There is a new opportunity for Street Fighter. After the film from the 90s, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, a new live-action version will appear soon. The official account of the Capcom video game announced it.
“A new live-action Street Fighter movie is in the works! It will be co-produced by Legendary Entertainment y Capcom. More news to come in the future,” Street Fighter posted. on his Twitter account.
Street Fighter is one of the most popular fighting games of all time. Released on Arcade in 1987, its explosion occurred with the continuation of the saga, Street Fighter II, for consoles like Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.
It is the story of a group of fighters from various countries of the world, gathered to fight. Among the main characters are Ryu, Guile, Ken, Chun-Li, Zangief y M. Bison, among others.
The 90’s movie disaster
The video game boom led to the making of his live-action film, called Street Fighter: The Last Battle, in 1994. Directed by Steven E. de Souza, it told with Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, Raúl Juliá in the role of M. Bison, y Ming-Na Wen como Chun-Li.
The 102-minute film with a budget of 35 million dollars did not have good reviews, and today it is considered a fiasco.
Grant St. Clair, del portal Boing Boing, sums it up like this: “People is harsh on the previous live-action Street Fighter movie (…) but it’s the perfect combination of camping, over-the-top action, and humor (both intentional and not) that fits into a series about giant and muscular men, women and mutants who visit exotic places and punch each other”.
Street Fighter and its new live-action version
Now what do we know about the new live-action of Street Fighter?
At the moment there is not even information about who will direct it or who the actors will be. However, it was known that Legendary Entertainment He has not only the film rights, but also television rights.
Legendary has produced movies like Batman Begins, Superman Returns, 300, The Dark Knight, Inception, 42, Man of Steel, Interstellar, Pokémon Detective Pikachu y Godzilla vs Kong, among many others. Among his main series are Lost in Space y Paper Girls, and future are announced Skull Island y Tomb Raider.
In times like the present, movies like Super Mario Bros. The Movie y Sonic: The Hedgehog They are presented with a lot of support from the fans, and not to mention series like The Last of Us o The Witcher. So, to continue with the theme and without repeating the mistakes of the 90s, Street Fighter has everything to redeem itself on the big screen.
We will remain vigilant with the information about its production and release.
