The brand new Avenue Fighter film lands in theaters subsequent October

The brand new Avenue Fighter film has been given a of October 16, 2026. Kitao Sakurai is directing the undertaking and some generic plot particulars have been disclosed. The story will likely be set in 1993, a nod to the 12 months Avenue Fighter II was launched in arcades, and can have acquainted characters from the sport uncovering “a lethal conspiracy” within the midst of all their road preventing.

It appears protected to anticipate a good bit of camp in a Avenue Fighter undertaking, and that bears out in a few of the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles corresponding to Bullet Prepare and TV sequence Warrior, in order that seems like a strong alternative. Noah Centineo is taking a break from his work in Netflix rom-coms (notably To All of the Boys I’ve Beloved Earlier than and its sequels) to play Ken. Newcomer Callina Liang, who solely has a couple of credit to this point, will play Chun-li. David Dastmalchian will likely be filling the nice Raul Julia’s sneakers (and outsized hat) as M. Bison.

Then issues actually get wacky. Curtis Jackson (who you already know 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 presumably each on the identical time.