The upcoming Mortal Kombat movie reboot will be R-rated and feature the games' signature gory fatalities.



Since it's already been stated by other members of the team, I'm gonna put this one to bed. MK WILL be R-Rated and for the first time EVER, FATALITIES will FINALLY be on the big screen (and no I'm not gonna say which ones) You'll just have to wait for the movie & see!!! ;) pic.twitter.com/aVTewH4t28 — Greg Russo (@WriterRusso) July 12, 2019

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Mortal Kombat Director, Producer, Release Date

In a post on Twitter , Mortal Kombat's screenwriter Greg Russo announced the news, reinforcing what other members of the film's team have been discussing online. "MK WILL be R-Rated," Russo said, "and for the first time EVER, FATALITIES will FINALLY be on the big screen."Russo refused to say which fatalities will be brought to the film, but there will almost certainly be several of the classic violent finisher moves for Mortal Kombat fans to get excited about.Little else of the Mortal Kombat film has been revealed so far, but it begins filming in Australia later this year. The only confirmed cast member is The Raid: Redemption's Joe Taslim, who will be playing the games' arguably most iconic character, Sub-Zero . An allegedly incomplete Mortal Kombat cast list suggests he'll be joined by people playing Kano, Sonya Blade, Raiden, and a new character called Cole Turner.The film will be directed by the relatively unknown Simon McQuoid, and produced by industry veteran James Wan (Saw and Aquaman). There is currently no release date or plot synopsis, but with this news it seems set that Mortal Kombat will be a blood-soaked, skull-cracking jaunt.In our Mortal Kombat 11 review, we called the game "Amazing" saying "Mortal Kombat 11 is the best game in the 27-year-old series thanks to deep, methodical new mechanics and fun story."

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