Paramount Pictures and Legendary Entertainment have dropped the first full-length trailer for the upcoming Street Fighter movie, and it looks absolutely ridiculous and silly, which might just be exactly what a new-age Street Fighter adaptation needs. Revealed at CinemaCon 2026, the trailer sets the tone for the film’s October 16 theatrical release.
Set in 1993, the movie follows estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo), who are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament. The trailer leans hard into campy spectacle, from Ken beating up a car in a callback to the bonus stages of Street Fighter II to Ryu powering up a Hadoken. It’s all set to 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up,” which honestly fits the vibe better than it has any right to.
Whether or not the movie will be any good remains to be seen, but the trailer is at least self-aware about its absurdity, which is a step up from previous live-action attempts. The 1994 original is remembered mostly for Raul Julia’s performance as M. Bison, and 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is remembered mostly for being terrible. Given how ridiculous the source material is, leaning into the silliness seems like the right call. Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 has done a great job of keeping the franchise relevant with newer audiences, and a self-aware, campy film could do the same on the big screen.
The ensemble cast is genuinely stacked. Alongside Koji, Centineo, and Liang, the film features Jason Momoa as Blanka, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Orville Peck as Vega, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Alexander Volkanovski as Joe, and Kyle Mooney as Marvin. When we first covered the cast announcement back in September, the lineup alone felt like the wildest part of the project. The trailer confirms it.
Street Fighter is directed by Kitao Sakurai, known for Bad Trip and The Eric Andre Show, from a screenplay co-written by Sakurai and T. J. Fixman.
For those of us who grew up in the 1990s, this is shaping up to be a great year at the movies. Mortal Kombat II arrives on May 8 with Karl Urban taking on the role of Johnny Cage, and a third Mortal Kombat film is already confirmed. On top of that, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has already become 2026’s top-grossing film, pulling in $629 million globally in just two weekends. Between Nintendo, NetherRealm, and Capcom all getting their moments on the big screen this year, older gamers are eating well.
