The live-action Road Fighter movie that is within the works at Legendary appears to lastly be transferring ahead, with phrase coming not too long ago that Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, and WWE famous person Roman Reigns are in talks to guide the brand new online game adaptation. Whereas it is set to be directed by Kitao Sakurai (Unhealthy Journey), there was a time when Danny and Michael Philippou have been able to helm the venture, and now, the administrators of Discuss to Me and Convey Her Again are explaining what their model could have appeared like, and why they exited the movie.
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Talking with MovieWeb’s personal George Edelman about their new horror flick, the topic of Road Fighter got here up. Although there was a model of the Capcom online game delivered to life in 1994 by Common starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá, Legendary acquired the rights in 2023 and have been making an attempt to get a brand new adaptation off the bottom ever since. The Philippou’s 2022 movie Discuss to Me actually helped propel them into the limelight, which led to them being connected to direct Road Fighter. Sadly, the scheduling gods didn’t look favorably upon them, regardless of the pair pitching some glorious concepts to the studio:
“We have been so excited for Road Fighter. We have been within the rabbit gap for Road Fighter and creating set items. These wonderful, superior set items, as a result of we had the sources to have the ability to do it. Every part we pitched to Legendary, like, ‘What we’re pondering is that this,’ they might say ‘Yep.’ The issues that we needed to do, and having it so action-based… they have been all for it. It simply sucks. It was simply scheduling. It did not line up, which is so unlucky.”
The Philippou Brothers Have not Deserted the Motion Style
Whereas the Philippou brothers aren’t engaged on a live-action Road Fighter movie anymore, that is to not say they’re executed with the motion style as an entire. Having now directed two critically acclaimed horror movies, it is one thing they’d nonetheless like to discover sooner or later, if for nothing greater than to place their very own spin on it.
“We do need to do an motion movie. And there may be one which we’re very, very excited for. Bringing our model to the motion movie can be wonderful. We’re engaged on a couple of various things and an motion movie is one in all them.”
Although they don’t seem to be spilling any particulars, to say we might like to see what they’d do with an motion film can be an understatement. The Philippous have clearly confirmed themselves as top-notch administrators, first with Discuss to Me, and now with Convey Her Again, which opens Might 30 and is already being known as by many one of the crucial terrifying horror films of the 12 months.
As we await to see what they’ve in retailer for us subsequent, you’ll be able to seize your tickets now for Convey Her Again, however in the event you actually need to see what they’re able to earlier than you decide to something, Discuss To Me is now accessible to stream on Netflix. Remember to try our interview with them in its entirety above.
Convey Her Again
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Might 30, 2025
- Runtime
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99 minutes
- Director
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Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou
- Writers
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Invoice Hinzman, Danny Philippou
- Producers
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Kristina Ceyton
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Jonah Wren Phillips
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