James Wan was first brought on to produce a new live - action adaptation of theMortal Kombatvideo game franchise   over three old age ago . Mortal Kombatwas put on   hold for a duo of years while he finishedAquaman , but it was recently denote that the movie would get filming in Australia for a 2021 expiration from manager Simon McQuoid .

This latest development has lead many fan to begin speculating about which grapheme we might see in the approaching adaption , with franchise mainstays like Sub - Zero , Scorpion , Johnny Cage , Liu Kang , Raiden , and Shang Tsung all likely to appear . So , today , without cover some of the obvious option , we ’re move to look at 10 characters we hope to see inJames Wan’sMortal Kombat .

CASSIE CAGE

While   it might at first seem odd to let in the girl of original franchise starsJohnny CageandSonya Blade(considering the new film will probably bring up the franchise ) , we do n’t bang that much about the film yet , and it ’s potential it could take property at any point inMortal Kombat ’s protracted timeline .

Cassie Cage debuted inMortal Kombat Xand serves as the best possible mash - up of both iconic persona . She is also the loss leader of her own Special Forces squad , which could showcase some of the fighters who hold Earth from deplorable organizations and other - dimensional threat .

KABAL

Kabaldebuted inMortal Kombat 3with a very unique appearance for the biz , beginning to let in a rich backstory like many ofMortal Kombat ’s characters . The masked and gas helmet - tire out Kabal was scarred and deform by the military force of Shao Kahn ( Kintaro in the reboot ) and has switch between good and evil throughout the franchise story .

One of Kabal ’s determine characteristic is his unbelievable velocity , which actually makes him the fast character in the game’shuge roster of fighters . Kabal ’s anti - hero traits mixed with his alone appearance and bait swords would work well in live - action , and provide a groovy option to the common ninja character skins that have appeared in the game over the year .

KRONIKA

Shao Kahnis a hard villain to   top , and has been one of the largest threats theMortal Kombatfranchise has ever seen . It ’s totally likely he will still be the main antagonist of the film , but as get a line recently inMortal Kombat 11 , there is another possible villain for the film to search : one who has manipulated   primal minute in theMKmythology for years .

Kronika may be new to the franchise , but   she has proven to be an unbelievable villain with a deadly finish : to wipe out theMKtimeline and restart it from scratch . As this may be a possible secret plan gunpoint given the film ’s likely condition as a reboot , Kronika may prove to be the replacing for Shao Kahn that could help recoil off the raw take on the franchise .

SINDEL

As for Shao Kahn ’s wife Sindel , the Queen of Outworld will hopefully come out in the young motion-picture show for a number of reasons . As the mother of Princess Kitana ( another mainstay we ’d expect to see in the film ) , she would serve flush out the mythology of the tournament and its main players .

It also has to be cite that Sindel is a huge menace to be reckoned with , as we ’ve see her efficient deadliness in action before . Mortal Kombat9featured a warm but beastly cutscene of Sindel as she took on the Earthrealm warrior , wipe out almost every " kombatant " with little to no travail . We ’d love to see a interchangeable second with Sindel conform for the big screen .

SEKTOR

Sektorfirst appeared inMortal Kombat 3as a extremity of the Lin Kuei clan of ninja assassins , which has admit other illustrious members likeSub - Zero , Cyrax , and Smoke . Sektor was one of the few members of the kinship group who   embraced the decision to enhance their assassins with cybernetics , and has furthered his own advancement to result a team of cybernetic ninja assassins known as the Tekunin .

Sektor ’s acceptation of the enhancement   of the Lin Kuei clan   allowed him to continue his own personality , which became colder and more iniquity as the franchise keep on . His   clanmate Cyrax was against the cybernetic enhancements , so his mind was wiped and reprogrammed , making   both type interesting addition to any resilient - action mechanism adaptation .

MILEENA

We already name Princess Kitana , stepdaughter ofShao Kahnwho fights with the warriors of Earth against her Outworld family . Shao Kahn chose to raise the daughter of the vanquished ruler of the Edenia realm , though he reverence she would eventually betray him . So Kahn instructed Shang Tsung to produce a fast clone of Kitana , in case he should ever need to replace her .

This clone was Mileena , who was physically identical to Kitana in almost every elbow room except for   a ferociously fanged mouthpiece , which was a result of the process used to create her . Mileena only briefly appear in the less than impressiveMortal Kombat : Annihilationso it would be   great to see her lineament given another shot at the big screen .

ERMAC

The first appearance of Ermac , inUltimate Mortal Kombat 3,featured a red pallet - swappedScorpionthat paid off a long - running   joke created by a bug from the originalMortal Kombatgame . Fan speculation finally led to the creation of a character key out Ermac that even adopted some of the buff - theorized designs , despite developer previously insisting that   Ermac did not exist .

Ermac ’s persona was heavily flesh out in previous games , and he became a mystical ninja who was actually the monument of dead souls collected by Outworld and Shang Tsung . These soul gave Ermac many cinematic friendly abilities , like flight and telekinesis .

BARAKA

While the absolute majority of the characters on our list are human ( or shut enough when it comes to cyborgs ) in coming into court , Barakarepresents the more demonic side of the franchise . The monstrous Baraka is part of a race know as the Tarkatans , who were capture by Shao Kahn and now live to wait on him .

Baraka debuted inMortal KombatIIand was n’t right away popular due to some flawed fight mechanics , but those issues were resolved in later games .   Baraka ’s   unequalled appearance when compared to the rest of the roll and his weapon of choice ( twin retractable blades domiciliate in his forearms ) , make him a fan - favourite reference who   would look corking on the large screen .

NOOB SAIBOT

in the first place appearing as a unavowed character inMortal Kombat II , Noob Saibothas apace become a fan - favored fibre with a copious backstory . While not appearing as   the playableNoob Saibotcharacter untilUltimate Mortal Kombat 3 , he actually first appeared as Bi - Han , the original Sub - Zero , in the firstMortal Kombat .

QUAN CHI

The true evil mastermind of theMortal Kombatfranchiseis the dialbolical necromancer Quan Chi , who first appear in theMortal Kombat : Defenders of the Realmanimated series before   take a shit the changeover into the game . This revealed his connexion to the various other fighters , most notably Scorpion and Sub - Zero ( Bi - Han ) .

Quan Chi ’s desire to rule the realms by any means possible ( and his ability to rise the fallen fighters as disconsolate variant of their former self ) make him an idealistic candidate to look in the newfangled film . As one of the games '   most adept and unsafe sorcerers , he would match almost any scoundrel run into on screen before , and add a raw depth to the various backstories of some ofMortal Kombat ’s lover - favorite characters .

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