The brand new Avenue Fighter film lands in theaters subsequent October

The brand new Avenue Fighter film has been given a of October 16, 2026. Kitao Sakurai is directing the mission and some generic plot particulars have been disclosed. The story will likely be set in 1993, a nod to the yr Avenue Fighter II was launched in arcades, and may have acquainted characters from the sport uncovering “a lethal conspiracy” within the midst of all their avenue preventing.

It appears protected to count on a good bit of camp in a Avenue Fighter mission, and that bears out in among the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles reminiscent of Bullet Prepare and TV collection Warrior, in order that appears like a stable selection. Noah Centineo is taking a break from his work in Netflix rom-coms (notably To All of the Boys I’ve Cherished Earlier than and its sequels) to play Ken. Newcomer Callina Liang, who solely has a number of credit thus far, will play Chun-li. David Dastmalchian will likely be filling the good Raul Julia’s footwear (and outsized hat) as M. Bison.

Then issues actually get wacky. Curtis Jackson (who as rapper 50 Cent) is taking part in Balrog and nation artist Orville Peck is Vega. Jason Momoa has been forged as Blanka, whereas WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes has even been chosen to play Guile. This might be absolute gold or absolute trash or presumably each on the identical time.