Legendary Pictures’ live-action Street Fighter movie has reportedly picked Callina Liang to portray fighting game icon Chun-Li.
Deadline reports that the actress has signed on to star in the female lead role. It’s yet another sign that the Street Fighter movie is moving full steam ahead as it barrels toward its March 20, 2026, release date.
Liang began her acting career in the 2022 series Tell Me Everything before moving on to appear in Foundation in 2023. She’s since starred in two 2024 films – Steven Soderbergh’s Presence and J.C. Lee’s Bad Genius.
Street Fighter will see Liang show up for a more mainstream audience when she brings her version of Chun-Li to the big screen. She’ll be joined by other previously reported on co-stars, including Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns, and Orville Peck. Additional plot details and information on who exactly will be playing some of the other Street Fighter icons have yet to be announced.
Capcom and Legendary hit start on their latest attempt at a live-action Street Fighter story in April 2023, tapping Talk to Me duo Danny and Michael Philippou as its directors around that same time. It was potentially a match made in heaven that eventually fell apart as it was announced one year later that the Philippou brothers had exited the project due to what THR called scheduling conflicts at the time.
Legendary remained confident in its plans for the new Street Fighter movie despite the setback, setting its spring 2026 release date in June 2024. It’s also since found a new director in The Eric Andre Show, Twisted Metal, and Bad Trip veteran Kitao Sakurai. Capcom and Legendary are sticking with the current schedule as more cast join the film.
We’ll learn more about the Street Fighter movie, including how Liang’s Chun-Li plays a part in its story, as we inch closer to its premiere. In the meantime, you can read up on the newest Street Fighter video game, Street Fighter 6, which managed to cross 5 million sales earlier this month.
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