It was a wild report early this week, but nothing was confirmed until now, and it seems that Capcom will try a third time, but hopefully in a more heavily based on and more input for a Street Fighter movie that will have Legendary Entertainment with the heavy work.

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Obviously details are not being shared at this time but originally, The Hollywood Reporter got sources that the announcement was a done deal at least early this week.

Capcom had two movies of Street Fighter, being the first one Street Fighter: The Movie was released in 1994 under Universal Pictures umbrella and directed by Steven E. de Souza.

The movie was a more americanized take on the fighting franchise of Capcom and focused more on Guile (Jean Claude Van Damme) and had Ryu and Ken as secondary/supporting characters and late Raul Julia as M. Bison, all while the story taking cues from Street Fighter II: The World Warrior.

Despite the obvious difference from the game’s lore, the film was commercially successful, with a worldwide box office gross approximately three times its production costs, and its home video releases and television broadcasts were also profitable, with the film earning Capcom a return of ¥15.5 billion ($165 million) from the box office and home media.

Unfortunately it was not the same thing for Capcom’s second attempt in 2009 with Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li served as an original story taking and focusing on Chun-Li before the events of the original Street Fighter game and had actress Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li.

Despite the showing, the weekend was not a big competition (The Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience released in theaters and Madea Goes To Jail were also released that week), the movie flop by grossing only $12.8 million worldwide against its $50 million budget and not praise among Street Fighter fans.