Mortal Kombat - 'Meet the Kast' Featurette

The Mortal Kombat kast is a truly global and diverse group bringing your champions to life. See it on the big screen in theaters and streaming on HBO Max – April 23. #MortalKombatMovie
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From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new cinematic adventure “Mortal Kombat,” inspired by the blockbuster video game franchise, which most recently enjoyed the most successful video game launch in its history, Mortal Kombat 11. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan (“The Conjuring” universe films, “Aquaman,”), Todd Garner (“Into the Storm,” “Tag”), McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh (“Men in Black: International,” “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”).

In “Mortal Kombat,” MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family's safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from 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 talent spanning the worlds of film, television and martial arts. The ensemble includes Lewis Tan (“Deadpool 2,” Netflix’s “Wu Assassins”) as Cole Young; Jessica McNamee (“The Meg”) as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson (“Bombshell”) as Kano; Tadanobu Asano (“Midway”) as Lord Raiden; Mehcad Brooks (TV’s “Supergirl”) as Jackson “Jax” Bridges; Ludi Lin (“Aquaman”) as Liu Kang; with Chin Han (“Skyscraper”) as Shang Tsung; Joe Taslim (“Star Trek Beyond”) as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero; and Hiroyuki Sanada (“Skyscraper”) as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion. Also featured are Max Huang as Kung Lao; Sisi Stringer as Mileena; Matilda Kimber as Emily Young; and Laura Brent as Allison Young.

McQuoid directed from a screenplay by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham (“Wonder Woman 1984”), from a story by Oren Uziel (“Mortal Kombat: Rebirth”) and Russo, based on the videogame created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Victoria Palmeri, Michael Clear, Jeremy Stein and Larry Kasanoff served as executive producers.

Bringing the hugely popular property to the big screen, McQuoid led a team of Australian and U.S. filmmakers, including director of photography Germain McMicking (“True Detective,” “Top of the Lake: China Girl”), production designer Naaman Marshall (“Underwater,” “Servant”), editors Dan Lebental (“Spider-Man: Far From Home”) and Scott Gray (“Top of the Lake,” “Daffodils”), visual effect supervisor Chris Godfrey (“Hacksaw Ridge”) and costume designer Cappi Ireland (“Lion,” “The Rover”). The music is by Benjamin Wallfisch (“Blade Runner 2049,” the “IT” films).
New Line Cinema Presents an Atomic Monster/Broken Road Production, “Mortal Kombat.” The film is set for release nationwide on April 23, 2021 in theaters and will be available in the U.S. on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

[locbui]

Just letting you guys know, Hiroyuki Sanada is 60 years old. He moves like a mid 30 man.

[tyresepitts]

Seeing the director and actors put this much heart into this movie has me wanting to watch this even more

[Real_Ryan_Gosling]

Hiroyuki Sanada is such an amazing underrated actor man

[MrBassxtrm]

Hiroyuki Sanada is simply awesome. He elevates the quality of the whole film every time he is on the screen. I always feel he does not get enough credit for how great an actor he is (think of Twilight Samurai, Wolverine, Wu-Ji, The Railway Man, 47 Ronin and on and on)

[zZYIGBaLLZz]

It's awesome to see Joe Taslim play sub-zero. That dude is a martial arts beast and deserves more recognition. He was awesome in The Raid and the Night Comes for Us

[blazarre]

As someone who loves both the og movie and the whole game series, I have high hopes for this!

[InfinitMugetsu]

Epic scenes for Hiroyuki Sanada “Scorpion” & Joe Taslim “Subzero” - Opens the door for members of the “Lin Kuei” and “Shirai Ryu”

[Krixko]

we need more of joe taslim sub zero. that guy is a badass since the raid

[ceartrap]

Hiroyuki Sanada's "GET OVER HERE!" gets me Everytime ITS SO GOOD!

[maryamqonita]

The things that I really loved about the movie are Hiroyuki and Joe Taslim.

I love the scene where sub zero freeze the projectile from a shotgun. His face telling us "really?" in a cold blooded face

[stevec]

I love how Hiroyuki says "Scorpion" at 1:04 So badass.

[cold-hearted]

You know even if it doesn’t turn out great I still give massive respect to the work they put into it

[Omega]

I love Hiroyuki Sanada. He is an amazing actor and I really REALLY hope they use him more than in just 15-20 minutes of the sequel. He deserves that and Scorpion was easily one of the best in this film. 💛

And while I also love how they focused more on his skills as opposed to his powers, I would like to see more fire as well. Just saying.

[navynavnav]

the fact that most of the actors are real life martial artist n they can act as hell, so the depth of each n every character could really shown on screen amazingly, bravo! 👏💙✨

[raalaa]

Hiroyuki Sanada was amazing in Twilight Samurai, The Last Samurai, Wolverine ... great choice for Scorpion. Can't wait to see the other actors in action.

[salmanpromise]

This movie will be one of the most epic thing on earth.

[SuperBC]

Can't wait for some Mortal Kombat on the big screen. Going to crank this song up in anticipation.
"Test your might
Test your might
Test your might
Test your might
Mortal Kombat!
Fight!
Mortal Kombat!
Excellent!
Excellent!"

[Exorcistdz]

I love that Joe Taslim used to play Mortal Kombat in the past, and when he see the new Mortal Kombat game and see the current Sub-Zero (Kuai Liang) he know that and said I taught him that, him being Bi Han, Kuai Liang's brother

[germanictradlifewarriorarc]

Scorpion "Get over here"!!that sound great, wow absolutely wow..