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May 14, 2004

Variety reports that DRUMLINE director Charles Stone will be shooting brutal brawls in his future. Stone has landed the task of directing the live-action TEKKEN movie, based on the Namco fighting game of the same title. The film is a co-production between Japan's Gaga Communications and Steven Paul's Crystal Sky Group and is budgeted at approximately $60 million dollars. Stone will segway into TEKKEN after he completed his next assignment, Bernie Mac's new comedy MR. 3000.