The announcements are linked for the film Street Fighter, which has just found the actor who will play Balrog in this new adaptation of the Capcom license.
Things seem to definitely be activated around the film live-action Street Fighter For a few days. Announced in 2023 by Legendary, the adaptation of the famous Capcom combat game is for the moment very mysterious, the company not yet specified its plans towards this new film. Nevertheless, it appears that things are moving behind the scenes since nothing this week, it is not one, but two characters of the game who found their interpreter.
After Chun-li, Street Fighter finds his Balrog
Indeed, we told you about it a few days ago, Canadian actress Callina Liang has just been confirmed for The role of Chun-Liemblematic fighter of Street Fighter since the release of the second episode in 1991. And she is not the only one to have joined the cast recently since as we learn The Hollywood Reporter, the film has just found her balrog … In the person of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
The American rapper, who is also known for his many roles in the cinema, will therefore lend his features to the boxer appeared for the first time as a boss of Street Fighter 2before becoming playable in the champion version edition of this same episode. Known as Mike Bison in Japan, this character, very inspired by the Mike Tyson boxer, is notably known to Street Fighter fans to be the bodyguard of Master Bison, the main antagonist of the franchise.
If Legendary has once again refused to comment on the information, the sources of The Hollywood Reporter indicate, however, that 50 hundred would have already started his intensive training for the role, for which he would like to carry out his own cascades. As a reminder, this film Street Fighter will be produced by Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show), and is currently aims to release theaters for spring 2026. Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns and Orville Peck were also confirmed in the casting for the characters of Ryu, Ken, Blanka, Akuma and Vega.
Source : The Hollywood Reporter
