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POSTED: Tuesday,
April 4th, 2023
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(4-7-2023)
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Street
Fighter Film & TV Rights Acquired by Legendary Entertainment, Movie in
the Works
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 It's
been confirmed that a new live-action Street Fighter movie is in the
works, as the franchise's film and TV rights have been secured by
Legendary Entertainment — the studio behind films such as Dune and the
upcoming Dune 2, as well as The Dark Knight, Batman
Begins, Godzilla, 300,
Detective
Pikachu, Jurassic World, Kong: Skull Island, Watchmen,
Inception, Pacific Rim, Sucker Punch,
and Warcraft. A press release confirms that Legendary has struck a deal
with Capcom, giving the studio exclusive rights to produce future Street Fighter
live-action movies and TV shows in conjunction with Capcom. It's currently
unclear how many new projects are being planned beyond the upcoming Street
Fighter film,
and no additional details regarding the film's cast, production team, or plot
are available yet.
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The 1994 live-action Street
Fighter film starring Jean Claude Van Damme as Guile
and Raul Julia as M.
Bison lives in
infamy. Even though it was very poorly received and considered a
"flop" at the time, much like 1993's Super Mario Bros. and
the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, and definitely 2009's Street
Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li with its dismal 3% Rotten Tomatoes
rating, some fans have come around to appreciate the ancient film and its
memorable quirks more in recent
times, alongside the 1995 video game adaptation of the movie, Street
Fighter: The Movie —
the game. 
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Video game movies and
television adaptations in modern times have fared better than their
predecessors. The 2021 Mortal Kombat film, Paramount's Sonic
movies, HBO's The Last of Us, and the new 2023 Super Mario Bros
movie are all examples that compelling (or at least watchable) video
game movie adaptations can be done successfully in modern times. Considering Legendary's
vibrant film catalogue, one would hope that their upcoming Street
Fighter adaptation is as polished and well-received as some of their
past productions.
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Since
its inception in 1987, the Street Fighter series has
sold over 49
million units worldwide, becoming one of the most well-known and
best-selling video game franchises of all time. It achieved such
popularity not only through the games themselves, but quite a few television,
movie, and animation spin-offs. With a film (and possibly more) on the
way, the Street Fighter series has never been in a better place! The highly-anticipated
next installment of the long-running franchise, Street Fighter 6, arrives June 2nd, 2023
on Steam, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X|S.
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Regarding
the upcoming Street Fighter film by Legendary Entertainment, Capcom
themselves confirmed the partnership and upcoming project on social media.
See @StreetFighter's official tweet above.
Last but not least, you all be sure to have yourselves a very lovely... Tuesday. Thanks for
reading the article! Keep it here on The Fighters
Generation for future updates and continued coverage of this developing
story.
~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph
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@Fighters_Gen
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Sources:
@StreetFighter,
Deadline,
Legendary.com Related
Tweet: @Fighters_Gen
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