Get your hadokens ready, fans! Following the news that Sony’s and Capcom’s live-action Street Fighter had lost its directors, Danny and Michael Philippou, the studio has decided the film will hit theaters (pun intended) on March 20th 2026.
Sony Pictures is developing the film, along with Legendary and of course, Capcom, the company that launched the Street Fighter video game bestseller in 1987. Details on the movie are unknown, but come on, we kinda know what it has to be about, right? The game series follows fighters from all around the world who engage in combat and battle the evil forces of M. Bison.
Street Fighter blew up in 1991 with the release of Street Fighter II, a game changer for the fighting game industry. After some down years, the franchise is on fire since the release of Street Fighter 6, and Capcom is riding that hot streak for all it’s worth. A hit movie would be icing on the cake.
That has proven difficult, however. A Street Fighter movie released in 1994 with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia is a joke. In 2009, Fox released Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and it’s also pretty terrible, with Chris Klein giving a performance so bad it has become the stuff of Internet legend. The best adaptation by far remains Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, featuring the killer battle between Chun-Li and Vega that this new movie can only hope to live up to.
But first, Street Fighter needs a director. This release date announcement suggests that a decision is close to being made. [THR]
