SoulCalibur: The Movie

‘SoulCalibur’ battles to screen

Warren Zide’s Anthem Pictures has acquired the film rights to “SoulCalibur,” the popular fighting video game from Namco. The project will be Zide’s first under Sony-based Anthem, his equity-backed financing and production shingle. The video game story revolves around two warriors who are chosen by Shaolin monks to recover and destroy a powerful sword that has fallen into the hands of an evil prince who plans to use it to open the gates of hell and destroy the world. “SoulCalibur 2,” the most recent version of the video game, has racked up sales of 5 million units on all platforms, and the game also is a critical fave. It received the best fighting game award at last year’s E3 interactive game conference, and Electronic Gaming Monthly named it the multiplatform game of the year. Matthew Rhodes and Noel Vega are producing with Anthem. Jesse Warshal is overseeing it at Anthem. Zide, along with manager Craig Perry, produced Universal Pictures’ “American Pie” franchise, which grossed more than $340 million at the domestic boxoffice. The two also produced the two “Final Destination” movies for New Line Cinema.

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pete said:

Hey, i was just surfing to see if anyone had any “what if soulcalibur was a movie?” suggestions, when i hear that it may finally, actually happen! its about time! Soulcalibur, unlike older, side-view fighting games, has a very great plot and a detailed story of each character, and even mentions non-game characters who are involved in the lives of most of the players. a good director can build on these stories to make a killer movie!

Commented on April 16th, 2004 at 9:12 pm.