Street Fighter Live-Action Film Unveiled at Game Awards 2025

At The Game Awards 2025, Capcom and Paramount Pictures unveiled the first sneak peek of their upcoming live-action adaptation of the Street Fighter video game series, featuring a star-studded cast and action sequences that highlight the franchise's campy essence. The event, held in Los Angeles on Thursday, showcased brief clips of the film, set for release on October 16, 2026, and included an onstage appearance by the cast, which drew both applause and online debate.

The footage introduces key characters from the iconic fighting game series, first launched by Capcom in 1987. Noah Centineo portrays Ken Masters, Andrew Koji plays Ryu, and Callina Liang embodies Chun-Li, who recruits the estranged fighters for the World Warrior Tournament amid a shadowy conspiracy. Other highlights include Jason Momoa as the beastly Blanka, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson as Balrog, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Orville Peck as Vega, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, and Kyle Mooney as Marvin. Andrew...