If the boxing training wasn't giveaway enough, here's our first look at Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson training for the role of Balrog in Legendary's upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie… And yes, he's boasting a very distinct hairstyle.
Taking to Instagram, 50 Cent shared a reel of himself taking on a sandbag, writing: "Work hard when they hardly working, and they will be surprised at the outcome. I hit a ??he gonna see a white light and hear Jesus say come to me child. LOL Street Fighter coming soon."
Set in 1993, the Street Fighter movie sees estranged martial artists Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.
Legendary announced the full cast for its upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie earlier this month and confirmed it'll be released by Paramount Pictures a little later than planned on October 16, 2026. Bad Trip’s Kitao Sakurai directs Street Fighter, which has begun shooting in Australia and is filming in IMAX.
See the full Street Fighter cast list below:
- Noah Centineo as “Ken Masters”
- Andrew Koji as “Ryu”
- Callina Liang as “Chun-Li”
- Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as “Akuma”
- David Dastmalchian as “M. Bison”
- Cody Rhodes as “Guile”
- Andrew Schulz as “Dan Hibiki”
- Eric André as “Don Sauvage”
- Vidyut Jammwal as “Dhalsim”
- Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as “Balrog”
- Jason Momoa as “Blanka”
- Orville Peck as “Vega”
- Olivier Richters as “Zangief”
- Hirooki Goto as “E. Honda”
- Rayna Vallandingham as “Juli”
- Alexander Volkanovski as “Joe”
- Kyle Mooney as “Marvin”
- Mel Jarnson as “Cammy”
Legendary also released side-by-side images of the actors opposite their game characters, which you can see by scrolling the slideshow below.
Hollywood’s love affair with video game adaptations shows so sign of slowing down given movies like A Minecraft Movie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie have generated hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. On this occasion, though, there's the added pressure of ensuring it outperforms the 1994 original, which is considered by many to be among the worst video game films of all time.
Image credit: Instagram.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
