Collider recently had an interview with the head of Hyde Park and found out that it isn’t just a one-film wonder they are after with Chun-Li, but a whole franchise from the Street Fighter characters.
Street Fighter has been a popular video game for close to two decades, but the film adaptation of it never quite got the attention they expected. Hell, it was just downright terrible, but there is always hope for the future.
Hyde Park’s Ashok Amritaj sat down with Collider and gave some inside info on what could be in the works after Chun-Li hits theatres.
”We feel that in the “Street Fighter” world universe there are 3 key characters which are Ken, Ryu and Chun Li. So we hope the movie works but we’ve taken Chun Li and this is a movie “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li” so the Chun Li movie we’ve gone with and if it works we hope to do Ken and Ryu and so on. But we would do Chun Li and then we’d have Bison and Vega and you know some of the Balrog and all that.”
”I really think we have a good film. I really think Kristin is enough unknown to play the role and not be identified with some star. While on the other hand, people kind of know who she is, you know from “Smallville” but not really. She fits the role. I think she’s absolutely terrific in the film and we have very cool sort of all the things from the video game that we tried for but then we feel we’ve not really stuck to it. It’s an origin story of Chun Li is what the movie is and we feel it works. I mean I feel it works.”
Two more? If he knows what is good for him, then one of those better be about Ryu and/or Ken or the fans may just riot with a good ol’ Ha-Do-Ken!
Credit: Collider
