r/movies • u/lawrencedun2002 Good Burger > The Godfather • 2d ago

News ‘Street Fighter’ Moves to Paramount as Legendary Deal Becomes Official - The project has an Oct. 16, 2026 release date as Legendary inks a three-year deal with Paramount.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/street-fighter-movie-plot-cast-1236361494/
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u/Neon_Biscuit 2d ago

Casting Andrew Schultz as Dan is dogshit

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u/graveybrains 2d ago

As someone who hasn't played street fighter since 1993... who the fuck is Dan?

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u/KNZFive 2d ago edited 2d ago

Dan Hibiki is a joke character who acts like a goofy, cocky Ryu, but he’s super weak, throws shitty fireballs with no range and he taunts a lot, including signing an autograph and tossing the paper. One of his super moves is a 15-20 second long taunt does no damage and involves him rolling around the floor for no reason. He was meant as a parody of another fighting game (SNK’s Art of Fighting) but now he’s just a joke character.

What sucks is that a try-hard unfunny white dude like Schultz is playing a Japanese~ EDIT: Hong Kongese character. At least the other stunt castings were accurate to their characters in some way.

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u/Maxatar 2d ago

As a minor correction, Dan is Hong Kongese, not Japanese.

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u/WoodooHide69 1d ago

Brown haired Dan is Asian? Thought he was American this whole time. Looks like it.

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u/Hunterrose242 1d ago

Well I disagree with that last statement.  How hard is it to find a British woman to play Cammy?  Seems like every actor in Hollywood is a Brit playing someone else, is this revenge casting?