Kitao Sakurai Tapped To Direct ‘Street Fighter’ For Legendary

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Legendary’s live-action Street Fighter movie, based on the Capcom video games, has found a new director in Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip), Deadline has learned.

Sakurai inherits the project from Talk To Me filmmakers Danny & Michael Philippou, who attached themselves in April of 2023, following the studio’s acquisition of exclusive film and TV rights to the property.

Street Fighter is a series of fighting games, launched in 1987, which revolves around intense one-on-one battles between a diverse cast of martial artists.

While the plot of the film and other attachments are being kept under wraps for now, the games often center around a global fighting tournament organized by M.