Jason Momoa, Noah Centineo and a Stacked Cast Throw Down in the First Trailer for Street Fighter
TAGS: Noah Centineo, Jason Momoa, Curtis Jackson, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe Anoai, Cody Rhodes, David Dastmalchian, Andrew Schulz, Eric André, Vidyut Jammwal, Orville Peck, Olivier Richters, Hirooki Goto, Rayna Vallandingham, Alexander Volkanovski, Mel Jarnson, Kyle Mooney, Kitao Sakurai, Paramount Pictures, Legendary, Capcom,
The first official trailer for Street Fighter is here, and Paramount and Legendary are clearly not playing it safe. Director Kitao Sakurai’s adaptation of the iconic Capcom franchise arrives in theaters October 16, and the footage makes one thing immediately clear: this is a full-swing, big-budget, faithful-to-the-source brawler with one of the most genuinely unexpected ensemble casts assembled for a video game adaptation. Noah Centineo plays Ken Masters opposite Andrew Koji’s Ryu, with the two estranged fighters dragged back into combat when Callina Liang’s Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.
The supporting lineup reads like someone raided every corner of pop culture simultaneously. Jason Momoa plays Blanka and serves as a producer on the film. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is Balrog. Professional wrestlers Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai and Cody Rhodes step into the roles of Akuma and Guile respectively. David Dastmalchian takes on M. Bison. Musician Orville Peck plays Vega. Comedian Andrew Schulz is Dan Hibiki. Eric André, Vidyut Jammwal, Olivier Richters, and Alexander Volkanovski round out a roster that maps closely to the game’s iconic fighter lineup. The film is set in 1993, one year before the original 1994 adaptation, leaning into period detail and arcade-era energy throughout.
Street Fighter has sold over 55 million units worldwide since its 1987 launch, making it one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. This is the franchise’s third attempt at a feature film, following Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 1994 version and 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. The trailer debuted ahead of Paramount’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, where the studio showed additional footage to cinema executives.
Street Fighter hits theaters October 16.