Paramount Pictures began streaming a brand new trailer for Legendary Entertainment‘s live-action film of CAPCOM‘s Avenue Fighter sport collection on Monday, specializing in Ken and Ryu’s relationship and rivalry.
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The movie will open on October 16.
Paramount Photos describes the story:
Set in 1993, estranged Avenue Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) are thrown again into fight when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the subsequent World Warrior Match: a brutal conflict of fists, destiny, and fury. However behind this battle royale lies a lethal conspiracy that forces them to face off towards one another and the demons of their previous. And if they do not, it is GAME OVER!
The forged contains:
Paramount Photos and Legendary signed a multi-year distribution deal in December, with Paramount Photos distributing Legendary Leisure movies worldwide besides China (Legendary East handles distribution in China). Avenue Fighter would be the first movie to be distributed underneath the brand new deal. Legendary Leisure acquired the movie and tv rights to Avenue Fighter in April 2023, and can work with CAPCOM on future initiatives.
Sony Pictures was beforehand slated to distribute the movie. When the movie was nonetheless slated to be distributed by Sony Photos, the movie was deliberate to open on March 20, 2026, however Sony removed the movie from its launch calendar in March 2025.
Kitao Sakurai (The Eric André Present, Dangerous Journey) is directing the movie’s shoot in Australia, which began in August 2025. Brothers Danny and Michael Philippou had been initially slated to direct the movie, however left the movie to give attention to making their Carry Her Again movie.
The sport collection impressed a live-action movie in 1994 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, and Wes Studi. Hyde Park Leisure produced a separate spinoff titled Avenue Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starring Kristin Kreuk in 2009.
Machinima produced the Avenue Fighter: Murderer’s Fist and Avenue Fighter: Resurrection live-action series. Machinima launched the primary collection on its YouTube channel in Could 2014, and Funimation licensed the collection for launch in North America. Funimation launched the collection on Blu-ray Disc in October 2014. Machinima launched the second collection on Verizon’s go90 streaming service in March-April 2016. A Avenue Fighter: World Warrior tv collection was initially planned in 2018.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie tailored CAPCOM‘s online game Tremendous Avenue Fighter II in 1994. Discotek Media released the movie on DVD in December 2015, and on Blu-ray Disc in October 2016. The franchise has additionally impressed a number of different anime and animated collection.
The Avenue Fighter 6 preventing game launched in June 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC by way of Steam. CAPCOM released the sport on Nintendo Change 2 in June 2025 as a launch title. The Avenue Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Version model additionally launched on the identical day.
Sources: E-mail correspondence, Paramount Photos‘ YouTube channel