(Reuters) -Paramount Skydance has entered into a three-year deal for the global distribution of films produced by Legendary Entertainment, beginning with a “Street Fighter” movie, the companies announced on Thursday.

The movie will be co-produced by Capcom, the creators of the hit videogame franchise, and is set to release in theaters in October next year.

The deal comes just days after Paramount struck a deal with Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard for a film adaptation of “Call of Duty”, as videogame movies gain momentum and Paramount seeks to leverage well-known properties.

Following the success of HBO’s “The Last of Us” series in 2023, videogame firms and Hollywood studios rushed to sign adaptation deals for popular titles, resulting in Amazon’s “Fallout” series and an upcoming seq

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