Overview
- Paramount and Legendary released the first full trailer, expanding a brief teaser first shown at The Game Awards 2025.
- The story is set in 1993 as Chun-Li recruits Ryu and Ken for the World Warrior Tournament, a global fighting contest that hides a darker plot.
- Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo is Ken, Callina Liang is Chun-Li, Jason Momoa is Blanka, Cody Rhodes is Guile, 50 Cent is Balrog, David Dastmalchian is M. Bison, and Roman Reigns appears as Akuma.
- The film, directed by Kitao Sakurai, spotlights choreographed combat and classic moves such as hadoukens and shoryukens to echo the games.
- Studios confirm a worldwide theatrical release on October 16, 2026, as some outlets also catalog trailer-spotted matchups as tentative fight lists drawn from marketing.