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Express Tribune
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Roman Reigns in talks for new 'Street Fighter' film
Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo and Roman Reigns are in early talks to star in the upcoming Street Fighter movie from Legendary Entertainment and Capcom. The project, based on the iconic video game franchise, will be directed by Kitao Sakurai, known for The Eric Andre Show. The cast has not yet been finalised, but these early negotiations suggest a high-profile lineup for the adaptation. Legendary is co-developing and co-producing the film with Capcom, ensuring the involvement of the game's original creators. Street Fighter, first launched in 1987, became a genre-defining series with the release of Street Fighter II in 1991, introducing unique characters and styles to competitive fighting games. Its latest instalment, Street Fighter 6, released in 2023, won best fighting game at the Game Awards. Previous film adaptations include the 1994 Street Fighter starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and 2009's Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. The new adaptation follows a wave of successful video game films including The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
The Independent
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Eric Andre opens up about being ‘intimidated' by Madonna after bizarre onstage interaction
Comedian Eric Andre has claimed he was 'intimidated' after Madonna sent him a DM following a bizarre onstage interaction between the pair. In March 2024, Andre made a guest appearance at the pop superstar's concert at the Kia Forum Stadium in Los Angeles as part of her Celebration Tour. The 42-year-old, best known for his offbeat parody talk show The Eric Andre Show, took part in the 'Vogue' section of the show where he had to score various dancers out of 10. After being inspired to get involved with the dancing himself, Andre chose to drop his trousers and expose his bare backside to the shocked audience which Madonna found hilarious. Speaking about the incident on Jimmy Kimmel Live (7 April), Andre claimed that 'Madonna has a bit of a crush on me' and that she 'slid into my DMs'. Kimmel asked him to share what the popstar had sent him but Andre remained coy: 'I don't want to put her on front street but there was a little bit of chemistry between was some flirtation.' When asked if he acted on this potential relationship Andre admitted: 'I'm way too intimidated by Madonna. That's the queen of pop. You can't just waltz in there and start 'schtooping' Madonna. You've gotta come in there with roses, you've gotta play Boyz II Men and you've gotta drip chocolate needs to be romanced. She slept with 2Pac and Basquiat – you've gotta bring your A-game.' Kimmel asked if he was interested to which he said he was and added: 'My sister called me and she was like: 'You need to get with Madonna and I'm not taking no for an answer' and she hung up on me. That's a true story but I'm too shy.' It comes after Andre expressed his regret over turning down Kieran Culkin's Oscar-winning role in Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain. Culkin, 42, who played Eisenberg's outspoken on-screen cousin, Benji Kaplan, in the dark comedy-drama, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the March ceremony. However, according to André, it could've been him. 'Two years ago, Jesse Eisenberg called me … offered me the [ A Real Pain ] role that Kieran Culkin got the Oscar for,' the 2 Broke Girls alum, 42, recalled on Andrew Santino's Whiskey Ginger podcast. He said he declined the role after reading the script because the movie seemed 'miserable and not in my lane.' 'I was like, 'To go to Poland for six weeks and shoot a movie where we're just babbling about the Holocaust, seems like a bummer,'' André explained.
See - Sada Elbalad
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
"Street Fighter" Finds Its Director
Yara Sameh Kitao Sakurai, perhaps best known for writing, directing and exec producing "The Eric Andre Show", has been tapped to direct "Street Fighter", Legendary Entertainment's feature adaptation of the classic video game from Capcom. Capcom is deeply involved with the adaptation, with Legendary co-developing and co-producing alongside the video game developer and publisher. The film has a March 20, 2026, release date from Sony. One of the more enduring fighting video game franchises of all time, the series began life with the 1987 arcade game "Street Fighter" and set a high watermark for arcade fighting games with "Street Fighter II". The game, released in 1991, was the first to offer a choice of characters and fighting techniques, revolutionizing one-on-one play. "Street Fighter 6", the latest game in the franchise, was released in June 2023 and won the award for best fighting game at the 2023 Game Awards. Hollywood has tackled a feature adaptation twice before, including the infamous 1994 version that starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and bombed before going on to gain a cult following. A previous incarnation of the Street Fighter was set with Danny and Michael Philippou, the Australian twin filmmaker duo behind the horror hit "Talk to Me". Sakurai recently reteamed with Andre for the comedy feature "Bad Trip", which he co-wrote and directed. The Netflix movie also starred Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery. He also serves as an executive producer of the second season of "Beef" for Netflix and A24 and directed the pilot and several episodes of the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series "Butterfly" starring Daniel Dae Kim. He also directed several episodes of Peacock's postapocalyptic video game adaptation "Twisted Metal".
