Mortal Kombat (2021 film)

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Mortal Kombat
Directed by Simon McQuoid
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Screenplay by Greg Russo
Based on Mortal Kombat
by Ed Boon & John Tobias
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Cinematography Germain McMicking
Edited by Scott Gray
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Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
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  • January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15) (United States)
Country United States
Language English

Mortal Kombat is an upcoming 2021 American martial-arts fantasy action film directed by Simon McQuoid (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Greg Russo, based on the video game franchise of the same name created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. The film serves as a reboot to the film series following the 1997 film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. It will mark the first non-horror picture from Atomic Monster Productions.

The film is produced by New Line Cinema and scheduled for release by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 15, 2021.[1]

Cast

Additionally, Lewis Tan and Matilda Kimber will appear in undisclosed roles.[5][6]

Production

Development

In 2010, director Kevin Tancharoen released an eight-minute short film titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth,[7] made as a pitch to Warner Bros. Pictures of a reboot of the Mortal Kombat film franchise.[8] In September 2011, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. announced that Tancharoen was hired to direct a new feature-length film from a screenplay by Mortal Kombat: Rebirth writer Oren Uziel,[9] with the intention of aiming for an R rating.[10] Shooting was expected to begin in March 2012 with a budget projected at between $40–50 million[11] and a release date of 2013.[12][13] However, the project was ultimately delayed due to budget constraints, and Tancharoen began working on the second season of the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy until problems with the film had been sorted out, but he quit the film production in October 2013.[14]

James Wan signed on as the film's producer in August 2015.[15] Simon McQuoid was hired as director in November 2016, marking his feature directorial debut, with Greg Russo writing the script.[16][17] Russo tweeted in February 2019 that the film's script was complete.[17] In May 2019, it was announced that the film had entered pre-production and would be shot in South Australia,[18] with a release date of March 5, 2021.[19] Russo tweeted in July 2019 that the film would indeed have an R rating and that the games' Fatalities would "finally be on the big screen".[20]

Casting

Joe Taslim was the first actor cast for the production in July 2019, as Sub-Zero.[21][22] In August, Mehcad Brooks, Tadanobu Asano, Sisi Stringer, and Ludi Lin were cast in the roles of Jax, Raiden, Mileena, and Liu Kang respectively.[23] Later that month, Josh Lawson, Jessica McNamee, Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada were cast as Kano, Sonya Blade, Shang Tsung and Scorpion respectively, with Lewis Tan in an undisclosed role.[5][24] On September 16, 2019, it was announced that Max Huang had been cast as Kung Lao.[3] Elissa Cadwell was announced as having been cast as Nitara on November 11, 2019.[2] Matilda Kimber was cast in an undisclosed role on December 4, 2019.[25]

Filming

Production took place at Adelaide Studios and other locations in South Australia.[26] Shooting commenced from September 16, 2019 to December 13.[27]

Release

Mortal Kombat is set for release on January 15, 2021, moved up from its original date of March 5.[1]

References

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