This past Tuesday marked Capcom's 25th anniversary -- my how the time flies. However, instead of celebrating by taking body shots off of Kristin Kreuk, the company commemorated the milestone by attaching dates to upcoming film versions of two of its existing franchises.

According to a post on Capcom's US blog, the adaptation of popular action-adventure series Onimusha is expected make its theatrical debut in 2011, with Silent Hill's Christophe Gans still attached to direct. Capcom also anticipates Clock Tower to take a giant pair of scissors to the big screen as early as next year, this one being helmed by The Hills Have Eyes II's Martin Weisz. Now join us won't you as we hold hands and blow out the candles on Capcom's birthday cake. And don't forget to make a wish for at least one of these to not be box office poison.

After the Great Terror Wars, governments fell ... Seven corporations rose from the ashes to rule all men ... Together they were known as The Iron Fist ... The mightiest of which was ... Tekken

That's the tag line featured above a metallic, bloody capital 'T' for the Tekken movie, revealed via ComingSoon.Net. Can't you just feel the drama building through the indulgent use of ellipses?

The film news site also revealed that production on the Onimusha adaptation is expected to begin in April 2008, with Silent Hill director Christophe Gans at the helm. Despite a bashing from critics, the Silent Hill film managed to gross $97 million worldwide. Will Gans be able to attract that big of an audience again? He might need a helping hand from the writers who developed the seminal Tekken movie poster ...

Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill director Christophe Gans will be manning the chair for a film based on Onimusha, Capcom's popular action-adventure franchise. Silent Hill had a successful weekend, and if it continues to perform well at the box office, Gans is under contract to direct its sequel. This means the Onimusha flick could be a few years off.

Hopefully, Brotherhood wasn't a fluke, and Gans will deliver another top notch action thriller, samurai style. There's no mention of Onimusha 3's Jean Reno appearing in the film, but adding Brotherhood's Monica Belucci to the cast wouldn't hurt.

[via 1UP]

As suspected, Capcom's mega-hit Resident Evil 4 will be making its way, from its roots on the Gamecube and subsequently the PS2, to the PC. It's not going alone though: Capcom's Onimusha 3 and Devil May Cry 3 will be along for the ride, and Ubisoft will be handling the distribution of all three titles. Hopefully the games will enjoy a high-res makeover before their release, instead of standard-definition ports with PS2 textures.

Here's the part where both companies gush about how thrilled -- errr, apologies, it appears they are both excited, not thrilled -- to be working with one another on this historic event.

Ubisoft: "Ubisoft is excited to be bringing three of the industry's most innovative titles, including Resident Evil 4... to PC gamers around the world."

Capcom: "Capcom is excited to be taking advantage of Ubisoft's global distribution network to deliver our hottest titles for gamers around the world to play and enjoy,"

This can be roughly translated the following way:

A corporate boardroom. Afternoon. Two anthropomorphised corporations sit across a meeting table; their hands almost touching, their eyes locked.

UBISOFT: I'm so excited! Think about it: your games, my distribution. We're perfect for each other.

CAPCOM: No, I'm way more excited to be working with you! You're French... and sophisticated.

UBISOFT: You're sweet, but really, I'm soooo excited. I can't wait to get your games out to gamers to game with all around the world.

CAPCOM: I'm excited infinity plus one!

[Thanks, JamesO]