Paramount and Legendary Unveil Street Fighter Movie Teaser Featuring Kitao Sakurai Direction and October Date
The studios unveiled a three minute teaser which previews their upcoming Street Fighter movie. Paramount Pictures and Legendary have officially started the marketing activities for their upcoming Street Fighter movie adaptation. The studios introduced their first major project reveal through a three minute teaser which accompanied their collection of promotional posters. The footage from Kitao Sakurai demonstrates a strong commitment to the colorful and exaggerated martial arts aesthetic which defined the original video game property.
The newly released footage establishes its core narrative foundation through an elite fighting tournament. The event draws fighters from every nation to display their skills, but competitors soon realize that their tournament organizer possesses hidden evil intentions. The property uses an arcade combat system as its base, which transforms into a complete feature length story.
The studio material has received positive feedback from viewers because Sakurai decided to embrace the franchise's theatrical aspects instead of developing a realistic or gritty approach. Viewers and dedicated fans of the property quickly spotted many visual references which the footage concealed throughout its duration. The director used direct visual elements from the video games, but he also included stylistic references to the 1994 animated movie Street Fighter II The Animated Movie.
Audiences who want to see the theatrical debut must wait until the autumn movie season. The studios moved the martial arts feature from its original March spring premiere to establish October 16 as the new global release date.
