Paramount, Legendary Entertainment strike deal for 'Street Fighter' film
04/09/2025 20:00
Sept 4 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance PSKY.O and Legendary Entertainment announced a three-year global distribution deal on Thursday, under which Paramount will distribute films produced by Legendary, starting with a "Street Fighter" movie. The movie will be co-produced by Capcom 9697.T, the creators of the hit videogame franchise, and is set to hit theaters in October next year. The deal comes just days after Paramount struck a deal with Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard for a film adaptation of "Call of Duty", as videogame-movie adaptations gain momentum and Paramount seeks to leverage well-known properties. Following the success of HBO's "The Last of Us" series in 2023, videogame firms and Hollywood studios rushed to sign adaptation deals for popular titles, resulting in Amazon's "Fallout" series and an upcoming sequel to "Mortal Kombat". (Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi) ((Zaheer.Kachwala@thomsonreuters.com;))