Legendary Entertainment, the studio behind, among other things, the making of the Dune movie, has acquired the screen rights to Street Fighter, Capcom’s popular fighting game series.
In 1987 Capcom released the first Street Fighter game. The 2D fighting game has proven hugely popular, resulting in a whole host of games for different platforms. June will see the release of the sixth main installment, but it turns out that’s not the only upcoming project based on the iconic IP.
ambitious projects
As reported by Deadline, Legendary Entertainment has partnered with Capcom, under which movies and TV series are set in the universe of street fighter they’re gonna get The first confirmed project is a movie. Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, no further details are known.
The curse of film adaptation.
Let’s add that this won’t be Capcom’s first film adaptation of the fighting game series. Riding the genre’s wave of popularity in the 1990s, Street Fighter survived to see a feature film with the same title. Unfortunately, the film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme had a very cold reception from fans. In 2009 there was another attempt to resurrect the iconic brand on the big screen, but with similar results to 1994.
Hopefully, however, the curse of Street Fighter film adaptations will be a thing of the past with new projects from Legendary Entertainment. The label has a number of well-received films under its belt, starting with Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, so there’s a chance Capcom’s series will finally live to see some quality production.
No Solo Street Fighter
Finally, it should be mentioned that there is currently a strong demand in Hollywood for video game adaptations. Last year we had Uncharted starring Tom Holland as Nathan Drake. In the meantime, Ghost of Tsushima or Days Gone are still in the queue. Note that we are still only talking about feature films. The list of upcoming television adaptations is just as rich. Among them, Horizon, God of War and the second season of The Last of Us.
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