Street Fighter: Legendary Entertainment is preparing a film

Exclusive rights to the film adaptation and TV adaptation of Street Fighter are now in the hands of Legendary Entertainment.

Legendary Entertainment has entered into an agreement with Japanese publisher Capcom to acquire exclusive rights to the film adaptation and television adaptation of Street Fighter. The first project in development is a film. This announcement comes three months before the release of Street Fighter 6, which will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC (Steam) starting June 2nd.

Legendary Entertainment has received an exclusive license to feature film and TV production rights for Capcom’s iconic video game franchise “Street Fighter”https://t.co/QEnS2E1qbZ.

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Like most fighting games, Street Fighter has a relatively simple storyline. The episodes usually revolve around a group of flamboyant fighters who compete in a global fighting tournament organized by the Shadaloo international crime syndicate. The list of playable characters in the franchise over the years has exceeded a hundred, but the undisputed leader is Ryu, the master of the Hadouken. Other characters in the license include Ken, Ryu’s best friend, his nemesis Akuma, Chinese Interpol agent Chun-Li, British Super Soldier Cammy, American Air Force Commander Guile, the strange green-skinned Beastman Blanca, and the main antagonist, Shadaloo’s leader, M. Bison.

Past Street Fighter film adaptations on the big screen

The success of the Capcom games spawned two live-action films. The first, Street Fighter (1994), received negative reviews but enjoyed relative commercial success and gained a following over the years, especially with Raoul Julia’s surprisingly goofy performance as M. Bison. The second, The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), received similarly negative reviews and was a box office flop. Three anime films and two anime series based on the franchise have also been released.