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Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has reacted after the cast of the Street Fighter movie raved about the idea of making a crossover movie with Mortal Kombat, and it seems like he too is open to the possibility, as long as the game gets made first.
I got a chance to talk to the cast of the Street Fighter movie ahead of its release on October 16th, and many of the actors involved said they would absolutely be perfect for a crossover with the Mortal Kombat movie. In fact, Andrew Schulz joked that this was the actual target of his infamous jab at the MK cast during the 2025 Game Awards.
“Yes,” Andrew Koji, who plays Ryu, said when asked about the possibility. “That must hurt.” (He’s even floated the idea of a Marvel vs. Capcom movie, but it’s extremely unlikely that that particular project will ever happen.)
Noah Centineo, who plays Ken, added, “I want more Street Fighter.” “If you give us the opportunity to come back and bring these amazing characters back, I’d be broken. And I know we’d all be broken. So if that’s Mortal Kombat, if that’s me kicking Thor in the face, you know?”
It wasn’t long before Ed Boon himself became aware of these comments and responded by posting on Twitter/X. “Games first… then movies,” he wrote, along with a winking face emoji.
Boon is probably just trolling, but this isn’t the first time he’s mentioned the idea of a clash between Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. In May 2026, he tweeted: street fighter guest characters On the Mortal Kombat games, he said he was a “big fan” of the series.
Games first… then movies. 😉
— Ed Boone (@noobde) October 15, 2026
Given that Mortal Kombat is a fighting game franchise known for its wild and wacky crossovers, a Street Fighter collaboration certainly wouldn’t be too much of a stretch for the folks at Netherrealm. Street Fighter has had its share of crossover games over the years (Street Fighter x Tekken, Project This is why Capcom rejected Netherrealm’s offer when they were offered a partnership not long ago.
“It’s true that Mortal Kombat’s proposal for a Street Fighter character was rejected by Capcom,” former Street Fighter producer Yoshiniori Ono said in a 2019 interview. “But I personally didn’t think so! There were a lot of people at work who thought we didn’t fit our characters. I actually met Ed. [Boon] I spoke to him personally at the Brazilian Game Show. So that’s true. But I haven’t made a decision!”
Now that Street Fighter is under new leadership that seems interested in all types of crossovers and guest characters, it’s possible that Capcom’s attitude has changed. For example, they were enthusiastic about Yujiro Hanma joining Tekken 8, and they also seemed open to the idea of working together again with Baki, who previously enjoyed a partnership with Street Fighter 6 in 2023 and 2024.
Now that Paramount and Warner Bros have merged, it’s also worth noting that Skydance owns the rights to the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter films. So there are far fewer obstacles preventing these two worlds from colliding on the big screen, at least as far as red tape is concerned.