Luckily somebody over at the production blog for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li has finally taken the hint and done away with the MySpace-style writing (I'm not sure how much more of that I could have taken). At least now it's way less annoying to catch up on the latest updates for the video game adaptation. First up is a picture of the newest addition to the story, Det. Maya Sunee, a half-Thai detective in Bangkok's Gangland Homicide division (played by Moon Bloodgood). For dedicated SF fans, the name is not going to ring any bells because Maya is a new character created just for the film. But that is not all; fans now have the chance to submit questions to be answered by cast and crew.

Legend focuses on the story of one of SF's favorite characters, Chun Li. It's the classic revenge tale about her search for her mentor's murderers. Smallville's Kristen Kreuk stars as Chun Li and Robin Shou plays her Tai-Chi master. Even though the story has been modernized slightly, some of Street Fighter's main baddies (including Bison, as played by Neil McDonough, Balrog, as played by Michael Clarke Duncan, and Vega still get to make an appearance. And as an added bonus, the site also gives a glimpse at the storyboard for a fight between Chun-Li and Vega.

Andrzej Bartkowiak is still shooting on location in Bangkok, so there is plenty of time for more updates in the coming weeks. Stay tuned. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li will arrive in theaters in 2009.

One of the first films I ever watched with surround-sound in a movie theater was the original Mortal Kombat. Back then, I was one of many teenagers obsessed with playing the video game, squaring off against my best buddies in an attempt to pull off some sick and twisted fight move. And so, when the film came out, my friends and I were among the first to attend a midnight showing. Talk about an extreme moviegoing experience -- the freaking sound on that puppy nearly blew us all away.

While I never managed to catch the sequel, I'm sure all you Mortal Kombat nuts will be happy to hear they're taking chances on a third installment. Tentatively titled, Mortal Kombat: Devastation, it appears the folks in charge want to go the prequel route, focusing in on an unlikely hero -- Sub-Zero. Apparently, they want to dig deep into the past, back when Sub-Zero was a good guy, and not some blue-masked dude out to freeze all those who stand in his way.

However, according to the Unofficial Mortal Kombat 3 website, actor Robin Shou (who plays Liu Kang in both Kombat pics) isn't so happy about the news and will not be reprising his role in a third film. Says Shou, "Apparently, Sub-Zero will be the new hero. How'd that come about? Nobody knows. As if my character never existed. I haven't read the script but the word out there was... bad." Okay, not for nothing, but the other two Mortal Kombat script were, um good?

[via Moviehole]