The latest adaptation of the 1980s Capcom arcade game Street Fighter is still happening, even though the production lost the Talk to Me directors Danny and Michael Philippou earlier this month.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film from Legendary and Sony Pictures now has a release date of March 20, 2026. That’s the same date that the adaptation of Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling comes out, which will make for a fun-filled day at the theater.
It’s interesting to see the Street Fighter movie get a release date even though there’s currently not a publicly announced director attached. THR said that scheduling conflicts were partly to blame for the Philippous leaving the project, but that “partly” suggests that creative differences also came into play.
The upcoming movie, however, seems to be a priority for Legendary and Capcom, who are co-developing and producing the feature. The video game has spawned many iterations over the decades (the image above is from a recent one), all of which feature fighters from different countries pummeling each other with creatively violent moves.
This film also isn’t the first Street Fighter movie we’ve seen. In 1994, Jean-Claude Van Damme starred in an adaptation that received mixed reviews at best [ed note: but Raul Julia was BOSS as M. Bison], and in 2009, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li came out and flopped both commercially and critically.
No news yet on the plot of the latest Street Fighter movie, assuming it will have one, nor on who we’ll see taking on the Street Fighter personas that hold a fond place in the childhoods of many people of a certain age.
