It was announced a couple years back that James Wan would be producing a new Mortal Kombat feature film, but needless to say, Wan has been pretty busy since then. We were beginning to wonder if the project was ever going to get off the ground, but today a press release issued over in Australia lets us know that production is finally getting ready to begin!

New Line Cinema’s “epic action film” Mortal Kombat will film in Adelaide, Australia, the press release informs us, with Simon McQuoid on board to direct. Production is set to kick off later this year on the film, which will be McQuoid’s feature directorial debut.

“Mortal Kombat is a bold cinematic adventure based on the blockbuster videogame franchise,” the press release hypes.

South Australia’s Premier Stephen Marshall says, “Mortal Kombat will be the largest film production in South Australia’s history.”

The current screenplay was written by Greg Russo. Todd Garner produces alongside Wan, with Larry Kasanoff, E. Bennett Walsh, Michael Clear and Sean Robins executive producing.

You can read the full press release below.