ChunLi

Street Fighter’s iconic heroine Chun-Li has been cast in the upcoming reboot movie. The fan-favorite character was originally played by Ming-Na Wen in 1994’s Street Fighter and by Kristin Kreuk in 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Now, a relative newcomer, Callina Liang, is reportedly set to take over the role for a new generation.

As reported by Deadline, Liang has only had three major roles to date. She had a leading part in Steven Soderbergh’s 2024 supernatural thriller Presence, as well as appearances in the Thai film Bad Genius and the British teen drama Tell Me Everything.

Director Kitao Sakurai joined the film in February, and has been slowly adding actors to the cast including Jason Momoa, WWE wrestler Roman Reigns, Noah Centineo, Orville Peck, and Andrew Koji. While the games revolve around high-profile fighting tournaments, the 1994 movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Raul Julia infamously turned the story into something that had more resemblance to G.I. Joe than Street Fighter.

Sony recently removed Street Fighter from its 2026 release date, but it’s still expected to arrive at some point next year. In the meantime, the American Street Fighter 2 animated series was released on Blu-ray last month for the first time. Capcom’s latest game in the series, Street Fighter 6, has also lined up another year of DLC characters, including Sagat, C. Viper, Ingrid, and Alex. Another fighting game movie, Mortal Kombat 2, is coming later this year.

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The unthinkable has happened, folks: Monster Hunter Wilds, from the one and only Capcom, is collaborating with Street Fighter 6, also from the one and only Capcom. This won’t be much of a surprise for many of you given that 1. Capcom own both titles and can arrange collabs like this pretty easily I assume and B. it’s been teasing it for days now. That isn’t to say the trailer showing off the crossover didn’t have anything concrete, as it did confirm that you’ll be able dress up as Street Fighter baddie Akuma.

The full armour set/ full layered armour set goes a bit further than just aesthetics too, as “equipping either set allows you to use Akuma’s unique item and gestures to perform his fighting moves.” Using the Assisted Combo: Akuma item command lets you a range of his combos like Gou Hadoken and Gou Shoryuken.

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Whatever weapon you have equipped will change how much attack power Akuma’s moves will have too. Capcom also shared that Street Fighter 6’s Drive Impact system has been recreated for this free update. Oh, your Palico will be able to dress up like Blanka-Chan too, which might be my favourite addition to the action game this update. In order to get all of these items, you’ll need to complete the side mission that comes along with it, Ultimate Strength.

On top of all of this, there’s a paid DLC pack on the way as well where you can dress up Alma in either a Chun-Li or Cammy outfit. The DLC also comes with a Blanka-Chan Doll pendant, Street Fighter 6 stickers, and gestures. These include classic moves like Hadoken and Shoryuken, which all have attack properties too!

Both the update and the DLC are due out next week, May 28th.

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Street Fighter Movie Finds Its Chun-Li

Monster Hunter Wilds nabs Street Fighter 6’s Akuma, Chun-Li and more for a Capcom centric collab