DoA film out next autumn News • News • Eurogamer.net

News PC PlayStation 2 GameCube Xbox GameBoy Advance PSOne Dreamcast PSP DS N-Gage Xbox 360 Gizmondo Mobile PlayStation 3 Wii

Starring Holly Valance!

Miramax has secured the rights to distribute the new Dead or Alive film and will be bringing the movie to US cinemas next autumn, according to Variety.

DoA: the movie is directed by Cory Yuen, best known for his work as a fight choreographer on movies like The One, Romeo Must Die and Drunken Master. Yuen also did the martial arts choreography for X-Men and Lethal Weapon 4, and worked with Jet Li on the motion capture for PS2 fighter Rise to Honour.

The film was shot in China and is now in post-production, and stars Devon Aoki (Sin City, Fast and the Furious) as Kasumi. Shane Kosugi - who is the son of legendary ninja film star Sho Kosugi - takes on the role of Ryu Hyabusa, and Jaime Pressly (off of Joe Dirt and Not Another Teen Movie) plays Tina Armstrong. Holly Valance, of Neighbours, silly records and having to make reverse-charge phone calls because she is the last person in the world not to have a mobile phone fame, plays Christie.

There's no word on when the film will make it to European cinemas as yet. But don't worry, if you're a fan of videogames adaptations there's always Uwe Boll's BloodRayne and Dungeon Siege movies to look forward to...

About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

Read more articles from Ellie by visiting the Ellie Gibson archive page.

Comments (46) Latest comment 6 years ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

Order
- Oldest
- Newest
- Best
- Worst
Score
- -25
- -10
- -1
- 0
- +1
- +10
- +25

Hangman #1 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
i'm sure this is gonna be fantastic!

not
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
#2 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
hey, i AM sure it will be fantastic!

real life bounce engine!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
- Edit
- Delete
- Ignore
tengu #3 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
LOLS, Another load of crap for the pile!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
paulf #4 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
filmed in bounce-o-vision apparently
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
djchump #5 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
lol - Sho Kosugi was shit.

The teaser trailer for the film looks like it could fall into the "so bad, it's good" category, along with the first Mortal Kombat film, which I quite enjoyed in a brainless stupid action way.
However, Mortal Kombat actually had some martial artists in the cast, and in trying to get Holly Valance and Jaime Pressly to do kung-fu, it could end up in the "so bad, it's no longer good, but just plain bad" category.

meh.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
kincaide #6 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
http://www.imdb. com/title/tt0398913/

You forgot to mention Brian.J. White is going to be Zack.

You may remember him for such movies as:

Ways of the Flesh
Malibooty
Trios 3 : The Escort

and T.V series Undressed
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Teeth #7 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
You can't make a film out of a fucking beat-em-up, it's just stupid.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
tengu #8 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Tell that to Christopher Lambert and Jean Claude Van Damme Teeth

One other thing: Shouldn't a movie like this at least have good looking women? I mean Holly Valance ffs?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Syrette #9 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
i disagree Tengu.

perhaps they could put Hermione whatshername in as Lei Fang?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Psi #10 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
it seems any stupid idea can gather lots of cash :S

holly vallance.... no mobile phone and no cash to make phone calls with, and no common sence if she's making this film....

....dum blonde
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
gallow #11 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Is it a Hong Kong cinema production? If so then it could be OK. If its a US production then it will be Street Fighter the film. Where as the origial Street Fight anime was superb with fantasic fight scenes and good animation. I think it did have a story, of sorts, to.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Sko #12 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
"Shouldn't a movie like this at least have good looking women?"

*googles Jaime Pressly with SafeSearch off*

*...is happy*

She's also in the very funny My Name Is Earl, btw.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Sko #13 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
"....dum blonde "

Are you blonde, Psi?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
jack_klugman #14 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
One other thing: Shouldn't a movie like this at least have good looking women? I mean Holly Valance ffs?

HOLLY VALLANCE!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
asphaltcowboy #15 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Clearly neither of them have big enough breasts...
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Tweakmonkey #16 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Devon Aoki's dad is Mr Benihanna!!

I wonder does she throw food around at home a lot.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Syrette #17 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
thats where the CGI comes in.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
AtomicBanana #18 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
http://rapidshare.de/files/7878015/DOA_TEASER_FINAL. mov.html
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
mastertigurius #19 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
I'm looking forward to this film.
Remember; it's based on the DOA-games, so you can't expect it to revolutionize cinema in any way. Most of the actors look a lot like their characters, and it's going to follow the simple DOA-tradition of fighting and bouncing boobs...what more could you want? It's going to be simple and amusing entertainment - just like the games (remember; this is coming from a huge fan of the games!).
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
tenma #20 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
asphaltcowboy said what I was gonna say. :\
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
optimusprym8 #21 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
^^this

CGI is amazing these days... they can take it off for Lindsay Lohan in Herbie so they must be able to put it on for Holly
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
jack_klugman #22 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
CGI is amazing these days... they can take it off for Lindsay Lohan in Herbie

Why... why would you do that?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
optimusprym8 #23 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Disney made them [take off a few sizes], damn them!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Zerimski #24 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Just watched the trailer. It's hilarious...in some kind of very very wrong way.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Aretak #25 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Bahahaha... that trailer is a laugh riot. I think House of the Dead could have some competition for worst game adaption ever...
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
smelly #26 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
goto : www.ukresistance.com

funny preview!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Kami #27 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Holly Vallance did get a role in CSI: Miami not long ago.

Mind you, it was (a) a non-speaking role and (b) she was dead pretty much at the start...
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
kalel #28 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
It is pretty incredible that your career can go downhill from being in Neighbours, but that it can go downhill from being in a Reverse Charges advert is just unbelievable, especially for a babe like her. Her agent needs shooting.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Bitkari #29 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Holly Valance was also on Prison Break last week.

Most surreal casting of ex-Neighbours cast member since Alan Dale was the Vice President in 24.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Sko #30 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
"goto : www.ukresistance.com funny preview!"

You mean - www.ukresistance.co.uk ?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
mastertigurius #31 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Hmm...I just saw the trailer, so forget what I said earlier. I'm going to watch (though without spending money on) this movie, simply because I'm a DOA-fan. I'm expecting it to suck big-time. ^_^
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Xerx3s #32 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Will it feature a spartan?

/wont be interested in this film...
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
The-Bodybuilder #33 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
>"GI is amazing these days... they can take it off for Lindsay Lohan"

No I think the cocaine did that for her.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Freek #34 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Where's the trailer?? Doesn't seem to be up in the usual places and Google comes up empty.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
tengu #35 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
There's a link to it a few posts up Freek.

Looks hilarious
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Freek #36 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Ah yes, missed that one scrolling through. LOL, seems really really cheesy and lots of girl power type one liners. Good for a laugh but why make it like that? The games more like the usual "you offended my honor/killed my family, I want revenge"-type martial arts movie not the Spice Girls.

Edited by 1 at 22/11/05 @ 21:04
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Darth_Flibble #37 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
the rapid share link is rubbish, it says I'm d/l a file although I'm not
another link is

http://www.comingsoon.net/trailers/doa/doateaser.swf
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
TR421 #38 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
You have to right click and save as once the timer's counted down.
This does look awful though, really cheesy and not much to do with the games' plotlines.
It looks like fanservice, only without the service and to a different set of fans.

Is the Doom movie out yet by the way?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
JaysonG #39 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Zack is the guy from the shield isn't he?
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Aretak #40 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Yes.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
YUSHi #41 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
The thing that i don't understand is that someone, somewhere thought this movie would be a good idea...
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
admir #42 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
is it going to be porn or a action movie. i hope its pure porn just like the game
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Danj #43 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
This movie will bomb because the actresses' boobs simply aren't big enough.
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
jack_klugman #44 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Did I just watch Ms. Vallance defeat a man with her bra? SOLD!
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
optimusprym8 #45 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
or rather, without her bra ;P
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
jack_klugman #46 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Glorious
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +
Tweakmonkey #47 6 years ago

Comment below viewing threshold Show
Another link http://www.com ingsoon.net/trailers/doa

Damn - that bit with the bra is hilarious. I would be too ashamed to go to a cinema to watch this though.

edit: do links not work anymore?

Edited by 2 at 23/11/05 @ 13:57
- Log in or register to reply
- 0 - +