is preparing to boom into theaters in 2026. Pictures announced Wednesday that the new movie based on the popular video game franchise will be released theatrically on March 20, 2026. The film is co-developed and produced with Capcom, the company behind the long-running series of fighting games.
Also set to hit theaters that day is Amazon MGM Studios’ , the outer space-focused film from directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller that stars Ryan Gosling. reported earlier this month that Danny and Michael Philippou, with scheduling partly to blame. The Philippous, who helmed last year’s horror movie , have been gearing up to shoot their A24 film , starring Sally Hawkins and Billy Barratt.
The franchise kicked off with the arcade fighting game that debuted in 1987, followed by the wildly popular in 1991. The most recent edition, , was released last year. A film adaptation hit theaters in 1994 and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, Raúl Juliá as M.
Bison, and Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li. Director Steven E. de Souza’s feature centered on a colonel (Van Damme) gathering a group of fighters to help free a collection of kidnapped UN delegates.
In 2009, 20th Century Fox released , which underperformed at the box office. That film starred Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li, Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie Nash, and Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog.
Last year’s underscored the draw of video game properties at the cineplex, with the Universal animated film surpassing a.
