Paramount Releases New Trailer for Live-Action Street Fighter Movie

Paramount Pictures released a new trailer Tuesday for Legendary Entertainment's live-action adaptation of CAPCOM's Street Fighter games. The film opens October 16.

Kitao Sakurai (The Eric André Show, Bad Trip) directs the film, which began shooting in Australia in August 2025. Brothers Danny and Michael Philippou originally planned to direct but departed to concentrate on their film Bring Her Back.

Paramount's synopsis places the story in 1993. Estranged fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) return to combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.

The brutal tournament brings fists, fate, and fury together, while a deadly conspiracy lurks behind the battle royale. Ryu and Ken must confront each other and their past demons, or face a fatal end.

The cast includes:

• Andrew Koji as Ryu
• Noah Centineo as Ken
• Rayna Vallandingham as Juli
• Orville Peck as Vega
• Mel Jarnson as Cammy
• Jason Momoa as Blanka
• Eric André as Don Sauvage
• David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
• Cody Rhodes as Guile
• Callina Liang as Chun-Li
• Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
• Roman Reigns as Akuma
• Alex Volkanovski as Joe
• Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog
• Olivier Richters as Zangief
• Hirooki Gotō as E. Honda
• Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim

Street Fighter will be the first film released through Paramount Pictures and Legendary's multi-year distribution agreement, signed in December. Paramount distributes Legendary Entertainment films worldwide outside China, where Legendary East handles distribution.

Legendary Entertainment obtained Street Fighter's film and television rights in April 2023. The company will collaborate with CAPCOM on future projects.

Sony Pictures previously planned to distribute the film and scheduled it for March 20, 2026. Sony removed it from its release calendar in March 2025.

The games previously became a 1994 live-action film featuring:

• Jean-Claude Van Damme
• Raúl Juliá
• Ming-Na Wen
• Damian Chapa
• Kylie Minogue
• Wes Studi

Hyde Park Entertainment produced the separate 2009 spinoff Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, starring Kristin Kreuk.

Machinima produced two live-action series, Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist and Street Fighter: Resurrection. Assassin's Fist debuted on Machinima's YouTube channel in May 2014.

Funimation licensed Assassin's Fist for North American release and issued it on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014. Resurrection arrived on Verizon's go90 streaming service in March-April 2016. A television series titled Street Fighter: World Warrior was initially planned in 2018.

The 1994 film Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie adapted CAPCOM's Super Street Fighter II video game. Discotek Media released it on DVD in December 2015 and Blu-ray Disc in October 2016.

The franchise has also spawned several other anime and animated series.

The fighting game Street Fighter 6 debuted in June 2023 on:

• PlayStation 4
• PlayStation 5
• Xbox Series X|S
• PC via Steam

CAPCOM brought the game to Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025 as a launch title. Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Edition launched that same day.