Karl Urban Is in Talks to Play Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2: Report

Karl Urban is reportedly in closing talks to be part of the forged of the Mortal Kombat sequel. As per The Wrap, The Boys star is becoming a member of the sequel to New Line’s 2021 live-action adaptation in the function of Johnny Cage, the assured motion film star with immense martial arts background. Simon McQuoid will return to direct the sequel, from a script penned by Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight, The Umbrella Academy). It’s not shocking for Urban to tackle a blockbuster function both, having been concerned in franchises just like the aforementioned The Boys, The Lord of the Rings films, and Thor: Ragnarok.

Urban has prior expertise starring in online game tasks as nicely, similar to 2005’s Doom — in which he performed Doomguy — and a voice function in the upcoming Ark: The Animated Series. For the uninitiated, Johnny Cage is likely one of the central characters in the Mortal Kombat titles, sworn to shield the Earthrealm from threats, whereas being largely involved about whether or not he seems cool when doing it. He was the one lead character, who was not noted of the 2021 movie, albeit a post-credits scene teased his look in a possible sequel, on the time. The new Mortal Kombat film is actually a grittier reboot — in contrast to the Nineties movies — bringing in fatalities (brutal ending strikes) to the combo.

Mortal Kombat was launched concurrently in theatres and HBO Max in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and was largely centered on the origin story of Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) and Sub-Zero’s (Joe Taslim) feud. The movie additionally starred Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks because the cybernetic Jax, and Jessica McNamee as particular forces officer Sonya Blade. In the video games, she’s additionally depicted because the love curiosity of Cage. Mortal Kombat grossed $84.4 million (about Rs. 689 crore) on the worldwide field workplace, towards a manufacturing funds of $55 million (about Rs. 449 crore). The figures might sound small, however that has to do with its simultaneous launch on HBO’s streaming service. As per Business Insider, it was the most-streamed film among the many movies Warner Bros dropped in theatres and HBO Max on the similar time in 2021, garnering a gap viewership of three.8 million.

The information about Urban’s involvement in Mortal Kombat 2 comes precisely a yr since WWE famous person Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin expressed his curiosity in taking part in Johnny Cage in a possible sequel. “I have been working on my splits, I’ve been working on my kicks,” he mentioned on a podcast from final yr (through IGN). “As soon as I saw that Mortal Kombat was out and there was no Johnny Cage yet and my name was literally trending Worldwide No. 1, ‘We want Miz as Johnny Cage,’ I was like, ‘If they want that to happen, I need to basically make sure that I am prepared and ready that if that opportunity presents itself then I will be ready and focused.” The wrestler is thought for being a whole showman on WWE, with even MK creator Ed Boon endorsing him. Sad day for The Miz certainly.

Currently, there aren’t any launch particulars for the Mortal Kombat sequel.