James Wan’sMortal Kombatmovie reboot will reportedly   film in Australia , with pre - production set to go ahead this month . The 2D fight gameMortal Kombatfirst appear back in 1992 , and promptly became one of the most popular colonnade games of all time thanks to its frantic action , regalia of exotic characters and   survival of the fittest of devastate finish moves . plate version of the biz soon pop up on video game consoles , and the serial is still going impregnable into 2019 , with the last instalment , Mortal Kombat 11 , go far in April .

The first flick version ofMortal Kombatcame style back in 1995 , with futureResident Evilhelmer Paul W.S. Anderson in the managing director ’s chair , and a cast that included   Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa , Christopher Lambert and Talisa Soto . The film went on to gross $ 122 million worldwide , and was followed by the sequelMortal Kombat : Annihilationas well as the television spinoff seriesMortal Kombat : Defenders of the RealmandMortal Kombat : Conquest . Efforts to get a novel movie bring up off the soil kicked off in 2011 with New Line Cinema tap   Kevin Tancharoen ( Fame ) to direct . Tancharoen would eventually leave behind the delayed project however , and New Linewould bring in James Wanas producer , with   Simon McQuoid later joining as director .

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The latest update onMortal Kombatindicates that things are go forward quickly on the reboot picture show , with a shooting location now chosen . As reported by ABC Adelaide’sClaire Campbell , the premier of South Australia Steven Marshall announced in a press league thatMortal Kombatwill film in the province , and indeed will be the largest flick ever made there , with the local thriftiness benefit to the tune of 580 jobs and $ 70 million in tax revenue . The film reportedly will go into pre - production outset this calendar month .

write up details for the young take onMortal Kombatare not yet experience , but back in July 2018a character breakdown was revealedthat designate the movie would revolve around a raw fibre refer Cole Turner , and would also include a 14 - year - honest-to-goodness version of the video recording plot character Raiden . However , the breakdown was later claimed to be false by producer Todd Garner .   Back in March , a report surfaced sayingJoel Edgerton is being sought to starin the movie as video game character Kano .

It stay to be seen what on the button Wan has in shop for the new reboot ofMortal Kombat , but there ’s no doubt the manufacturer has a solid track record with action , having lead the blockbustersAquamanandFurious 7 . The firstMortal Kombatmovie may have been a solid hit at the time , but fan do n’t necessarily remember it very fondly today , and are hoping the next cinematic take on the darling video game title does a better caper of deport the off-white - crunching goods .

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