Uncharted, Minecraft, and especially Super Mario the Movie, the video game industry still firmly believes in exporting its iconic franchises. In the event of success, the financial benefits must be multiple and likely to bring a forgotten franchise back to the forefront. Fallout and The Last of Us would agree, having seen the number of copies sold explode at the time of the release of their respective adaptations.
Street Fighter, a monumental fighting game, is the next on the list of video game titles to benefit from an adaptation. Legendary is partnering with Capcom to bring forth a film that players hope will be more powerful and uncompromising. While the project has been particularly mysterious until now, nothing is known about its plot or its creative team. Only Kitao Sakurai's involvement as director was known.
The man who worked on Twisted Metal and the Netflix comedy Bad Trip has the heavy responsibility of honoring the franchise that has sold more than 55 million copies worldwide. To do this, he needs to surround himself with the right people. Deadline tells us that initial discussions have taken place. The American media outlet has shared the list of actors being considered for the lead role.
Great talent
According to sources close to the matter, Capcom is in discussions with someone used to making powerful film scores. Jason Momoa could thus leave the cubic imagination of Minecraft to play with his fists against other fighters. Among them, a certain Andrew Koji is making waves. The actor seen in Bullet Train is among the list of personalities who have reportedly been approached by the Street Fighter teams. Noah Centineo and Romain Reigns are also reportedly in discussions. There's no guarantee that these conversations will materialize, but it looks good.
The coming months promise to teach us more as development continues. The project's release date remains a mystery, but we can hope that agreements are reached quickly to allow for a more frank launch of the process. Note that this is not the first time that Street Fighter has benefited from an adaptation. On the small screen, animated and live-action series have been produced.
In theaters, three feature films have been proposed. The first was made in animation while the second were live-action. Here, Legendary is banking on flesh and blood characters to convince. All that remains is to hope that the result lives up to the expectations of the public, who are still having trouble digesting Mortal Kombat (2021) and are already dreading its sequel.
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