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The first 13 minutes of Mortal Kombat is a match-up between franchise icons Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) and Sub-Zero ( Joe Taslim), set in the 1600s. The games tell of Earth’s participation in an ancient martial arts tournament where the victor’s home dimension is protected from otherworldly invasion.

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Mortal Kombat, opening in theaters and streaming on HBO Max on April 16, is a reboot of the classic video game series first released in 1992.
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Lewis Tan, as newcomer “Cole Young,” is an MMA fighter in the 2021 movie Mortal Kombat.

So if they let us make another one, then we can start really digging into the characters.” “We have to, by the end of the movie, get everyone caught up. “If you walked into the theater and you didn’t know anything, would you enjoy it?” Garner says. Speaking with Inverse as well as other outlets, Garner says the addition of Cole Young allowed the filmmakers to do exactly what they needed to do: Get everyone on the same page. While there are rampant fan theories about Cole Young (such as one theorizing Cole is Chameleon), Mortal Kombat producer Todd Garner says that there’s a very practical purpose for debuting a new character. Inverse has seen the first 13 minutes of Mortal Kombat, and through that experience as well as a conversation with the filmmakers, we learned much more about this newest “kombatant.” Read on for a closer look at Cole, and why the Mortal Kombat team opted to create a new character over including someone as iconic as, say, Johnny Cage. A faded mixed martial arts star, Cole sports a dragon-shaped birthmark granting him entry into an ancient tournament, and therefore, onto HBO Max. Behold the deadliest warriors from all the realms: Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Cole Young.įrom director Simon McQuoid and producers Todd Garner and James Wan, Mortal Kombat introduces a brand new main character never before seen in the historic franchise: Cole Young, played by Into the Badlands alum Lewis Tan. The R-rated reboot of Mortal Kombat will soon stream on HBO Max with all your favorite characters from the iconic video game series.
