And here's the news for TEKKEN Live-action movie:
The IESB has gotten their hands on the audition sides from the upcoming live
action flick TEKKEN based on the popular video game
of the same name (which has TEKKEN 6 coming to the USA sometime in 2008).
Audition "sides" just use certain scenes in the script, usually emotionally
charged ones, to see how the actors would react in that
situation. We've gone through them all and have some character descriptions
for ya plus a few details of the story.
Characters first -
JIN - Hero supreme with a serious drug problem, he's hooked on ZEN and does
what he can to get his next fix. He has entered the
tournament in order to get near MISHIMA to kill him. He finds out along the
way that he is the son of KAZUYA and grandson of
MISHIMA. He is the people's favorite to win KING OF THE IRON FIST. Suffering
from ZEN withdrawals and sweating profusely, he
enters the arena to try out for the latest IRON FIST tournament, his
opponent? MARSHALL LAW. *See KAZUYA's details for more on
his lineage.
BONNER - The scene used for the sides for the character of BONNER is
actually our first introduction to the character. It's about 10
minutes into the film and we find BONNER in his chop shop working on some
underground black market kind of stuff listening to an "old"
Black Eyed Peas song "Pump It" and singing along. A knock at the door
rattles BONNER and his crew and they quickly cover up what
they are working on. Luckily, it's just BONNER's acquaintance JIN at the
door with his latest run of illegal goods. He hands over the
microprocessors and gets a fix of ZEN (via inhaler) in exchange. Clearly a
ZEN junkie, JIN asks for more but BONNER doesn't give it
out for free. JIN offers to take part in the "fights" later that evening in
order to make some extra dough for BONNER so he will give him
more ZEN.
BRYAN FURY - Tekken's favorite cyborg is a part of the live action TEKKEN
film. BRYAN FURY of the ONYX CORPORATION. We
meet him as we should, flexing his muscles for all the world to see. With
his muscles rippling, veins protruding and sweat beading,
FURY is more machine than man. His skeletal structure was replaced by
flexsteel. He is being blackmailed (sorta) by head villain
Kazuya. Not sure for what, but Kazuya knows Bryan's secret. Did I mention it
's illegal to have more that 30% of bodily enhancements in
Iron Fist? FURY sports his famous eye to chin scar.
MISHIMA - Head of TEKKEN Corporation that has taken over the world pretty
much after the last big war. He sees TEKKEN as the
saving grace of the human race, things were in complete disarray before the
corporation stepped in and brought order to the world. He
believes he is remaking the world. Of course, with great power comes great
responsibility and it looks like TEKKEN CORP has gone
overboard outlawing all sorts of things in the "best interest" of the
people. And what's a big world dominating power without a big "cage
match" to find the ultimate fighter? IRON FIST is TEKKEN's version. The KING
of the IRON FIST is the best fighter in town. MISHIMA
doesn't seem as "bad" as he did in the video game. He may even have a change
of heart about TEKKEN thanks to JIN.
KAZUYA - MISHIMA's son who thinks his father is weak and he should be in
control. Has waited for the torch to be passed down for a
long time and is getting pretty frustrated with his father. Considering we
find MISHIMA is the detention center later in the story with JIN
going to him for help to escape, it looks like KAZUYA is the one who put him
there and is now in power. He is also the one who raped
JIN's mom resulting in his birth.
MARSHALL LAW - Remember the guy at the end of OVER THE TOP? The final arm
wrestling opponent for Stallone? Well, maybe not
many of you do, but that's SO this guy, MARSHALL LAW, he's the bad ass scary
IRON FIST opponent that JIN fights to qualify. He
breaks bones, wills and has a tendency to throw his opponents, well, at
least what's left of his opponents. He demands respect from
JIN, but JIN is the one who gets the respect instead.
STEVE FOX - Former IRON FIST competitor turned IRON FIST ANNOUNCER. Give him
a hand, he's British! He leads the open call
fighters to the arena on opening day and helps JIN get through a tough match
with MARDUK by revealing the fighter's weak left knee.
He also helps JIN discover who is really is. *See KAZUYA for more on that.
KING - Current champion of the TEKKEN IRON FIST TOURNAMENT. His face is all
over the advertisements TEKKEN IS KING.
In sides, there is always some left over dialogue from the page before or
the page after. From what I gather from the TEKKEN sides,
other than the scenes and character descriptions I described above, the
fighters (Marduk, Phoenix, Anna and Nina - sisters, Christie,
Raven, Gorgo, Fury, Dragunov and Jin) seem to have gathered together and are
trying to escape from the Mishima complex, they are
ordered to return to their rooms, but refuse and an intense action sequence
ensues. A fighter dies.
Well that's what I've garnered from the pages we received. The character
seem pretty close to the game thus far with just a few added
twists. Also, there is plenty of violence, blood and a lot of "fucks" that
would constitute an R-rating.
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3635&Itemid=99
and the actors have NO resemblance to the anime characters at all.
