New ‘Street Fighter’ Movie Finds Its Directors

Legendary and Capcom are engaged on a Street Fighter film, and it looks as if they might have discovered their administrators. Although it’d seem to be a bizarre match, these administrators are the duo behind the pageant horror hit Talk to Me, Danny and Michael Philippou. For these not acquainted, Talk To Me is an Australian horror movie about grief and seancés. It blew up on the pageant circuit and shortly bought picked up for A24 for distribution. Apparently, some influential persons are taking discover.

Street Fighter has been tailored earlier than. Steven E. de Souza directed the 1994 launch, which starred Raul Julia and Jean-Claud Van Damme. While it did fairly effectively on the box-office, critics completely hated it. Of course, it did not really feel very near the supply materials, and it was extraordinarily campy. That being stated, it is one thing of a cult traditional at this level. It’s unlikely that the Phillippou brothers are going to lean into that vibe.

READ MORE: Every Video Game Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best

The Phillippous are extraordinarily sizzling proper off of the discharge of Talk to Me, and it’s stated that they have been approached by completely different businesses all night time at Sundance after screening the movie. They finally determined to signal with WME. Since Sundance solely occurred on the finish of January, they will need to have been working shortly.

As of now, there isn’t any actual timeline for what the manufacturing schedule appears to be like like. There additionally aren’t any indications as to what the plot might be, however there are tons of prospects on the desk. This would be the third Street Fighter film to this point; the primary, in 1994, starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile and Raul Julia as Bison. In 2009, a reboot arrived referred to as Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, with Kristin Kreuk within the title function, and Chris Klein in a efficiency that turned the stuff of web legend.