The film's director Simon McQuoid confirmed on Entertainment Weekly that the new MK film will indeed have "blood, gore, and fatalities." Regarding the film's rating, McQuoid said "The rules around ratings aren't what a lot of people think they are. It's amount of blood, amount of red, it's interpretation of how you go about it. We had a lot of discussions about getting the balance right." Actor Lewis Tan (Wu Assassins, Into the Badlands) plays Cole Young in the movie, a new character to the franchise.
Confirmed Cast:
Ludi Lin (Liu Kang)
Chin Han (Shang Tsung)
Hiroyuki Sanada (Scorpion)
Joe Taslim (Sub-Zero)
Jessica McNamee (Sonya Blade)
Josh Lawson (Kano)
Mehcad Brooks (Jax)
Tadanobu Asano (Raiden)
Max Huang (Kung Lao)
Sisi Stringer (Mileena)
Elissa Cadwell (Nitara)
Cole is described as a washed-up MMA fighter whose career has gone down the drain. Tan told EW, "I've been playing the game since I was a kid. For lack of a better way to describe it, you don't want to mess it up because it's so iconic." Below, take a look at the first screenshots of the upcoming film, set to release in theaters / HBO Max on April 16th, 2021.