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  • New line cinema gears up for Mortal Kombat sequel

    By Express News Service

    New Line Cinema is gearing up to make a sequel to its 2021 sleeper hit Mortal Kombat. The action-adventure film is based on the widely successful video game franchise. Simon McQuoid, who directed the first film, is returning for the sequel. Mortal Kombat was one of the earliest films to release right after the peak of the pandemic, it went on to stay on top of the box office.

    Video-gameto- film adaptations have a long history of disappointing the fans but Mortal Kombat subverted all expectations to have a stellar theatrical run. Mortal Kombat is a fantasy-based martial artist game that started as an arcade game and went on to expand into several mediums from films to comic books to merchandise.

    Previous live-action adaptations of the game, including Paul W S Anderson’s 1995 film of the same name, had failed to meet expectations. Now that the 2021 film has done well, owing to its stunt choreography, appropriate amounts of fanservice, and tasteful use of gore and violence, New Line Cinema is going ahead with a sequel. Even though most of the characters were killed off in the first film, characters portrayed by Lewis Tan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ludy Lin, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, and Jessica McNamee are set to return for the sequel.

    New Line Cinema is gearing up to make a sequel to its 2021 sleeper hit Mortal Kombat. The action-adventure film is based on the widely successful video game franchise. Simon McQuoid, who directed the first film, is returning for the sequel. Mortal Kombat was one of the earliest films to release right after the peak of the pandemic, it went on to stay on top of the box office.

    Video-gameto- film adaptations have a long history of disappointing the fans but Mortal Kombat subverted all expectations to have a stellar theatrical run. Mortal Kombat is a fantasy-based martial artist game that started as an arcade game and went on to expand into several mediums from films to comic books to merchandise.

    Previous live-action adaptations of the game, including Paul W S Anderson’s 1995 film of the same name, had failed to meet expectations. Now that the 2021 film has done well, owing to its stunt choreography, appropriate amounts of fanservice, and tasteful use of gore and violence, New Line Cinema is going ahead with a sequel. Even though most of the characters were killed off in the first film, characters portrayed by Lewis Tan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ludy Lin, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, and Jessica McNamee are set to return for the sequel.

  • New Line hires Jeremy Slater to write ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood studio New Line has started working on a sequel to its recent hit movie “Mortal Kombat”.

    The studio has hired Jeremy Slater, who most recently worked on Disney Plus’ upcoming series “Moon Knight”, to write “Mortal Kombat 2”, reported Deadline.

    “Beyond excited to be joining this team! We’re building something bigger and better and bloodier that’s going to blow people’s minds,” Slater tweeted.

    His recent scripting credits include the Netflix film “Uprising” with Travis Knight directing. He is currently adapting Stephen King’s “The Tommyknockers” for Universal and James Wan.

    Slater also developed “The Umbrella Academy” for Netflix and was creator and co-showrunner of “The Exorcist” on Fox.

    “Mortal Kombat”, which was released theatrically by Warner Bros in 2021, was based on the video game phenomenon created by Ed Boon and John Tobias.

    It featured an ensemble cast of Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Tadanobu Asano and Chin Han.

    The film was directed by Simon McQuoid, who produced with Todd Garner, E. Bennett Walsh and Wan.

  • Mortal Kombat will retain the essence of the original: Chin Han

    By Express News Service
    Actor Chin Han, who plays the sorcerer Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat said the film retains the spirit of the popular game as well as the original film that released in 1995.

    “This film retains the essence of the games, the spirit of the original movie, and uses it as a jumping-off point to tell a story that speaks to our time, a time of superheroes and antiheroes.

    For me, it’s interesting because of the insights into why Shang Tsung is so determined to take over Earth, and to build his empire on top of it,” he said.

    Describing his character, he says: “The ultimate in evolution and intelligent design, Shang Tsung is not only a shapeshifter, but he’s also a soul eater.

    He can move among humans and they don’t know he is there, and he can access the signature moves of all the fighters in Mortal Kombat, so he has all their strengths, minus any weakness,” the actor said.

    Directed by Simon McQuoid, Mortal Kombat is scheduled to be released in India on April 23 by Warner Bros. Pictures in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. 

  • ‘Mortal Kombat’ retains essence of game, spirit of original movie: Chin Han

    By IANS
    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actor Chin Han, who plays the sorcerer Shang Tsung in “Mortal Kombat”, said the film retains the spirit of the popular game as well as the original film that released in 1995.

    “This film retains the essence of the games, the spirit of the original movie, and uses it as a jumping-off point to tell a story that speaks to our time, a time of superheroes and antiheroes. For me, it’s interesting because of the insights into why Shang Tsung is so determined to take over Earth, and to build his empire on top of it,” he said.

    Describing his character, he says: “The ultimate in evolution and intelligent design, Shang Tsung is not only a shapeshifter, he’s also a soul eater. He can move among humans and they don’t know he is there, and he can access the signature moves of all the fighters in Mortal Kombat, so he has all their strengths, minus any weakness,” the actor said.

    Directed by Simon McQuoid, “Mortal Kombat” is scheduled to be released in India on April 23 by Warner Bros. Pictures in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages.