Back in September 2015, Machinima announced it would create exclusive video content for Verizon’s mobile video platform go90. Now, the self-described “many-2-many” network has revealed its first series for go90 will be Street Fighter: Resurrection, which will debut in March 2016.
Street Fighter: Resurrection is a sequel to Machinima’s 2014 web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, which was based on Capcom’s Street Fighter video game series. Assassin’s Fist managed to pull in over 17 million views in aggregate across the series’ 12 episodes. Machinima’s five-part Resurrection mini-series will be set ten years after Assassin’s Fist, and star Alain Moussi (Suicide Squad, Pacific Rim) as iconic Street Fighter Charlie Nash. It’s unclear whether or not Resurrection is meant to serve as the previously-announced sequel to Assassin’s Fist, or if the go90 series is an all-new addition to Machinima’s Street Fighter franchise.
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Regardless, Machinima will bring back Assassin’s Fist director and writer Joey Ansah for the new go90 series, as well as producers Jacqueline Quella and Mark Wooding. Actors Mike Moh (Empire) and Christian Howard (The World’s End) will also return to reprise their respective roles as Ryu and Ken, who must team up to take on the presumed-dead Charlie Nash. Machinima will produce Resurrection alongside Capcom, Content Media, and Ansah and Quella.
Resurrection is just one of the many exclusive series digital networks have prepared for go90 in the last few months. Verizon’s mobile video service inked a deal with Jukin Media for the series FailFive, a show based on Jukin’s popular FailArmy property. More recently, CollegeHumor debuted the 52-episode action-comedy series Fatal Decision in November 2015. Go90 also has plans to release content from networks like Maker Studios, New Form Digital, and StyleHaul in the near future.
