Jason Momoa, 50 Cent & More Prepare for Battle in First Teaser for “Street Fighter” Live-Action Film
We’ve got our first peek at Paramount’s live-action Street Fighter adaptation, with all the classic characters from the iconic video game series ready to do battle. Director Kitao Sakurai leads a killer cast, including Jason Momoa as Blanka, 50 Cent as Balrog, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Noah Centineo as Ken, Eric André as Don Sauvage, and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. For those of us from a certain generation, “Street Fighter” was a seminal video game experience, and it’s high time, many years after Mortal Kombat has seen multiple big screen adaptations, for Chun-Li and the gang to high kick their way into theaters.
The teaser is a relentless 45-second smackdown, with Chun-Li, Ken, and the crew unleashing their devastating fighting chops. The teaser debuted at the 2025 Game Awards, with the cast taking the stage to introduce the first look at Sakurai’s film. The film is set in 1993, and finds estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Centineo) thrown back into combat after Chun-Li recruits them for the bruising, brutal World Warrior Tournament. Yet this legendary battle royale is a cover for more sinister doings, and the combatants who enter the tournament won’t just be fighting each other; they’ll be taking on the demons of their past. As the synopsis reads, “…if they don’t, it’s game over!”
The cast also includes Joe Anoa’i as Akuma, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Kyle Mooney as Marvin, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, and Orville Peck as Vega.
Sakurai directs from a script by Dalan Musson. The film is produced by Legendary Pictures and Japanese video game developer Capcom, with Paramount handling distribution.
Check out the trailer below. Street Fighter brawls into theaters on October 16, 2026.
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Featured image: Jason Momoa is Blanka in “Street Fighter.” Courtesy Paramount Pictures.
