Heres The Street Fighter Release Date Cast List And First Plot Details

In 1994, Capcom's Street Fighter franchise hit the big screen with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead as Guile. While the team behind that film made the curious choice to emulate G.I. Joe instead of the arcade games it was based upon, the new Street Fighter movie is going back to the source material and taking fans back to the '90s.

Legendary Entertainment has shared the first details about the Street Fighter reboot, which will be set in 1993. Unlike the previous live-action Street Fighter movies--including Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li--the focus will fall on Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo), two fighters who have become estranged from each other. However, Chun-Li (Callina Liang) reunites the pair when she recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. The synopsis also teases the "deadly conspiracy" behind the battle royale, which will almost certainly lead back to the franchise's primary villain, M. Bison.

As part of the announcement, Legendary revealed that Street Fighter will hit theaters on October 16, 2026. It's the first film in a three-year distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. But it doesn't affect Legendary's Minecraft and Godzilla x Kong sequels, both of which remain with Warner Bros. under the terms of previously signed deals.