{"rewrite":{"id":"r_2c79d0d3c16540692e786e72","clusterId":"c_020baa427eec5e73d3800efe","slug":"paramount-releases-the-love-of-street-fighter-trailer-ahead-of-october-16-opening","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Paramount Releases 'The Love Of Street Fighter' Trailer Ahead Of October 16 Opening","summary":"Paramount Pictures began streaming a trailer titled \"The Love of Street Fighter\" for Legendary Entertainment's live-action Street Fighter film on Friday. The trailer mixes cast comments about the franchise with behind-the-scenes footage. Andrew Koji plays Ryu, Noah Centineo plays Ken, and Callina Liang plays Chun-Li. The film opens on October 16.","whyItMatters":"The trailer marks the public rollout for the first film Legendary will release under its multi-year distribution deal with Paramount, a deal that moved the project off Sony's calendar and left the October 16 date as the one the campaign now has to hit.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKitao Sakurai directed the shoot in Australia, which began in August 2025, after brothers Danny and Michael Philippou left the project to work on their film Bring Her Back. The story is set in 1993, with estranged fighters Ryu and Ken pulled back into combat when Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament. The supporting cast includes Jason Momoa as Blanka, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Roman Reigns as Akuma, and Curtis \u0026#34;50 Cent\u0026#34; Jackson as Balrog.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Paramount is selling Street Fighter as affection, not combat: the trailer's audio is the cast talking about the franchise, not game footage. For a film built on fights, the marketing leads with feeling.","twitterPost":"The Street Fighter trailer sells affection, not combat. Its audio is the cast discussing the franchise, not fight footage.","threadsPost":"Paramount's Street Fighter trailer is built on cast interviews about the franchise rather than combat footage. The pitch for a fighting film opens on how the actors feel about the games, with behind-the-scenes material carrying the runtime until the October 16 opening.","newsletterBlurb":"Paramount Pictures is streaming \"The Love of Street Fighter,\" a trailer for Legendary's live-action Street Fighter film that pairs cast comments with behind-the-scenes footage. The film, directed by Kitao Sakurai, opens October 16 and is set in 1993, with Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. It is the first film distributed under the multi-year Paramount and Legendary deal signed in December.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/live-action-street-fighter-film-trailer-features-cast-comments-about-franchise/.242428\",\"title\":\"Live-Action Street Fighter Film's Trailer Features Cast's Comments About Franchise\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4722,"outputTokens":618,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791098066,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T07:12:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T07:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T07:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_020baa427eec5e73d3800efe","canonicalTitle":"News\nLive-Action Street Fighter Film's Trailer Features Cast's Comments About Franchise","representativeArticleId":"a_64a31993942c5b7a8f775fe4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Street Fighter\"],\"studios\":[\"Legendary Entertainment\",\"Paramount Pictures\",\"Capcom\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-02T20:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-02T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T07:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-02/live-action-street-fighter-film-trailer-features-cast-comments-about-franchise/.242428","title":"News\nLive-Action Street Fighter Film's Trailer Features Cast's Comments About Franchise"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Street Fighter"],"studios":["Legendary Entertainment","Paramount Pictures","Capcom"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}