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Legend of Chun-Li trailer apparently has Street Fighter characters in it
Finally, footage has been released for the new Street Fighter film, The Legend of Chun-Li in the form of a Japanese movie trailer. When it was originally announced we were worried that Capcom wouldn't learn from the mistakes made by the first - admittedly, rad for all the wrong reasons - flick starring JCVD. Looks like we were right.If you're clicking the jump to watch the trailer for shots of your favorite characters in Street Fighter garb then stop now. None of the characters wear costumes, really. Vega's in there somewhere but he looks kind of sad. In fact, if we were approached in a dark alley and mugged by someone who looked like this version of Vega we'd throw him coin out of pity, not so much out of fear.A while back, Producer Patrick Aiello said in a question/answer post on the movie's site that it would be silly to try and replicate the costumes from the game. We guess we understand what he means but instead of giving us some fan service they've decided to scrap it all - except for Chun-Li's hairbuns! You know, if Chris Nolan can make a dude in a rubber suit look cool with fancy camera work and lighting then maybe these cats should try something. Creativity comes to mind.
No Ken or Ryu in the Street Fighter movie
Though they're probably not your favorite characters in the Street Fighterverse (that's Zangief, obviously) you probably can't imagine it without the Shake 'n' Bake of urban fisticuffs, Ken and Ryu. So it'll probably come as something of a surprise that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li producer Patrick Aiello says that the duo won't appear in the movie.Official movie blogger Aaron Horwitz attempts do a little damage control, reminding that "Nightcrawler, Pyro and Beast" didn't show up in the first X-Men movie. It's an appropriate comparison as Nightcrawler, Pyro and Beast were the original team of X-Men. Just the three of them ... bamf-ing around, starting fires and being smart. Those we are the X-Men they had back in the 60s and they liked it.[Via AICN]
Behold: Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li
Capcom's community blog has posted the above photo of Kristin Kreuk in brawler-to-film adaptation, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Though we don't get to see the high-kicking agent's leg-end, we're told Kreuk "is Chun Li assuredly in this sexy photo." We don't disagree, but it's not Chun-Li until we see some freakishly huge hands. Feel free to, uh, pore over the terrifyingly large and detailed version of the photo if you want.
