Mortal Kombat, which is directed by Simon McQuoid from a screenplay by Greg Russo is an upcoming 2021 American martial-arts fantasy action film. It is based on the video game series of the same name by Ed Boon and John Tobias.
The film is a reboot to the Mortal Kombat film series which follows Mortal Kombat Annihilation from 1997.
Filming of the movie took place from September to December, 2019, in Adelaide Studios in Adelaide, South Australia.The film is supposed to be released in the United States on January 15, 2021, by Warner Bros Pictures.
James Wan has signed on as the film’s producer in August 2015. Simon McQuoid was hired as the film’s director in November 2016, marking his feature directorial debut, with Greg Russo writing the script. According to Russo’s tweet in February 2019 , the film’s script was completed. In May 2019, the film had entered pre-production and was decided to be shot in South Australia, with a release date in March 5, 2021.
Russo tweeted in July 2019 that the film would indeed have an R rating and that the games fatalities would finally come on the big screen.
Cast
Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Mehcad Brooks, Tadanobu Asano, Sisi Stringer, and Ludi Lin in the roles of Jax, Raiden and Liu Kang and other cast members include Josh Lawson, Jessica McNamee, Chin Han,Hiroyuki Sanada, Elissa Cladwell , Matilda Kimber and many more. On September 16, 2019, the announcement was made that Max Huang had been cast as Kung Lao, and Elissa Cadwell was announced as Nitara on November 11, 2019. Matilda Kimber was also cast in an undisclosed role on December 4, 2019
Music
Benjamin Wallfisch is the composer of the film’s score.
Release
The film was originally supposed to be released on March 5, 2021, but was moved up to January 15, 2021.