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New Live-Action Street Fighter Film Reveals Cast, October 2026 Opening
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Legendary Entertainment revealed the cast and October 16, 2026 opening for its new live-action film of CAPCOM's Street Fighter fighting game series on Thursday. The announcement confirms some previous cast announcements, but also includes new announcements.
The cast includes:
- Andrew Koji as Ryu
- Noah Centineo as Ken
- Rayna Vallandingham as Juli (new announcement)
- Orville Peck as Vega
- Mel Jarnson as Cammy (new announcement)
- Jason Momoa as Blanka
- Eric André as Don Sauvage (new announcement)
- David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
- Cody Rhodes as Guile (new announcement)
- Callina Liang as Chun-Li
- Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
- Roman Reigns as Akuma
- Alexander Volkanovski as Joe (new announcement)
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog
- Olivier Richters as Zangief (new announcement)
- Hirooki Goto as E. Honda
- Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim
In addition, Paramount Pictures and Legendary Entertainment signed a multi-year distribution deal on Thursday, with Paramount Pictures distributing Legendary Entertainment films worldwide except China (Legendary East handles distribution in China). Street Fighter will be the first film to be distributed under the new deal. Sony Pictures was previously slated to distribute the film.
Entertainment news source Deadline revealed a new description for the movie's story:
The plot of the film is 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!
Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show, Bad Trip) is directing the film's shoot in Australia, which started in August.
When the film was still slated to be distributed by Sony Pictures, the film was planned to open on March 20, 2026, but Sony removed the film from its release calendar on March 24.
Legendary Entertainment acquired the film and television rights to Street Fighter in April 2023, and will work with CAPCOM on future projects.
Brothers Danny and Michael Philippou were initially slated to direct the film, but left the film to focus on making their Bring Her Back film.
The game series inspired a live-action film in 1994 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, and Wes Studi. HYDE Park Entertainment produced a separate spinoff titled Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk in 2009.
Machinima produced the Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist and Street Fighter: Resurrection live-action series. Machinima released the first series on its YouTube channel in May 2014, and Funimation licensed the series for release in North America. Funimation released the series on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014. Machinima released the second series on Verizon's go90 streaming service in March-April 2016. A Street Fighter: World Warrior television series was originally planned in 2018.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie adapted CAPCOM's video game Super Street Fighter II in 1994. Discotek Media released the film on DVD in December 2015, and on Blu-ray Disc in October 2016. The franchise has also inspired several other anime and animated series.
The Street Fighter 6 fighting game launched in June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Sources: IGN Movie Trailers YouTube channel, Deadline (Robert Lang, Matt Grobar) (link 2, Justin Kroll)
