US EditionThe Street Fighter Movie Just Made Its Most Surprising Casting Yet
- Kitao Sakurai directs the new live-action Street Fighter film, with Walton Goggins in talks to play the lead villain M. Bison.
- The film follows multiple past adaptations, including the infamous 1994 version starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia, and a lower-budget 2009 sequel.
- The original directors Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou exited, and the casting process now reportedly includes Orville Peck as Vega and Eric Andre as the ring announcer.
- Jeff Sneider said he was surprised by Goggins' casting, noting Goggins is 'flying pretty high right now' after roles in Fallout and The White Lotus.
- This reboot, backed by Capcom and Legendary, could reshape Street Fighter's live-action legacy despite uncertainty about story and production timing.
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Street Fighter movie reportedly casts Walton Goggins and Orville Peck as M. Bison and Vega
Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: Street Fighter movie reportedly casts Walton Goggins and Orville Peck as M. Bison and Vega When it comes to fighting games, none are held in as high regard as Street Fighter. The iconic game spawned countless knock-offs and its spin-offs, but many also remember the films it launched. Street Fighter 1994 is a cult classic, and the 2009 film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is hailed as one of […
Street Fighter's film adaptation is a great asset with the arrival of Walton Goggins, an actor hailed for his role in the Fallout series, who will play one of the main characters in the film.
The Street Fighter Movie Just Made Its Most Surprising Casting Yet
Legendary’s Street Fighter movie is starting to pick up speed with several major castings, and now it has made perhaps its most intriguing and surprising casting yet. Deadline is reporting that musician and Cabaret Emcee Orville Peck has been cast in an unknown role, and this would be Peck’s feature film debut. It’s not known which character he’s playing, but another recent report suggests he could be playing the masked assassin known as Vega. T…
Walton Goggins Reprotedly in Talks To Play M. Bison in Live-Action STREET FIGHTER Film — GeekTyrant
Legendary's live-action Street Fighter movie is shaping up to be an interesting video game adaptation and according to industry insider Jeff Sneider, Walton Goggins, Eric André, and musician Orville Peck are all circling roles in the project, with Goggins reportedly in talks to take on the role of M. Bison.M. Bison is the iconic, cape-swirling villain once played by the legendary Raúl Juliá in the gloriously bonkers 1994 film adaptation. Sneider…
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