Legendary acquires Street Fighter film and TV rights

Legendary Entertainment has reportedly acquired the film and television rights to Street Fighter.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Legendary Entertainment will work with publisher Capcom on future silver-screen Street Fighter adaptations. No details as to what those projects might be at this time, though.

It’s easy to forget that there’s been a couple of live-action films based on the franchise already. Street Fighter starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming-Na Wen, and Kylie Minogue came out in 1994 – quickly becoming something of a cult classic. Street Fighter also featured the ironic Raul Julia’s last on-screen performance before he tragically passed away shorlty before the movie’s release. 

There’s also Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, starring Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, and Michael Clarke Duncan, released in 2009 and is by many accounts one of the worst video game adaptations ever. Seriously, Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas played Vega – it was terrible.

Between Sonic The Hedgehog and The Last of Us, video game adaptations are (finally) receiving proper care and attention from big film studios. Legendary Entertainment’s involvement in Street Fighter is quite promising, considering the company put out Pokémon Detective Pikachu, which many still think is the best video game adaptation. The production company is also responsible for upcoming films like Dune: Part Two and The Book of Clarence.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.