Overview
- An Empire feature published Tuesday released a new preview image of Ryu and Ken and published the film’s official logline placing the story in 1993 around a World Warrior Tournament with a hidden conspiracy.
- The principal cast is confirmed as Andrew Koji (Ryu), Noah Centineo (Ken) and Callina Liang (Chun‑Li) with Jason Momoa, Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, David Dastmalchian, Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes among a large ensemble.
- Koji, Centineo and Liang trained together six days a week for six weeks and Koji studied Shotokan karate, judo, jujitsu and kickboxing to reproduce the game’s hand‑to‑hand combat on screen.
- The studio has rated the film PG‑13 for violence, bloody images, strong language, sexual references, partial nudity and brief smoking and scheduled a global theatrical release for October 16, 2026.
- Legendary and Paramount are using star casting, training-focused publicity and exclusive previews to set fan expectations for fight authenticity and to signal the film as the start of a new franchise.