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 mission and some generic plot particulars have been disclosed. The story might be set in 1993, a nod to the yr Road Fighter II was launched in arcades, and may 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 mission, and that bears out in among the casting. Andrew Koji will play Ryu; he is had a number of previous motion roles similar to Bullet Practice and TV collection Warrior, in order that seems 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 Liked Earlier than and its sequels) to play Ken. Newcomer Callina Liang, who solely has just a few credit so far, will play Chun-li. David Dastmalchian might be filling the good Raul Julia’s sneakers (and outsized hat) as M. Bison.

Then issues actually get wacky. Curtis Jackson (who you recognize 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 may very well be absolute gold or absolute trash or presumably each on the identical time.