

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 3:22AM

There was a Hado-Ken in the first movie, sort of.
That's why it was so shit, not enough good fights, too much 'America will save the world'.

Kye @ Sep 7th 2007 3:30AM

I was thinking just yesterday or the day before how crap the first movie was and that I should be allowed to make one.

I hope they use actors who can fight (and look like they're characters), or at least fighters who can act.

And I hope they pay attention to detail - remember, Ken is half Japanese and has reddish-blonde hair but black eyebrows.

They're better be loads of fight scenes, good ones, with projectiles and Alpha-esqe super moves.

What's this guys number? lemme call him...

FSK405K @ Sep 7th 2007 5:57AM

After directing Doom, shouldn't the guy just start a new career? Movie producers everywhere, why do you hire this guy? Was there no one cheaper?

How about finding the guys who made the SF: The Later Years films and give them $40 million to make a feature-length version... anyone with me?

doom saber @ Sep 7th 2007 8:35AM

From what I have read of a script review at latinoreview.com months ago, this film will be a revenge tale that will have Chun-li goin after Shadowloo for killing her father. Of course, the movie will have Charlie Nash as her costar and who is willing to bet that will be her love interest in the film.

Also, as someone said, there is a rumor that Jessica Biel will be Chun-li. If the rumor turns out to be real, then I guess Hollywood is resorting to yellow face unless they write Chun-li as an adopted child, white, or half asian.