The new Street Fighter movie lands in theaters next October

The brand new Road Fighter film has been given a launch date of October 16, 2026. Kitao Sakurai is directing the undertaking and some generic plot particulars have been disclosed. The story might be set in 1993, a nod to the 12 months Road Fighter II was launched in arcades, and may have acquainted characters from the sport uncovering “a lethal conspiracy” within the midst of all their avenue combating.It appears protected to anticipate a good bit of camp in a Road Fighter undertaking, and that bears out in a number of the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles reminiscent of Bullet Prepare and TV sequence Warrior, in order that looks like a strong selection. Noah Centineo is taking a break from his work in Netflix rom-coms (notably To All of the Boys I’ve Cherished Earlier than and its sequels) to play Ken. Newcomer Callina Liang, who solely has a number of credit thus far, will play Chun-li. David Dastmalchian might be filling the nice Raul Julia’s footwear (and outsized hat) as M. Bison.Then issues actually get wacky. Curtis Jackson (who you recognize as rapper 50 Cent) is enjoying Balrog and nation artist Orville Peck is Vega. Jason Momoa has been forged as Blanka, whereas WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes has even been chosen to play Guile. This could possibly be absolute gold or absolute trash or probably each on the similar time.