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Kitao Sakurai Tapped To Direct ‘Street Fighter’ For Legendary
Legendary's 'Street Fighter' movie has found a new director in Kitao Sakurai, Deadline can reveal.
Sakurai inherits the project from Talk To Me filmmakers Danny & Michael Philippou, who attached themselves in April of 2023, following the studio’s acquisition of exclusive film and TV rights to the property. Street Fighter is a series of fighting games, launched in 1987, which revolves around intense one-on-one battles between a diverse cast of martial artists. He’s also directing multiple episodes, including the pilot, of Amazon’s spy thriller Butterfly, starring Daniel Dae Kim, and is repped by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
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