Capcom Announces Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, a Live Action Series Set to Premiere in 2013

Capcom Announces Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, a Live Action Series Set to Premiere in 2013
iantothemax by on July 12th, 2012 at 5:19 pm

UPDATE – The announcement video shown at SDCC from the Street Fighter: Legacy crew has been added below.

Some of you may remember Street Fighter: Legacy, the short film created by Joey Ansah that showcased a short, well-choreographed fight between the series iconic rivals, Ryu and Ken. The project became quite popular when it was released, and Ansah expressed a desire to produce more Street Fighter related films if given the chance.

Well, it appears Capcom has given him that chance.

Today, news from San Diego’s Comic-Con surfaced that Yoshinori Ono announced Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, a  live action series produced by Ansah and his crew. This new project will explore the shared history between Ryu, Ken, Akuma, and Gouken, as well as the Ansatsuken fighting style.

Please note that the featured image and the one at the top of the article are taken from Legacy, not this new project.

Source: Destructoid, Street Fighter Legacy

  • http://twitter.com/HooliganCombo James Reilly

    “Live Action”

    …

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Almeson-Hoku-James/100000479628267 Almeson Hoku James

      reminds me of Dragon Ball Z: Live action. GET HYPED 

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gonzalez/100000802975759 Mark Gonzalez

        Street Fighter Evolution.

        The very thought of it chills my very soul…

    • Vi9

      The thing is, it’s only a matter of time before someone does soemthing right

    • http://www.facebook.com/Aaron.Cookie.Monster.Saballo Aaron Scooby Saballo

      hopefully it doesnt try too hard to match the actual games. It’ll look like power rangers if it does…

      modernize the concept of the story of street fighter but don’t sacrifice the character relationships or personalities. It can be done very well if they spend enough time with the script.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Thornton/100001564441282 Adam Thornton

    sweeeeeeet!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=696482282 Edgar Alcaine

    Nope.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Archer/747006074 Justin Archer

      way to shoot it down loser.

  • http://twitter.com/DaSavage68 Savage

    Live-action Chun-Li Kreygasm

    • Rahavic

      you can go to a comic convention in Bumblefuck, Indiana and find a live Chun-Li

  • TheBasedEngel

    owen wilson ken, luke wilson ryu, rainn wilson akuma, willie nelson gouken

    this is the cast or im not watching

  • http://twitter.com/Raidanzoup Adrrrn A. E.

    Oh, but “Matador” didn’t get funded, huh.

    • ShaperofStories

       We’re down but not out, baby.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1206290451 Justice Thomas

    Lets share the brief history of what happens with live action SF…..jean claude van damme, and the legend of chun-li…..ugh.

    • d3v

      God Damme Jean Claude God Damme Van Damme!

    • http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

      Because no live action Street Fighter can ever be good, because two weren’t.

      • fiks

        you have immensely more trust in any filmmakers and capcom than…um… anyone ive ever conceived of

        • http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

          I have little trust in either of these things. I’m just pointing out illogic.

          • fiks

             Fair enough.

        • Larsson K

          You only have to look who was behind the movie and who made those movies as a reason why they failed. If you watch the Street Fighter Legacy Behind The Scenes featurettes you see these guys actually get it, because they are real fans, they play the games they know the cannon,

          • fiks

            I dont think knowing the cannon really has much to do with a good movie :(

      • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

        Yeah let’s just ignore the hundreds of other failed attempts to make live-action video game films

        • http://twitter.com/HooliganCombo James Reilly

          Lets also just ignore the handful that had some form of success as well.
          As long as one movie did succeed to an extent  (there were many such as Resident Evil series, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney ) then we should illogically call this a fail instantly right.?

          Not a fan of live action SF, but live action video games film are usually hit or miss. They are doing a Live action Assassin creed where UBISOFT has creative room to do their movie. What determines what live-action video game movies really succeed or not is how much creative control the video game developers have (Script, choosing actors, etc)

          • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

            It’s not illogical to look at the overwhelming majority and expect a similar outcome.

        • http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

          BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS DETERMINE HOW THIS ONE WILL TURN OUT, AM I RIGHT LOL AKSDHFPOAIHP!!!1111ONE

          Don’t breed.

          • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

            CLEVER SARCASTIC RESPONSE IN ALL CAPS

            little tiny dick joke

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Archer/747006074 Justin Archer

            you’re looking like an idiot.

          • http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

            Not a joke. Our species would suffer.

          • http://twitter.com/gogotwit Gojira Twit

            @facebook-747006074:disqus You’re right, that one was dumb.

        • Larsson K

          I understand why you’ve come to that conclusion, but I completely disagree. You only have to look who was behind the movie and who made those movies as a reason why they failed. If you watch the Street Fighter Legacy Behind The Scenes featurettes you see these guys actually get it, because they are real fans, they play the games they know the cannon. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E93AD8A2CB86C7B&feature=plcp

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YV2437XOBMNL5UI3GR3PWIDHWY Rong

      Van Damme was awesome! But Kylie Minogue as Cammy (HOTTT!) Raul Julia takes the cake as the Best Bipson ever (God rest his soul).

      • petran79

         I’d prefer Dacascos, since he featured in the Double Dragon movie and is much better than Van Dam

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ty-Austin/100002154794093 Ty Austin

      The team who did Legacy wanted to make a decent film with respect to the series, if you’re going to put someone to the task, it’s these guys.

      People are whining as if they didn’t even watch Legacy.  We don’t know if it’s going to be good or bad, but from what we’ve seen and heard so far, there is hope.

  • MaikkyWin

    “Assassin’s Fist”

    Really . I mean REALLY .

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gethoff-Mahfacebuk/558552166 Gethoff Mahfacebuk

       That’s what it’s called, blame Capcom lol.  Hasn’t been Shotokan for a while, they been changed it a while back.

    • http://www.facebook.com/YuriBo26 Yuri Barbosa Ordeste

      Ansatsuken sounds a lot cooler

    • http://twitter.com/emezie Emezie Okorafor

      Ryu, Ken, Gouki, Gouken, (and even Dan) officially practice an art used for assassination.

      It focuses on the use of hands.

      Assassin’s Fist.

      Yes, really.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=537385466 Wil Hart

    This is either go to be awful or hilariously awful. There aren’t any other options

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754318649 Travis Aze Basabas

    They did a great job with Street Fighter Legacy (cinematography and fighting choreography was great) so i expect nothing less of what they have in store

  • Kaihedgie

    Are people really complaining about live action even after seeing Street Fighter X Tekken? Doesn’t anyone remember that this movie originally started out as a fan project?

  • chrobaciky

    The guy on the right is a good fit for Akuma.

    • Larsson K

      Joey was Akuma in Legacy - http://www.theochalmers.com/warriors/

  • http://handsomefatman.com/ Carlos Alexandre

    Cooooooooool. Legacy was a cool production. I suspect this will also be. Hopefully it’s free, because I’m poor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/yeoman.darr Yeoman Darr

    sweet!

  • rtdzign

    You had me at “Live Action”

    Edit: forgot to use the word, “vomiting” some where in there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/PatrickdiPeixoto Patrick Peixoto

    I hope that their talents are equal to their passion. Therefore, they do a good job. I wish for them, and for us, a good luck!

    But not disparaging them, I wrote a screenplay adapted from SF1, SFZ, SF2. (I have in mind a book or graphic novel). I’m just looking for help to publish.

    http://www.facebook.com/streetfightercronicascdeumasaga 

  • http://www.facebook.com/Khmai Savean So

    This is gonna be awesome…i cant wait!

  • John E.

    Would prefer SFxT live action.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gethoff-Mahfacebuk/558552166 Gethoff Mahfacebuk

    Has anyone ever stopped to consider that maybe the reason a live action SF production winds up being corny, is because the source material and story are kinda corny already? 

    I saw the Legacy short, it wasn’t horrible.  Could wind up being a neat short series that closely follows the corny ass generic japanese “I must become stronger!” storyline that y’all hold so fucking dear to your hearts.  As long as it has some cool fight scenes, I’m in.

    • Kaihedgie

      People like to think that stories of the things they grew up with are full of deep, philosophical stuff with hidden meanings that only smart people can apparently catch when in reality, it’s either nonsensical, pretentious, haphazardly told, or all of the above. Nostalgia filter is crazy like that.

  • http://twitter.com/emezie Emezie Okorafor

    Yay, more stuff to argue about!

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  • http://twitter.com/Ruffaelle_ Ruffaelle

    No hadoukens, no watch.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jordan.v.tatum Jordan VaDer Tatum

    their short film was really amazing.. i cant wait for this to release

  • http://www.facebook.com/AL.x.and.her Alexander ‘Al King’ Clay

    sigh…i wanted to be the one to make the perfect live-action Street Fighter……i’ll guess i’ll save it for live-action Fatal Fury instead.

  • AlexanderChoi

    Judging from the Street Fighter Legacy short and how faithful they tried to be to the series, I’m going to be cautiously optimistic, as this time its actually handled by people who actually grasp the concept of Street Fighter.

  • http://twitter.com/samael789 samael789

    I’m still waiting on Street Fighter Reunion, the sequel to Street Fighter: The Later Years.

  • Simply Chun-believeable ^_~ ♥♥

    http://youtu.be/saC13RJ8CUs
    *Facepalm*
    Well I guess it’s time to put on my optimistic face. :-/ —–> ^_^”"

  • http://twitter.com/g13flat9th Mr. anon

    Live action doesn’t work because the costumes don’t translate to film, and neither do the over the top super moves.

    • http://www.facebook.com/AL.x.and.her Alexander ‘Al King’ Clay

      It’s usually the costume designers fault for not knowing how to turn video game costumes into practical ones….ie. Tekken (2010)

    • Larsson K

      Joey and Chris did a superb job with the costumes! Check out this video, it goes behind the scenes for the costume design in Legacy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_iwoR6WOw8&list=PL2E93AD8A2CB86C7B&index=3&feature=plpp_video

  • Go2hell66

    is everyone gonna be white?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Viet-Nguyen/100000070536507 Richard Viet Nguyen

    They got these guys and not the Thousand Pounds Crew!? Pffffftttttt…..

    Still, best of luck to them.

  • http://twitter.com/Ghostpowder David

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn_HaEf62h4 Why didn’t Capcom get the same people who did the SFxT video to do a full fledged live action series :( .

    • Kaihedgie

      Because all of the constant, exaggerated whining about the game scared them off x:

    • Larsson K

      If Namco wants to do a TxSF live action, I’m sure they’ll be on a top 3 list of production companies

  • http://www.facebook.com/EdwardZero.Buchanan ZeroEdward Buchanan

    They Just, Should of Went with anime. . .

    • Kaihedgie

      Anime doesn’t fare any better. Even the animators/artists get details wrong.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Archer/747006074 Justin Archer

        lol

      • petran79

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ytPIrvedRh8#t=102s

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Léo-Nirvana/100002153252250 Léo Nirvana

    They should get the “Thousand Pound” production…. they did a way better live action short-film then this guys, Legacy was decent and I hope the best for them with this new approach, but SFxT live action was a TOP line production… if was me, I would choose them.  

  • Ultimator

    If this was SFxT live action then the movie would be twice as long as the SF version due to all the timeouts

  • http://www.facebook.com/DashingKC K.c. Cannady

    Ummm.. Quick Question, Ryu, Ken, Gouki & Gouken soooooooooo Capcom, wheres Dan? Look, you cannot have a Shoto series without Dan he’s the only one with a sense of personality for crying out loud other than Ken every now and then! He was one of the first students of Gouken & at the time took learning the technique very seriously by wanting to kill Sagat. Capcom is pushing Dan away to much these days when he’s the greatest fighter of all time :( We want Saikyo! PLS

    • Kaihedgie

      Capcom isn’t “pushing him” away. He’s just sadly not as popular as the rest of the shotoclones, that’s all.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/João-Grassini/100003044683998 João Grassini

    more money on patches for cross tekken please,less money  on advertising please.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/João-Grassini/100003044683998 João Grassini

    more money on patches for cross tekken please,less money  on advertising please.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/João-Grassini/100003044683998 João Grassini

    more money on patches for cross tekken please,less money  on advertising please.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ElGuapoJr Saul Cuellar

    Ryu looks Mexican.

  • http://twitter.com/1000Deaths Roy Bromwell

    In like a year, this has been the most excited I’ve been for anything Capcom related. SF:Legacy was the most badass live action movie the franchise has ever seen.

  • Thomaz Barros

    I for one hope that Reuben will be Ken.

  • D Major

    In order for any Street Fighter movie to work, it can’t be cosplay, it can’t be stereotypical (Ryu & Ken fight… who saw that coming?), and it can’t be cheesy contrived special effects.  It has to be a tastefully done martial arts movie.  20+ years, we’re still waiting.

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  • madcal

    Did any of you watch MK Legacy? i know it’s sorta rival to SF and maybe not best to bring it up on a SF website. I personally love SF, and was excited at the prospect of SF legacy becoming something more. But all this talk of modernising while keeping style and keeping true to source material made me think of the MK web series. Maybe it bares thinking about as an example of how a beat em up video game can be successfully turned live action.

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