New "Street Fighter" Movie in Works at Legendary

Legendary Entertainment has acquired film and television rights to the iconic Capcom video game franchise "Street Fighter".

Any upcoming projects — including a feature film in development — will be co-developed and produced in conjunction with Japanese video game distributor Capcom.

Since the franchise’s launch in 1987, "Street Fighter" has sold more than 49 million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. It also spawned other games, various spin-offs, and crossovers featuring characters like Ryu, Ken, Chung-Li, Guile and M. Bison. 

The next chapter in the franchise, "Street Fighter TM 6", is slated for release on June 2 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S, and PC via STEAM.

Hollywood has yet to master a live-action adaptation of “Street Fighter”, though there have been several attempts.

Universal’s 1994 action film “Street Fighter” — starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, and Raul Julia — was a critical and commercial misfire, as was 20th Century Fox’s 2009 adaptation “Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li” with Kristin Kreuk.

Legendary, which has a new distribution deal with Sony, has developed all kinds of adaptations, including novels, comic books and more with “Dune”, “Godzilla vs. Kong”, “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu”, and “Enola Holmes”. 

The studio has the sequel to the $400 million-grossing pandemic hit Dune in the works right now. The studio counts $19 billion worldwide from its feature library.

Plans to bring “Street Fighter” to the big screen come at a boon time for gaming adaptations. The genre, which was once synonymous with box office failures, has experienced a revival thanks to “Sonic the Hedgehog” and its 2022 sequel, Tom Holland’s “Uncharted”, “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”, and the upcoming “Super Mario Bros. Movie.”