Production of new live-action Street Fighter movie confirmed!

A new live-action movie adaptation of the iconic fighting game series “Street Fighter,” which has sold over 49 million copies worldwide, has been decided!

Capcom has decided to co-produce a live-action movie and TV series based on the game “Street Fighter” with Legendary Entertainment, which has produced many hit movies based on video games. The live-action movie currently in production will be produced by Legendary.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of “Street Fighter II,” released in 1992, became a mega-hit, selling 6.3 million copies worldwide. With the release of the new game “Street Fighter 6” coming in June 2023 and a history of ongoing evolution in innovative design and gameplay, the series will add a new work.

It has a track record of success in movie adaptations of major video games in addition to original IP-based movies. Recent works include “DUNE,” a six-time Academy Award-winning epic based on Frank Herbert’s novel, and the upcoming “DUNE: PART TWO,” multiple movies in the MonsterVerse franchise, including “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “Kong: Skull Island,” “GODZILLA,” “Detective Pikachu,” “Enola Holmes,” and more.

Since its establishment in 1983, it has been a leading company in the game entertainment industry, creating many hit products. It has series titles such as “Resident Evil,” “Monster Hunter,” “Street Fighter,” “Rockman (Mega Man),” and “Devil May Cry.” The head office is located in Osaka, and it has overseas subsidiaries in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.