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The New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie Has Found Its Sonya Blade and Kano
Three more actors have come aboard the James Wan-produced Mortal Kombat, THR reports today, with The Meg actress Jessica McNamee (pictured above) in final negotiations to star as Sonya Blade and “Superstore’s” Josh Lawson (pictured below) officially signed on to play Kano. Additionally, Lewis Tan (Wu Assassins) is in talks to play an unknown leading character.
They join the previously announced Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Mehcad Brooks as “Jax,” Tadanobu Asano as Raiden and Sisi Stringer as Mileena.
Greg Russo wrote the script, with Simon McQuoid directing. We’ve been promised a rated “R” adaptation of the video games that will most definitely feature Fatalities.
The fight will begin on March 5, 2021. Plot details are under wraps at this time.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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