Road Fighter’s iconic heroine Chun-Li has been solid within the upcoming reboot film. The fan-favorite character was initially performed by Ming-Na Wen in 1994’s Road Fighter and by Kristin Kreuk in 2009’s Road Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Now, a relative newcomer, Callina Liang, is reportedly set to take over the function for a brand new technology.
As reported by Deadline, Liang has solely had three main roles thus far. She had a number one half in Steven Soderbergh’s 2024 supernatural thriller Presence, in addition to appearances within the Thai movie Unhealthy Genius and the British teen drama Inform Me Every little thing.
Director Kitao Sakurai joined the movie in February, and has been slowly including actors to the solid together with Jason Momoa, WWE wrestler Roman Reigns, Noah Centineo, Orville Peck, and Andrew Koji. Whereas the video games revolve round high-profile preventing tournaments, the 1994 film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and the late Raul Julia infamously turned the story into one thing that had extra resemblance to G.I. Joe than Road Fighter.
Sony just lately eliminated Road Fighter from its 2026 launch date, nevertheless it’s nonetheless anticipated to reach sooner or later subsequent yr. Within the meantime, the American Road Fighter 2 animated sequence was launched on Blu-ray final month for the primary time. Capcom’s newest sport within the sequence, Road Fighter 6, has additionally lined up one other yr of DLC characters, together with Sagat, C. Viper, Ingrid, and Alex. One other preventing sport film, Mortal Kombat 2, is coming later this yr.
