'Street Fighter' trailer unleashes a frantic 1993 world as the cast storms the stage in surprise reveal Instagram/streetfightermovie
Why the Street Fighter trailer feels different this time
Unlike past versions, the Street Fighter trailer does not treat the story as a heavy martial arts drama. Koji’s Ryu gets sharp, grounded action, but in the next beat Jason Momoa turns up as a green, roaring Blanka. Cody Rhodes shows up with Guile’s tall flat-top and even lands a clean flash kick.
The film is set in 1993, right in that stretch when arcade fighters pulled big crowds. It feels lifted from that era, not dressed up to look like it, and it is loud by choice.
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The cast list is long. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, with Noah Centineo as Ken and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. Roman Reigns steps in as Akuma, while Vidyut Jammwal takes on Dhalsim. David Dastmalchian appears as M. Bison, Orville Peck as Vega and Eric André as Don Sauvage. It is an unusually broad line-up for a first teaser, but the studio seems intent on putting the full cast in front of viewers from the start.
Fans' reactions
Some welcomed the playful energy; others were surprised by how openly the film leans into game exaggeration. A few joked that the cast reveal looked like a crossover event on its own. The absence of the classic “hadouken” in the first teaser sparked comments, though people expect that to arrive closer to release.
For longtime followers, this new look also sits next to memories of the 1994 film with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Raul Julia. That film became a cult item for its camp value. This version appears to accept that history and go further with style rather than hide from it.
What next?
Paramount has marked 16 October 2026 for release. Capcom and Legendary remain on the production side, with Kitao Sakurai steering the film from Dalan Musson’s script.
What the trailer shows, at least for now, is a film not afraid to look like the game that made it famous. The cast’s on-stage moment at the Game Awards closed with a light dig at the Mortal Kombat 2 actors for not turning up.
