Johnny Cage is back! This time in the role he was born to play -- himself! On the neon streets of eighties Hollywood, the rising martial arts superstar comes face-to-face with the developmental hell that burns at the heart of the entire industry! Watch as Johnny Cage delights in the trailer for his latest action blockbuster: Cage Match!

When Johnny Cage goes on strike - the bad guys pay! The beautiful Ashrah (Kelly Hu) joins him on a mission to find missing actress Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), bringing them into the path of a secret society with ties to the Netherrealm!

The battle in the City of Angels brings Cage into a match against Shinnok (Robert Atkin Downes) and the loyal assassins from Hell - Jataaka (Zehra Fazal) and Kia (Grey DeLisle). All this, plus the late Gilbert Gottfried as the sleazy David Doubldy!

The fourth in the Mortal Kombat Legends series of animated features will be available to purchase October 17th! Will you be entering the Cage Match? Share your reactions in the comments below and find & discuss more from the infernal world of movies in the Media & Merchandise forum!

The rumors of Mortal Kombat 1 download characters are true! A San Diego Comic-Con Kombat Pack trailer officially announced three klassic kombat characters alongside a trio of crossover guest fighters who are right at home with the SDCC celebrations! Watch:

An accidental listing posted to Amazon Italy two months ago has proven correct with the reveal of MK1 DLC for Quan Chi, Ermac, and Takahashi Takeda.

They'll do battle against morally conflicted comic book characters Omni-Man from Invincible comics & animated series, Homelander from The Boys comics & Amazon live-action series, and Peacemaker: the DC Comics hero portrayed by John Cena in The Suicide Squad and HBO Max show.

The Kombat Pack DLC is projected for a release Spring 2024 and is included with the purchase of Premium and Kollector's Editions of MK1. Kombat Pack also includes five Kameo Fighters and a Johnny Cage skin with the likeness of inspirational martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme!

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A girl comes up to me and says 'How do you fight?' and I said: Umgadi. The girl was Tanya, and she's just one of the returning characters facing off against Li Mei in a San Diego Comic-Con trailer spotlighting the friends & foes of Outworld's newly introduced warrior priestesses. Watch:

In Liu Kang's new era - the first daughters of Outworld are assembled as highly-trained elite bodyguards, but Li Mei has fallen out of favour since the Empress' father was murdered on her watch. That isn't the only problem facing the royal guard, with Baraka returning in Mortal Kombat 1 as one of the unfortunate horde who carries the Tarkat disease secretly infecting Mileena.

The trailer also teases segments from the MK1 story mode and shows off Kameo assist moves from returning Deception fighter Darrius! He joins a roster of support characters that includes Goro and Sub-Zero.

Mortal Kombat 1 is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC September 19th with Premium Early Access September 14th. Which of the newly revealed trio are you most excited to see? Share your reactions in the comments below and go deeper in the Mortal Kombat 1 forum!

NetherRealm Studios has set the next stop on the Mortal Kombat 1 promotional tour, officially announcing a live panel from the San Diego Comic-Con to end the working week! The developer promises you "won't want to miss" it as they delve into resetting the timeline.

Scheduled for a 3:15 PM Pacific start and running an hour long, the Mortal Kombat 1 panel is headlined by the new era of "A New Beginning with Mortal Kombat 1" on Friday, July 21st.

SDCC will be one of several stops along the road towards the September release date for the new fighter. Next month will see a playable build available to the public at the Evo World Championship and Gamescom 2023.

Mortal Kombat 1 is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC starting September 14th for Premium Early Access, and September 19th for everybody else! Download the MKO App via App Store and Google Play to save the dates!

NetherRealm Studios is on the home stretch for upcoming new game Mortal Kombat 1, but Ed Boon has split his duties as Chief Creative Officer to go remote from the Australian set of the upcoming MK movie sequel! The franchise co-creator shared happy snaps with some of the new & returning cast via social media. Take a closer look:

It was smiles all around as Ed Boon mingled for photographs with a cast playing characters he helped create over thirty years ago! The developer is down under, expected to film a cameo for the sequel, which will feature several favourites from the original game, including sequel newcomer Karl Urban, already confirmed to have accepted the role of Johnny Cage.

Johnny Cage actor Karl Urban poses with Ed Boon in front of a red stage door on the Village Roadshow lot.

Death will be no obstacle to returning characters in the film sequel. Boon shared images with Joe Taslim and Josh Lawson [pictured below], who each seemingly met their demise in the first film as villains Sub-Zero and Kano.

The popular antagonists have been widely speculated to make game-inspired transformations into the blackened Netherrealm wraith Noob Saibot, and a metal-plated cyborg, respectively. For the latter, it will be a change that brings Kano closer in line with his iconic game counterpart, whose laser eye came from "arcana" - a conceptual device invented for the 2021 film.

[Above]: Ed Boon poses with Joe Taslim (Sub-Zero), Lewis Tan (Cole Young), and Chin Han (Shang Tsung).
[Below]: Photos with Josh Lawson (Kano), Jessica McNamee (Sonya Blade), and Chin Han.

Boon also hammed it up for a solo photo with arch-villain Chin Han [above], who portrays Shang Tsung in the films, but showed there's no hard-feelings or proclivity towards evil, posing with a hand on the shoulder of Lewis Tan, who played a completely original hero created for the first film.

Nobody was in costume, but the cast in attendance might suggest any prospective cameo appearance places Boon somewhere in the realm of Earth. He previously appeared as a television producer who worked with Johnny Cage in the third episode of live-action webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Real-life producer Todd Garner shared a photo of Ed's chair on set, which simply acknowledges him as "Legend".

Mr. Boon, your chair is ready: Filmmakers pay homage to the series' 'legendary' co-creator.

Unofficially titled Mortal Kombat II, the film will also feature Adeline Rudolph as Kitana, Tati Gabrielle as Jade, and Shao Kahn, Sindel, and Quan Chi. Simon McQuoid returns to direct, with James Wan producing with Atomic Monster alongside Broken Road Productions. Filming is underway in Queensland, Australia.

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