![]() But he signed onto the Mortal Kombat cast as Kano. Many know Josh Lawson for his comedic roles in House of Lies, The Campaign, and Anchorman 2. We can likely trust her to take on the mysterious evils of Mortal Kombat. The actress bringing her to life last appeared fighting a giant shark alongside Jason Statham in The Meg. The original female Mortal Kombat character, Sonya Blade is a badass special forces officer who has been a part of the game since its first release in 1992. Brooks definitely has the chops for the role and it’ll be fun to see him getting some more action in this R-rated movie. We’re very interested to see how this one shakes out. In his most recent role he portrayed mild-mannered Jimmy Olsen on Supergirl. Mehcad Brooks is a charming and talented actor. Jax is a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier and special forces officer who works alongside Sonya Blade. But while he’s a pacifist at heart he’s also a stunning fighter. Lao though would rather not take part in the brutal fight to the death. Kung Lao is a former Shaolin monk whose ancestor was a great warrior. This is a powerhouse team up for two of Mortal Kombat‘s most important figures. Max Huang is a stuntman and actor who regularly works alongside Jackie Chan. He’s the arch-enemy of the nefarious magical sorcerer Shang Tsung. Liu is the closest thing to a good guy in the world of Mortal Kombat. ![]() You probably know him best from the underrated 2017 Power Rangers flick, but Ludi Lin was most recently seen in Aquaman and the Black Mirror episode “Striking Vipers.” This is a massive moment for Lin as Liu Kang is the main character in pretty much every Mortal Kombat game. Tan told Entertainment Weekly that Cole’s a “washed-up MMA fighter who used to be a champion, who used to believe in himself, who used to have a lot of hope in his career.” No longer.Įntertainment Weekly revealed that “Cole knows nothing of his heritage aside from the mysterious birthmark on his chest-in the shape of the Mortal Kombat symbol.” And that symbol leads Cole to meet some other key MK characters. Lewis Tan’s playing an entirely new character called Cole Young. It’s definitely a big budget fight film with intense fight sequences. And one of the most exciting parts of this cast is the roster of martial arts stars. It details the opening-the crucial piece of lore from the original games that we mention above. The piece goes into detail about some of the most vital and exciting parts of the game. And now thanks to an Entertainment Weekly feature we’ve got a clearer idea of what Mortal Kombat is actually about. And the R rating means that we’ll undoubtedly get some of the game’s famous gore. The martial arts-savvy cast means that it will likely be a serious action film. Greg Russo and Dave Callaham wrote the screenplay with the story by Russo and Oren Uziel. It sets up fighting and it sets up fatalities in one scene.” Here’s everything else we know so far about the promising project: What is it about?ĭirected by Simon McQuoid, Mortal Kombat will be a new adaptation of the popular fighting game. So it sets up the spectacle, it sets up the emotion, it sets up the characters, and sets up the tone. Within 13 minutes you have romance, you have death, you have a tragedy, you have ice, you have a guy getting his head stabbed, you have someone getting taken to hell. He said,”That is such an integral part, emotionally to the Mortal Kombat lore in terms of it’s about family, it’s about clan, it’s about misunderstanding, it’s about two cultures clashing. Garner explained that even though the team was aiming to make the movie accessible, this was still a vital part of the game and story. Our goal was: how do you just be able to have somebody come sit down in a theater and watch this movie and not be completely confused by the unbelievable lore that Ed and John have created over 30 years?” So we couldn’t start now we had to start at the beginning. The main characters have kids who are old enough to fight. “We had to start at the beginning, right? The game has come so far.
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