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 challenge and some generic plot particulars have been disclosed. The story can be set in 1993, a nod to the 12 months 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 avenue preventing.

It appears protected to count on a good bit of camp in a Road Fighter challenge, and that bears out in among the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles reminiscent of Bullet Practice and TV collection 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 Cherished Earlier than and its sequels) to play Ken. Newcomer Callina Liang, who solely has a couple of credit up to now, will play Chun-li. David Dastmalchian can be filling the nice 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 solid 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.