The upcoming live-action Road Fighter film has been slated for a 2026 launch, however no alternative director has been introduced but.
Sony has given the upcoming live-action Road Fighter film, which just lately parted methods with administrators Danny and Michael Philippou (Discuss to Me), a launch date of March 20, 2026.
With a launch date now set, I’d think about that we should always quickly be listening to about who will exchange Danny and Michael Philippou on the helm of the Road Fighter film. The Australian twin administrators made their directorial debut with Discuss to Me, which was a box-office success, grossing $92.2 million on a finances of $4.5 million. The rationale behind their departure reportedly comes all the way down to scheduling points, with the studio hoping to get the ball rolling on Road Fighter sooner reasonably than later. The Philippous will probably be taking pictures their undertaking, Deliver Her Again starring Sally Hawkins and Billy Barratt, later this month in Australia.
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Based mostly on the favored online game franchise Road Fighter is from Legendary Entertainment, who scooped up the rights final 12 months. The studio will co-develop and produce the undertaking with Japanese sport distributor Capcom.
Road Fighter hasn’t had one of the best of luck on the large display. The primary live-action Road Fighter movie was launched in 1994, that includes the abilities of Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, and Raul Julia. The movie was commercially profitable nevertheless it was largely trashed by critics and audiences, though Julia’s efficiency as M. Bison was praised. Someway, the second shot at bringing the franchise to theaters proved to be even worse. Road Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li starred Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, and Michael Clarke Duncan and grossed simply $12.8 million on a $50 million finances. Right here’s hoping this third try is ready to get the franchise again on monitor. In any case, it may possibly’t be worse than what we’ve already obtained… proper?
For the reason that launch of the primary two Road Fighter films, a number of online game initiatives have damaged the so-called online game film curse, comparable to Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu, Prime Video’s Fallout collection, and HBO’s The Final of Us collection.
What do you hope to see on this new Road Fighter film? Additionally, who ought to direct it?
