The Street Fighter movie’s social media team posted a video of actor Noah Centineo (Ken Masters) performing a real-life Hell Wheel at Times Square in New York City on Thursday. The video was part of the upcoming film’s promotional campaign, which featured a giant Street Fighter arcade cabinet at the square. The video included the caption, “You just witnessed Ken’s Hell Wheel IN REAL LIFE!”

Reports of the giant Street Fighter arcade cabinet started spreading across social media on Thursday. American film news outlet DiscussingFilm posted a video of the cabinet with performers dressed as Ryu and Ken Masters fighting. The cabinet also features a giant control stick and several command buttons.

Street Fighter is set to open on October 13. The film stars Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, Orville Peck as Vega, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Eric André as Don Sauvage, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Roman Reigns as Akuma, Alex Volkanovski as Joe, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Gotō as E. Honda, and Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim. Kitao Sakura directed the film.

Sources: Street Fighter: The Movie‘s X/Twitter account, Street Fighter: The Movie‘s Instagram account via Discussing Film’s X/Twitter account

American film director James Gunn (Lollipop Chainsaw, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad, 2025’s Superman) reported on Wednesday that he attended the inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum. Gunn posted a photo of himself with American rapper Big Sean (Sean Michale Leonard Anderson) at the event with the caption, “Always good catching up with my pal, this time at the Anime Future Forum.”

How do Gunn and Big Sean know each other? According to Big Sean in a 2024 interview with Complex, they were one-time neighbors:

He ended up being my neighbor for a while, and I don’t want to say what event occurred, but an event occurred where the whole neighborhood was outside, and he’s like, “Big Sean?” I’m like, “James Gunn, what the fuck?” We started connecting, and I’m an ultra comic nerd. And I was talking to him like, “Man, I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy, but I love how you changed it up from the comic book.” He was like, “Damn, come over and smoke a cigar with me and talk.” We ended up just kickin it, and he’s like, “Man, come on set with me while I’m doing Superman.” Of course, I’ve been busy and haven’t made it, but we’ve been in contact. That’s my boy, though—not even playing like James Gunn is my dog.

The inaugural Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum took place at the Javits Center in New York City on Wednesday. The Forum’s website describes the event as a “[gathering of] creators, innovators, and industry voices defining anime today and where it goes next.” The program included a keynote, interactive sessions, hand-on technology experiences, and networking.

Crunchyroll announced the event in May 2026.

Sources: James Gunn‘s Instagram account, Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum’s website