News Street Fighter 50 Cent Is Ready to Punch Up in Street Fighter Adaptation The Legendary movie has an impressive roster in the making. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 26, 2025 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson photo by Senior Airman Nia Jacobs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Balrog drawing courtesy of Capcom Comment 0 Share New Share Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson photo by Senior Airman Nia Jacobs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Balrog drawing courtesy of Capcom We already knew a lot of actors on the call sheet for Street Fighter, including Jason Momoa as Blanka, Andrew Koji (Warrior) as lead character, Ryu, WWE powerhouse Roman Reign as Akuma, Noah Centino as Ken, Callina Liang (Presence) as Chun-Li, and country singer Orville Peck as Vega. Today, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson will also be in the film as Balrog, a character loosely based on Mike Tyson who the trade describes as “a disgraced boxer who is also the bodyguard of the villain.” Jackson, who is a Grammy-award winner and also behind several projects including the Power series at Starz, is reportedly already in training for the part and plans to do his own stunts. Plot details for the film remain unknown, though I bet a quarter that there will be a lot of fighting, with at least some of it occurring in the street. The adaptation of the Capcom video game, where myriad characters with numerous fighting skills (some of which are magical) fight each other in bloody battles around the world, has had a long road to production under different companies. But this project from Legendary, which has Kitao Sakuri (Twisted Metal) in the director’s chair, looks like the one that will finally make its way to the big screen. Production will begin in Australia this August, with a current premiere date of March 20, 2026.[end-mark] The post 50 Cent Is Ready to Punch Up in <i>Street Fighter</i> Adaptation appeared first on Reactor.