Street Fighter: Legacy

Street Fighter: Legacy
Directed by
Produced by
  • Jacqueline Quella
  • Kwok Yau
  • Phil Tidy
  • Adrian Harrison
  • Anthony Waye
  • Paul Street
  • Mark Wooding
Written by
Starring
Music by Patrick Gill
Cinematography Chris Sabogal
Edited by Guy Savin
Distributed by Streetlight Films Inc.
Release dates
  • May 6, 2010 (2010-05-06)
Running time
 3:12 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language
  • Japanese
  • English

Street Fighter: Legacy is a live-action short fan film based on Capcom's popular fighting game series Street Fighter. The film is a Streetlight Films production, co-directed by Joey Ansah (of The Bourne Ultimatum) and Owen Trevor, produced by Jacqueline Quella and stars Jon Foo as Ryu, Christian Howard as Ken, and Ansah himself as Akuma/Gouki. Both Ansah and Howard are also the writers of the film.

Capcom has said to have "given their blessing" to the film, and the film was released on May 6, 2010.[1] There are currently plans for a series and several cast members have already been locked down.[2][3]

Plot

The film follows Ryu after waking up from a nightmare about Akuma. While walking in the forest, he is followed by a mysterious warrior revealed to be Ken Masters, Ryu's old friend and sparring partner. The two have a match together using their signature moves Hadōken, Shoryuken, Tatsumaki Senpū Kyaku in the day time and night time in the rain. The film ends with the two in mid-air about to kick.

Cast

TV series

Joey Ansah and Christian Howard announced at San Diego Comic Con 2012 that they are working on a TV series of Street Fighter titled Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist which was released on May 23, 2014.[4][5] On April 7, 2013, Ansah and Howard launched a Kickstarter campaign for the series.[6][7][8] Actor/Stuntman Mike Moh is announced to play Ryu.[9] Japanese actors Togo Igawa is on board in the series as Goutetsu, Akira Koieyama will be portraying Gouken and actor/stuntman Mark Killeen will be playing Mr. Masters, Ken's father.[10][11][12] Howard and Ansah reprised their roles as Ken and Akuma. A second season titled Street Fighter: World Warrior was announced by Ansah for a 2017 release.[13][14] The crew also work on a 5 episode mini series called Street Fighter: Resurrection which was released on March 15, 2016.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

References

  1. ↑ Welcome Street Fighters! | Joey Ansah The Official Website. Joeyansah.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-17.
  2. ↑ Joey Ansah's vision of Street Fighter: Legacy. FLAREgamer (2010-08-30). Retrieved on 2011-04-17.
  3. ↑ Street Fighter Legacy still getting made, News from. GamePro. Retrieved on 2011-04-17.
  4. ↑ B. Alan Orange (12 July 2012). "COMIC-CON 2012: Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist Live-Action Series Announced". MovieWeb.
  5. ↑ "STREET FIGHTER: Assassin's Fist TRAILER!". YouTube.
  6. ↑ "'Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist' Kickstarter Campaign". Kickstarter.
  7. ↑ "Street Fighter Kickstarter Launched". IGN.
  8. ↑ 'Street Fighter: Assassin' Fist' - Kickstarter Campaign video on YouTube
  9. ↑ "RYU ANNOUNCED!!!!". Kickstarter.
  10. ↑ "Cast announcement! TOGO IGAWA". Kickstarter.
  11. ↑ "MR. MASTERS ANNOUNCED!!". Kickstarter.
  12. ↑ "GOUKEN ANNOUNCED!!!". Kickstarter.
  13. ↑ "Comic-Con: Capcom Greenlights ‘Street Fighter’ Sequel Series ‘World Warrior’". Variety. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  14. ↑ "5 Secrets You Didn't Know About 'Street Fighter: Resurrection'". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  15. ↑ Street Fighter: Resurrection – Coming March 2016!
  16. ↑ Jonathan 'Catalyst' Grey (December 6, 2015). "Capcom Cup 2016 will have $500,000 up for grabs, new web film series in development Street Fighter: Resurrection". Event Hubs.
  17. ↑
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  19. ↑ Frank, Allegra (December 7, 2015). "Live-action Street Fighter: Resurrection makes its debut March 2016". Polygon.
  20. ↑
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