Soulcalibur[1] is a movie adaptation of the Soul series.
During spring 2001, Sammo Hung committed to do a movie adaptation of Soulcalibur and was proposed a $50 million budget and backed up by Namco. Sammo's official website announced their plans regarding Soulcalibur, but after a year later nothing developed. Eventually Sammo's official website removed their announcement and the Soulcalibur movie was presumed cancelled. Unofficial sources suggest that Sammo had lost interest in creating the movie after Jackie Chan could not commit a schedule to create the movie.
Warren Zide's Anthem Pictures acquired the rights to adapt the game to film in 2004. It has been stated that the film's story, unlike the games', "revolves around two warriors who are chosen by Shaolin monks to recover and destroy a powerful sword that has fallen into the hands of an evil prince who plans to use it to open the gates of hell and destroy the world." No further information was provided. The teaser website from 2nd Degree Media (affiliated with Anthem Pictures) has only been updated once to include a 2007 release date. A few websites have published a possible 2008 Soulcalibur poster of Nightmare, although no such movie was released in that year. It is speculated by many that the Soulcalibur movie has been scrapped once again and that the official website is merely an abandoned web page. To further support the speculation, Namco has yet to make any official announcements of Soulcalibur's movie status.
With the closure of 2nd Degree Media and no attempt made to legally retain the license since its purchase in 2004, the license option has since expired and the film rights have been released again.
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