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Karl Urban to join Mortal Kombat sequel as Johnny Cage

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Will Karl Urban shadow-kick his way into the hearts of MK fans?New reports claim Karl Urban is set to star as Johnny Cage, the popular character who first appeared in the Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. The Wrap reports Urban has entered final talks to play the character.It was announced in January that Warner […]

The Essential Video Game Adaptations

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Olly Dyche on the essential video game adaptations…Video game adaptations have notoriously garnered a reputation of being fairly awful, with the likes of Doom, Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and House the Dead being great examples. However, within the fold of poor video game adaptations there have also been some good – and a […]

Mortal Kombat: Onslaught coming to mobile in 2023

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Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have announced that the Mortal Kombat is heading to mobile devices once more in 2023 with Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a collection RPG which promises “the first mobile-exclusive cinematic story experience for the franchise.”In Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, players will have to build a team of kombatants from a vast roster […]

Exclusive Interview – Jeremy Adams on writing Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind

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Ricky Church chats with Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind screenwriter Jeremy Adams…Over the New York Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Animation premiered Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind and Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons. Snow Blind follows the MK character Kenshi in a postapocalyptic wasteland while Battle of the Super Sons follows Jonathan […]

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray release details revealed

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Following hot on the heels of last week’s reveal trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now announced the home entertainment release details for its latest Mortal Kombat animated feature film, which will arrive on digital, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD this October; check out the cover artwork and details […]

Warner Animation’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind gets a first trailer

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Warner Bros. has released a trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, the third instalment in the latest series of animated features following 2020’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge and 2021’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms.This latest film sees young warrior Kenshi training to become powerful enough to challenge Kano, who is hellbent […]

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid sets deal for sequel return

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Back in January it was announced that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema were pressing play on a sequel to last year’s live-action Mortal Kombat movie reboot, and now comes word from Deadline that director Simon McQuoid has closed a deal to return behind the camera.Based on the iconic video game fighting series, Mortal Kombat […]

Sonya Blade joins Iron Studios Mortal Kombat Klassic line with new collectible statue

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Sideshow and Iron Studios have unveiled the tenth scale Sonya Blade statue from the Battle Diorama Series Mortal Kombat Klassic line which is available to pre-order now, priced at $170; check out the promotional images here…Sideshow and Iron Studios are proud to announce the latest from the Battle Diorama Series Art Scale 1:10 line – […]

New Line presses play on Mortal Kombat sequel

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New Line’s Mortal Kombat reboot was one of the first of Warner Bros. day-and-date HBO Max releases during the height of the pandemic, and while reviews were as tepid as Sub-Zero, and box-office understandably middling ($83M worldwide), there was obviously enough there for them not to K.O. the franchise, because news has emerged that Moon […]

Video Game Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Worth Watching

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We know, we know, the video game movie scene is even more notorious than the female superhero one. So many great video games chosen to be adapted into feature length films have had their very essence thrown into a grinder, leaving only a barebones replica for audiences to unsatisfyingly feast on.But sometimes critics can be […]