Roman Reigns is headed back to the big screen. Deadline is reporting that he is one of several names to be involved with an upcoming adaption of the iconic fighting video game, "Street Fighter." Matt Grobar of Deadline broke the news on Wednesday morning.
Roman Reigns is set to join several other announced cast members. The current group includes Andrew Koji, Jason Mamoa, and Noah Centineo. The plot of the film and whom these actors will be portraying has yet to be announced as well. UPDATE: Fightful Select reports that Reigns is in talks to play Akuma.
Roman Reigns first stepped into the acting world as a part of "Hobbs and Shaw" which was starred by his Aona'i family member, Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock. Reigns is also featured in an upcoming movie "Action Force" which is in pre-production.
Roman Reigns was last seen after WrestleMania 41. He was attacked by Bron Breakker and Seth Rollins as the duo formed a new supergroup on WWE Monday Night Raw. Reigns last participated in a match back at WrestleMania 41, losing in the triple threat main event when Paul Heyman turned on the Tribal Chief to align himself with Rollins.
Street Fighter returns to the big screen
The Street Fighter video game series was created by Capcom and initially launched back in 1987. Since then, it has become one of the most important gaming franchises in the history of the business. Anchored by popular characters like Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Guile, and M. Bison, the Street Fighter series features a world tournament marred by other political strife that brings the fighters together against a shared foe.
Street Fighter has appeared in the movies in the past. The biggest release occurred in 1994 in which Jean Claude VanDamme portrayed Guile and Raul Julia took on the role of M.Bison in which was his final appearance before his passing.
The most recent edition of the series, Street Fighter 6, was released in 2023 across several video game systems including the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and eventually the Nintendo Switch platforms.
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