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Roman Reigns to play the character of Akuma in Street Fighter movie

Roman Reigns has booked the role of Akuma in the upcoming Street Fighter movie according to The Hollywood Reporter, which is being produced by Legendary Entertainment based on the classic and popular Capcom video game.

Jason Momoa, 50 Cent, Noah Centineo, Orville Peck, Andrew Koji, and Callina Liang and also part of the cast.

The character of Akuma in the video game is described as a cold and extremely powerful warrior and made its debut in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as a secret character and an alternative boss to the villain M. Bison.

Production will begin in August in Australia, led by director Kitao Sakurai.


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Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

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