Roman Reigns is looking to bring the fight to the big screen once againthis time in Street Fighter.
According to Deadline, Reigns is currently in talks to join the cast of Legendarys upcoming live-action Street Fighter movie, based on Capcoms legendary video game franchise. While reps for the studio havent confirmed the casting, Reigns could be lining up alongside Andrew Koji (Bullet Train), Jason Momoa (A Minecraft Movie), and Noah Centineo (Warfare) for whats shaping up to be a major action project.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but its confirmed that Bad Trip director Kitao Sakurai is set to helm the film, which is being co-developed with Capcom itself. No screenwriter has been publicly named yet.
This wouldnt be Roman Reigns first rodeo in Hollywood. The WWE megastarborn Leati Joseph Anoaihas previously appeared in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, playing Mateo, the brother of Dwayne The Rock Johnsons character. He also popped up in The Wrong Missy, a Netflix comedy starring David Spade and Lauren Lapkus.
The Street Fighter movie would mark another big step for Reigns, whos been slowly carving out a spot in the film world while still dominating in WWE. With one of the longest world title reigns in company history, hes already proven his presence on screenand now Hollywood is starting to take notice.
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