The new ‘Street Fighter’ trailer shows that special blend that brings every detail of the video games into real life
The World Warrior Tournament is about to begin!
Who would have thought we’d actually end up here? A Street Fighter movie that proves what we used to play back in the early ’90s could actually come true. It’s been several months since we first saw the character posters, which hinted at the level of detail the film might offer, and now we have this first trailer that makes one thing clear: Street Fighter on the big screen can be as good as it is ridiculous. You can watch the trailer below:
Street Fighter (2026): release date, synopsis, cast, and everything we know
This adaptation of Street Fighter will be released on October 16, 2026. The film is being produced by Legendary Pictures and Capcom itself, and will be distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is directed by Kitao Sakurai, who also directed the acclaimed adaptation Twisted Metal, based on the Sony video games of the same name, and the screenplay is by Dalan Musson (Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captain America: Brave New World). Here is the cast:
- 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”
- Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as “Balrog”
- Jason Momoa as “Blanka”
- 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”
- Mel Jarnson as “Cammy”
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The official synopsis is as follows: “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!”
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