There’s a Mortal Kombat animated film on the way, and Warner Bros. expects it to release before the end of June, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Animated Mortal Kombat movie ‘Scorpion’s Revenge’ launching by June
Jennifer Carpenter and Joel McHale head up the voice cast
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The film is called Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. The voice cast stars Patrick Seitz as Scorpion. Seitz voiced Scorpion in Mortal Kombat X and is Tygra and Mumm-Ra in Cartoon Network’s upcoming Thundercats Roar.
Other cast include Joel McHale (Community, and co-host of 2013’s VGX) as Johnny Cage; Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) as Sonya Blade; Jordan Rodrigues as Lui Kang; Steve Blum as Sub-Zero and David B. Mitchell as Raiden.
Two producers with animated Batman experience are helming the project: Rick Morales (Batman vs. Two-Face) and Jim Krieg (Batman: Gotham by Gaslight). NetherRealm Studios’ Ed Boon is aboard as kreative konsultant.
A live action, feature-length Mortal Kombat reboot, from New Line Cinema, is planned to release March 5, 2021.
Mortal Kombat 11 is the series’ current title; it’s about to deliver the fifth of six promised premium DLC fighters for its season pass, namely, The Joker.
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