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It seems that Capcom is willing to give Street Fighter another chance in other media following the recent success of video game-adapted movies and series. Legendary Entertainment, who did the movie version of Detective Pikachu, has picked up the movie and television rights to the long-beloved fighting series.
The timing of a movie studio getting its hands on Street Fighter makes a lot of sense. With Street Fighter 6 due to come out on June 6, expanding people’s awareness of the series in other media is a great way to grow the franchise further. The Super Mario Bros. Movie also releases in theaters this week, showing a distinct connection between these two beloved series that had very poor movie offerings in the past but are willing to give it another go.
Following the massive success of the Street Fighter II game in 1991, Street Fighter: The Movie came out in 1994. It starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Raul Julia as Guile and M. Bison and is sitting at 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. An equally criticized video game tie-in called Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game was released around the same time. Instead of the bright-colored art you know the series for, it featured the cast and stunt doubles digitized onto the screen, similar to Mortal Kombat.
With the news of Legendary getting the rights to Street Fighter for a new set of movies and shows, it is way too early to know which will be coming first and what they will be about. Hiring and planning must go underway, so we are still years away from seeing Ryu and cast on the big and small screen. Hopefully, the series can follow many other recent releases showing that video games fit just as fine as movie and television series.
