According to Joystiq, martial-arts prodigy Jet Li has been cast as “the boxer” in the video-game-to-film adaptation of Tekken. Charles Stone, director of Drumline & Mr 3000, is set to direct the movie, which “also features Vicky Zhao (as Ling Xiaoyu), a rising Chinese star”. With a great cast and an enormous fan-base, there’s a decent chance this film will be more successful than either the Doom or Dungeon Siege video-game adaptations.

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