‘Street Fighter’ Movie Release Date, Plot, and More

Street Fighter fans can rejoice—or maybe cringe in despair, depending on how you feel about previous offerings—because there’s a new live-action movie in the works, and possibly a bunch of other things, too.

What Is the Release Date for the Street Fighter Movie?

The new Street Fighter movie is expected to land on March 20, 2026.

What’s the Plot of the Street Fighter Movie?

At this point, the plot, whether it’s going to be based off a specific game, and even which characters are going to make an appearance in it are all being kept under wraps. The Street Fighter games have a basic plot—a bunch of fighters from various styles and backgrounds battle each other in the street—that leaves plenty of room for narrative interpretation.

Street Fighter doesn’t have a good track record with live-action movies. The original Street Fighter movie was a “so bad it’s good” case: It was campy and highly entertaining to watch, but not actually a good film. The second film, The Legend of Chun-Li, was just bad, and not even fun to watch while drinking with your buddies (and we did try).

While it’s hard to make a good video game adaptation, and the franchise’s history has given fans reason to be concerned, there’s a decent chance that it’ll be different this time around. Legendary Entertainment, who is working on Street Fighter, is the production company behind Detective Pikachu, which is such a great film that even people who weren’t fans of Pokémon and knew very little about the franchise watched and enjoyed it.

Street Fighter can be done well in movie form; the animated films aren’t high art but they’re fun, high octane, and a little bit weird in exactly the way you want a Street Fighter product to be. Hopefully Legendary can give this new live-action movie the Detective Pikachu treatment and finally deliver the Street Fighter movie we deserve.

Who Is in the Street Fighter Movie?

There is no confirmed cast for the Street Fighter movie at the time of writing.

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UPDATE: This article was updated by The Mary Sue Editorial on 11/13/2024 to reflect the movie’s new release date.