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25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Jason Momoa among 4 Actors in Talks to Star in Street Fighter Movie
The Street Fighter movie may have lost Talk to Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou , but they got a new director at the helm with Kitao Sakurai ( Bad Trip ). Now it looks like things are moving forward, and we have four actors being considered for what we assume are lead roles. According to Deadline, actors currently in talks to star in Street Fighter include Andrew Koji ( Bullet Train ), Noah Centineo ( Black Adam ), Roman Reigns (WWE), and Jason Momoa ( Aquaman ). Word has it that Koji and Centineo are being eyed to play Ryu and Ken; Reigns is in talks to play Akuma; and Momoa is being considered for the part of Blanka. Jason Momoa is in talks to play BLANKA in the live-action 'STREET FIGHTER' movie He joins Andrew Koji (Ryu) and Noah Centineo (Ken), with #WWE's Roman Reigns is negotiating to play Akuma. The film is being directed by Bad Trip and Twisted Metal's Kitao Sakurai. — Mullti-Fandom Hype (@MulltiFanHype) May 22, 2025 We don't have any details about the story yet, but at best we're going to get a movie where we have a bunch of colorful characters fighting each other. I'll admit, Mortal Kombat could have done better tone-wise, but maybe Street Fighter can learn what not to do from MK 's example. Admittedly, Street Fighter has been having a hard time getting back on the big screen. 2009's The Legend of Chun-Li was a major disappointment; but the live-action Assassin's Fist did get some positive buzz when it came out online. Personally, the 1994 movie featuring Raul Julia is still a favorite of mine (and should be watched by any self-proclaimed cinephile): The new Street Fighter movie still has no release date, but with all these years in development, hopefully it comes out sometime next year.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sony Takes Legendary's ‘Street Fighter' Off the Calendar, Gives ‘Beneath the Storm' New Title, Release Date
Less than a month after the film landed director Kitao Sakurai, Sony has removed Legendary's planned adaptation of the 'Street Fighter' video game franchise from the release calendar. The studio also shifted release of Tommy Wirkola's upcoming shark thriller 'Beneath the Storm,' moving it from August 2025 to July 3, 2026 to serve as a centerpiece of its blockbuster slate. That film also has a new name to go with the new release date, and is now called 'Shiver.' Emmy nominee Kitao Sakurai was announced as director for 'Street Fighter' in February. The fate of that film is not known, but if it gets rescheduled, it will be co-developed and co-produced with Capcom, the video game developer and publisher behind the long-running franchise of fighting games. 'Street Figher' was last adapted for live-action in 1994, with a commercially successful and critically brutalized take starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming Na Wen and Raul Julia, in what would be the celebrated actor's final role. And as it happens, his performance was singled out by critics and fans alike as excellent despite the film's flaws. Wirkola's 'Shiver' (née 'Beneath the Storm') will star Phoebe Dynevor and though plot details remain under wraps, it's understood the story involves sharks. Whitney Peak and Djimon Hounsou also star in the film, which Wirkola wrote and directed with Adam McKay and Kevin Messick producing through their Hyperobject Industries banner. Wirkola is best known for his instant classic 2022 Christmas action film 'Violent Night,' starring David Harbour as Santa Claus in what is essentially a 'Die Hard' plot with Old St. Nick as the action hero. The post Sony Takes Legendary's 'Street Fighter' Off the Calendar, Gives 'Beneath the Storm' New Title, Release Date appeared first on TheWrap.
