Street Fighter Movie Introduces the Full Roster with a Teaser and 17 Character Posters
We’ve finally caught our first real glimpse of Paramount and Legendary’s Street Fighter movie, with a new sneak peek debuting during The Game Awards at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater. Alongside the footage, the studio also unveiled 17 character posters, framing the film as a full roster moment rather than a single-hero spotlight.
Several cast members appeared in person to introduce the preview, including Andrew Koji (Ryu), Noah Centineo (Ken Masters), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i (Akuma), David Dastmalchian (M. Bison), Cody Rhodes (Guile), Andrew Schulz (Dan Hibiki), Vidyut Jammwal (Dhalsim), Orville Peck (Vega), Olivier Richters (Zangief), Rayna Vallandingham (Juli), Mel Jarnson (Cammy), and Jason Momoa (Blanka), who is also credited as a producer.
The sneak peek doesn’t dig deep into the plot so much as it establishes tone and scale. It plays like a character-select sprint: quick introductions, signature silhouettes, and flashes of choreography meant to sell the spectacle. More importantly, it hints at the balancing act fans usually want from Street Fighter on screen—going big without losing the arcade DNA, keeping things heightened, colorful, and cool, rather than turning grim just to feel “serious.”
Story-wise, the film is set in 1993, with estranged fighters Ryu and Ken pulled back into the fight when Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament. But the tournament is only the surface layer, tied to a wider conspiracy that forces them to confront each other and the parts of their past they’d rather leave buried—with “game over” stakes if they can’t survive it.
Beyond the names who appeared onstage, the cast also includes Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Balrog), Eric André (Don Sauvage), Hirooki Goto (E. Honda), Alexander Volkanovski (Joe), and Kyle Mooney (Marvin), reinforcing that this adaptation is being built as an ensemble blockbuster, not a lone-wolf origin story.
Street Fighter, directed by Kitao Sakurai, is currently set to hit theaters on October 16, 2026.
