Avenue Fighter film slated for 2026 launch from Sony

The upcoming live-action Avenue Fighter film has been slated for a 2026 launch, however no alternative director has been introduced but.

Sony has given the upcoming live-action Avenue Fighter film, which lately parted methods with administrators Danny and Michael Philippou (Speak to Me), a launch date of March 20, 2026.

With a launch date now set, I’d think about that we should always quickly be listening to about who will substitute Danny and Michael Philippou on the helm of the Avenue Fighter film. The Australian twin administrators made their directorial debut with Speak to Me, which was a box-office success, grossing $92.2 million on a funds of $4.5 million. The explanation behind their departure reportedly comes all the way down to scheduling points, with the studio hoping to get the ball rolling on Avenue Fighter sooner slightly than later. The Philippous shall be taking pictures their mission, Carry Her Again starring Sally Hawkins and Billy Barratt, later this month in Australia.

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Based on the popular video game franchise Street Fighter is from Legendary Entertainment, who scooped up the rights last year. The studio will co-develop and produce the project with Japanese game distributor Capcom.

Street Fighter hasn’t had the best of luck on the big screen. The first live-action Street Fighter film was released in 1994, featuring the talents of Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, and Raul Julia. The film was commercially successful but it was largely trashed by critics and audiences, although Julia’s performance as M. Bison was praised. Somehow, the second shot at bringing the franchise to theaters proved to be even worse. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starred Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, and Michael Clarke Duncan and grossed just $12.8 million on a $50 million budget. Here’s hoping this third attempt is able to get the franchise back on track. After all, it can’t be worse than what we’ve already got… right?

Since the release of the first two Street Fighter movies, several video game projects have broken the so-called video game movie curse, such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu, Prime Video’s Fallout series, and HBO’s The Last of Us series.

What do you hope to see in this new Street Fighter movie? Also, who should direct it?