{"id":45492,"date":"2025-09-02T19:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/50-cent-begins-work-on-street-fighter-movie\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:26:39","slug":"50-cent-begins-work-on-street-fighter-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/50-cent-begins-work-on-street-fighter-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Cent Begins Work On &#8216;Street Fighter&#8217; Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/50-cent\">50 Cent<\/a> has announced that he has started work on the new adaptation of <em>Street Fighter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On his Instagram page, the rap legend posted a picture of the iconic video game series\u2019 logo and wrote: \u201cI haven\u2019t been posting because I\u2019m working on my new movie <em>Street Fighter<\/em>. I\u2019m working what you doing ?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the latest adaptation of the game, 50 is playing Balrog while the rest of the ensemble is made up of Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, David Dastmalchian and Orville Peck.<\/p>\n<p>The film will also feature WWE superstars Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"optanon-category-C0003\" title=\"instagram-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/50cent\/p\/DOENoNLCRtS\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the two previous adaptations of the fighting game, Balrog was played by Grand L. Bush and Michael Clarke Duncan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Street Fighter<\/em> is directed by Kitao Sakurai and is currently expected to be released sometime in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Starring in <em>Street Fighter<\/em> will be one of 50\u2019s biggest roles in years after appearing in <em>The Expendables 4<\/em> in 2023 alongside Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, he had a lead role in straight-to-on-demand thriller\u00a0<em>Boneyard<\/em>\u00a0which also featured Mel Gibson.<\/p>\n<p>Some of 50\u2019s most notable screen roles include his semi-autobiographical debut\u00a0<em>Get Rich or Die Tryin\u2019<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Righteous Kill<\/em>\u00a0alongside Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, the action series\u00a0<em>Escape Plan<\/em>\u00a0and boxing drama\u00a0<em>Southpaw<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>50 has also been making big movies behind the camera,\u00a0<a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/50-cent-announces-tv-channel-expansion\">recently announcing the expansion of his TV channel, 50 Cent Action, to the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/curtis-50-cent-jackson-action-channel-uk-launch-interview-1236431744\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a>, 50 said: \u201cYou know, everybody loves London. If you\u2019re from New York, or you\u2019re a recording artist from America in general, the first stop and your first dose of international love is London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cMy audience, my core audience \u2013 the people that were enjoying my music in the very beginning \u2013 is at home. They\u2019re older. They\u2019ll understand the entertainment choices that I make creatively. I\u2019ve used music to merge with entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto \">\u201cBeing able to launch out here [in the UK] is big because I have a huge audience here that hasn\u2019t been able to participate with us. Now they get a chance to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The channel includes curated programming from the rapper and actor, making use of Lionsgate\u2019s library of over 1,000 movies and TV shows such as 50\u2019s own Power franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/50-cent-begins-work-on-street-fighter-movie\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 Cent has announced that he has started work on the new adaptation of Street Fighter. 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