The First Mortal Kombat trailer brings the beloved game to a bloody life!
After revealing a brief snippet of footage and footage of the highly anticipated new adaptation of the Midway Games franchise, Warner Bros. and HBO Max revealed the first full red band Mortal combat trailer for Simon McQuoid’s reimagination, which can be seen in the player below! Also check out some new photos in the gallery!
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At the Mortal combat, MMA fighter Cole Young, used to taking a beating for money, doesn’t know about his heritage – or why Emperor Shang Tsung of Outworld sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, a cryomancer from another world, to hunt Cole. Fearing for the safety of his family, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade in the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who carries the same strange dragon that Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself in the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who carry the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and the devious mercenary Kano, as he prepares to take on Earth’s greatest champions against Outworld’s enemies in a high-risk battle across the universe. But will Cole be pressured enough to unlock his arcanum – the immense power within his soul – in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all?
The diverse international cast reflects the global nature of the brand, with talents spanning the worlds of cinema, television and martial arts. The set includes Joe Taslim as Sub Zero; Ludi Lin as Liu Kang; Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson as Kano; Tadanobu Asano as Raiden; Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Bridges; Chin Han as Shang Tsung; Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion; Max Huang as Kung Lao; Sisi Stringer as Mileena; and Lewis Tan.
James Wan (The Conjuring universe, Aquaman) and Todd Garner (In the storm, Marking) are producing. Larry Kasanoff, E. Bennett Walsh, Michael Clear and Jeremy Stein are serving as executive producers.
Bringing the extremely popular property to the big screen, director Simon McQuoid led a team of Australian and American filmmakers, including director of photography Germain McMicking (Real detective, Lake Top: China Girl), production designer Naaman Marshall (Underwater, Servant), editor Scott Gray (Lake Top, Daffodils) and costume designer Cappi Ireland (Lion, The Tramp)
The first video game in the series was developed by Midway Games and released in 1992. The storyline shows a diverse range of fighters from eighteen different kingdoms who face off in an epic tournament. Some sequences followed the original game with the most recent one, Mortal Kombat 11, being released earlier this year.
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Two Mortal combat films have been made previously. The first, simply entitled Mortal combat, was directed by Paul WS Anderson and released in 1995. Two years later came a sequel, Annihilation, which also paved the way for two television series: the animated Kingdom Defenders and the live action Konquest. Two web series were launched based on ownership also by director Kevin Tancharoen.
Mortal combat is scheduled to hit theaters and HBO Max simultaneously on April 16!
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