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WB Considered Bringing ‘Mortal Kombat’ to HBO Max But Theatrical Release Currently Expected

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The most recent release date we were provided with for the new Mortal Kombat movie from Warner Bros/New Line was January 15, 2021, but as you probably figured by now, that’s no longer the plan thanks to the ongoing pandemic upending the film industry. The movie currently has no release date, but WB is reportedly still planning for a theatrical release.

In a lengthy article published by Variety tonight that ponders the uncertainty of 2021’s theatrical slate, the website notes that WB had at one point considered bringing the Mortal Kombat movie straight to HBO Max, much like they’re doing with Wonder Woman 1984 this Christmas, but that the studio now expects to “delay the film’s theatrical debut instead.”

As the article also notes, however, “In Hollywood these days, the only certainty is that nothing is certain.” At this point it’s become pretty clear that the horrors of 2020 are going to extend deep into 2021, with theaters across the United States likely to remain closed for much of next year. And that makes it impossible to predict the fate of many big time releases that were pushed out of 2020 entirely, including Mortal Kombat as well as films like A Quiet Place Part II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Morbius, Candyman, Antlers, Spiral: From the Book of Saw and more.

As for Godzilla vs. Kong, the monster battle may end up on HBO Max in the near future.

Head over to Variety to read the full article about the current state of uncertainty in Hollywood.

Mortal Kombat is produced by James Wan for Atomic Monster, written by Greg Russo, and directed by Simon McQuoidBenjamin Wallfisch (It Chapter Two) is composing the score.

Todd Garner is also producing for Broken Road Productions.

We’ve been promised a Rated “R” movie with gory fatalities.

The cast includes Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion, Chin Han as Shang Tsun, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, stuntwoman Elissa Cadwell as Nitara, and Sisi Stringer as Mileena. Lewis Tan is playing an unknown leading character.

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Adds “Chucky” Actor Teo Briones and More to Lead Cast

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Pictured: Teo Briones in "Chucky" Season Two

The Final Destination franchise is returning to life with Final Destination: Bloodlines. With filming now underway, THR reports that three actors have joined the lead cast, including “Chucky” actor Teo Briones.

Brec Bassinger (“Stargirl”) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game) join Teo Briones, who played Junior Wheeler in season two of “Chucky,” as the leads in the sixth installment of the horror franchise.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) are directing the fresh installment that also includes Richard Harmon (“The 100”, Grave Encounters 2), Anna Lore, Owen Patrick Joyner, Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book Of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor) among the cast.

Production is now underway in Vancouver.

What can we expect from the upcoming Final Destination 6? Speaking with Collider, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick offered up an intriguing (and mysterious) tease last year.

“This film dives into the film in such a unique way that it attacks it from a different angle so you don’t feel like, ‘Oh, there’s an amazing setup and then there’s gonna be one wrinkle that can potentially save you all that you have to kind of make a moral choice about or do to solve it.’ There’s an expansion of the universe that – I’m being so careful,” Reddick teased.

Reddick continued, “It kind of unearths a whole deep layer to the story that kind of, yes, makes it really, really interesting.”

Final Destination: Bloodlines is written by Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream), with Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) producing.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

The latest entry is expected in 2025, coinciding with the original film’s 25th anniversary.

 

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