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James Wan-Produced ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie is Finally Happening, With Simon McQuoid Directing!

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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.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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