The brand new Road Fighter film lands in theaters subsequent October

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

It appears protected to count on a good bit of camp in a Road Fighter venture, and that bears out in a few of the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles resembling Bullet Prepare and TV sequence Warrior, in order that looks like a strong selection. Noah Centineo is taking a break from his work in Netflix rom-coms (notably To All of the Boys I’ve Liked 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 probably be filling the good Raul Julia’s footwear (and outsized hat) as M. Bison.

Then issues actually get wacky. Curtis Jackson (who you understand as rapper 50 Cent) is enjoying 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 probably each on the similar time.