Street Fighter Franchise has Live-Action Series in the Works

<p>The Street Fighter franchise has seen numerous live action adaptations of their popular fighting game series&period; It is no secret that these live action adaptations have been far from critically acclaimed&period; Capcom is not shying away though from Hollywood with the franchise&&num;8217&semi;s newly announced series&comma; <em>Street Fighter&colon; The Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Fist&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The series is a successor to the well received fan film <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;h2ZXSzaUIBQ">Street Fighter&colon; Legacy<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;em>Capcom has embraced the short film&comma; and granted it&&num;8217&semi;s development in to an online web series of which the company itself will be involved with&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The series will retain the original writers of the fan film&period; It will be co-written by the fan film&&num;8217&semi;s creator&comma; Joey Ansah&comma; and Christian Howard&comma; who played the role of Ken in the film&period; Howard has touted some of the aspects of the film&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our priority is to stay true to the appearance&comma; fighting techniques and canon of the Street Fighter game&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Howard explains&period; &&num;8220&semi;At the same time we&&num;8217&semi;ve managed to make this an emotion and character driven story&comma; which will surprise viewers who might just be expecting a super faithful fight fest&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both Howard and Ansah announced the series at the San Diego Comic Con&period; You can view the announcement <a title&equals;"here" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;1Kzgq97-7C0" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a title&equals;"Shacknews" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;article&sol;74802&sol;street-fighter-getting-live-action-series" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Shacknews<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;