James Wan’sMortal Kombatreboot will be hitting theaters in 2021. The video game franchise started back in 1992 and is one of the biggest games in history. The eleventh installment was just released and many are hailing it as the best game in the franchise’s long history. With that being said, the live-action movies from the 1990s were always lacking and fans have been waiting for a proper adaptation for years now. Wan was first attached to the reboot in 2016. When he stated he wanted to take his time to develop the right movie.
Now, three years later, theMortal Kombatreboot is actually happening. It was announced earlier this week that pre-production is gearing up to start at the end of this month in Australia. With that being said, we still have not learned who will be starring in the movie, though it has been heavily rumoredJoel Edgertonwill play Kano. As for the official release date, Warner Bros. has announced thatMortal Kombatwill hit theaters on March 5th, 2021.
The March 5th release date putsMortal Kombatright up againstSony’s long-awaited Masters of the Universemovie, which should be pretty interesting box office competition. With that being said, one of the movies will probably end up moving its release date to allow each other some room to breathe. Back in 2016 when theMortal Kombatreboot was first announced, it was revealed Simon McQuoid would be helming the project, and he is still on board. The movie will serve as McQuoid’s feature-length debut as a director.
James Wanpreviously worked in Australia on the box office smashAquamanand he revealed in a statement earlier this week that he is eager to return. Wan is serving as producer onMortal Kombatand fans of the video game series are looking forward to seeing what he andSimon McQuoidbring to the table. The video game big screen adaptation can be a tricky situation and theMortal Kombatfranchise is already familiar with that fact following 1995’sMortal Kombatand 1997’sMortal Kombat Annihilation. Wan and McQuoid have a pretty big task ahead of them, but excitement and confidence is high for the movie.
Details surrounding theMortal Kombatreboot are scarce at the moment, but with pre-production set to begin later this month, some official details should be forthcoming. Fans of the video game franchise are curious as to who will be starring in the project, which could make or break the project when all is said and done. There’s still a chanceMortal Kombatcould be delayed, especially considering all of the work James Wan threw himself into while makingAquamanand the release date battle withMaster of the Universe. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.Deadlinewas the first to report theMortal Kombatrelease date news.
