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The Street Fighter story thickens and yesterday brought the biggest bomb of all as Paramount acquired the upcoming live action adaptation of the blockbuster Capcom video game after inking a massive deal with Legendary. This move puts Sony firmly in the rear-view mirror and I do believe that this is all for the best and Paramount is going to crush it at least with the marketing campaign which has already begun.
The deal came not only with a new synopsis, but the movie has a new release date of October 16th, 2026, as well and the full cast has been unleashed retro gaming style, and you can check out the entire crew and intel below!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Legendary has inked a three-year pact with Paramount to distribute its movies, with the Capcom video game adaptation Street Fighter the first out of the gate. The Kitao Sakurai-directed feature now has a release date of Oct. 16, 2026.”
Street Fighter is now currently in production, and Paramount and Legendary have wet the appetites of rabid gamers with brand new plot details for the movie and the movie will pay homage to the original game and be set in 1993, which we all know is the year when the popular game Street Fighter II was launched.
The new synopsis has been unveiled as well and it is indeed correct that Andrew Koji’s Ryu and Noah Centineo’s Ken will take the cebter stage with this one which is the right move as they are essentially the heart and soul of the property and have been sadly misplaced in past movie versions.
“Set in 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don’t, it’s GAME OVER!”
With the news that Paramount has acquired the film, the full cast has dropped and with it, there are some really rad and retro style profiles of the biggest names that throws it back to the style of the OG video game.
The full cast is as follows: Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Akuma, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog and Jason Momoa as Blanka. Additional cast members include Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, Kyle Mooney as Marvin and Mel Jarnson as Cammy who showed up in the recently released cast photo mysteriously.
Check out the full retro cast/character profiles in the gallery below!
There has been mixed reaction to the announced cast, but I believe that there is enough real-life martial arts talent to be had and even though I am unfamiliar with several actors, I am keeping an open mind, and the synopsis serves as a little defense that this time, they are staying true to the source material. If anything, the above image of the retro style cast photos making it look like it came straight from the game is genius. We shall see but I am pleased that Sony dropped the movie because it was clear they didn’t know what to do with it.
The current version of the script was penned by Dalan Musson who most recently worked on Captain America: Brave New World. Director Kitao Sakurai is best known for his Emmy nominated for work on The Eric Andre Show as well as Prime’s twisted Metal series which is also based off a video game. The original release date for Street Fighter had been March 20, 2026, but it will now bow in October of next year.
What was evident was that Sony and Capcom wanted to go back to the drawing board while Sony still had the rights and after a few failed attempts at the property which included the tongue in cheek 1994 version with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late, great Raul Julia in his final role. The film does hold a special place in the hearts of fans everywhere, but it isn’t a true adaptation of the game source material. We won’t even speak of 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li, which was a grittier turn for the I.P. Paramount acquiring the film is only a good thing in my eyes.
