Los Angeles, California – That Game Awards wey every movie and game padi dey wait for don happen, and wahala don burst as Street Fighter new film teaser land! This new live-action film go blow your mind with all your favorite fighters: Chun-Li, Ken, Ryu and the rest of the gang. E show as dem take stage bring the first look with plenty action, action dey follow like when you dey chop suya for night street.
The film dey set for 1993, you sabi, na when the game dey hot! The official synopsis don drop: “Estranged Street Fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) go back to fight as the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) gather dem for next World Warrior Tournament. This tournament no be jolly ride as e dey burst with serious fight and plenty wahala wey fit make dem face their past. If dem no gree fight am, na game over!” (No be small drama wahala wey dey come o)
Cast no be small, abeg! Alongside Koji, Centineo and Liang, we get the likes of Cody Rhodes as Guile, Orville Peck as Vega, 50 Cent as Balrog (wetin Balrog don carry come this film?), Jason Momoa as Blanka, and plenty more big names wey we never even fit catch the full list! This film dey direct by Kitao Sakurai, while Paramount Pictures dey handle distribution like say na hot bread they carry for market.
Mark the date, as this film go hit theaters on October 16, 2026. One year long wey people go dey hype and dey talk plenty ‘how the movie go fit live up to expectation?’ (Make we no forget the previous live-action film wey we no fit remember!)
Reaction don spread like bushfire, some fans dey cheer say casting dey on point while other dey call out some funky stylistic choices. Na special shout to Guile wey no gree lose him crazy hairstyle, even though some padi dey laugh say wetin be this. (Na wetin you expect from Street Fighter?)
The film dey try reboot the whole Street Fighter story, we go see if dem fit give the fans wetin dem desire this time around or dem go still carry wahala come again like before. Just one look at the teaser fit make you gree say this film don already catch fire!
For now, we fit chill and watch as dem take put this classic video game for big screen level wey no go carry last-year drama. E go sweet if e no turn out as bad as those old films wey fans dey throw shade for. Everyone dey curious to see how the box office go respond when e finally land.
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