Karl Urban joins the fight in 'Mortal Kombat 2' trailer

Karl Urban is ready to fight Johnny Cage.

On Thursday, July 17th, Warner Bros. debut the first trailer for Mortal Kombat IIThe action -packed continuation of 2021s Mortal combat, Directed by Simon McQuoid. Urban, 52, joins Johnny Cage as a franchise as a fan favorite character.

In the first Mortal Kombat The film, the Outworld magician Shang Tsung (Chin Han), aims to eradicate the master between fighters from different areas before the Ultimate Mortal combinate.

After an epic struggle between the Champions of Earthworld and Outerworld, MMA fighter Cole Young (played by Lewis Tan), who learns that he is a descendant of Hanzo Hashi/Skorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada) – finds Hollywood to find a new recruit for Earthrealm. This is the eccentric martial arts film star Johnny Cage.

The trailer teases battles from the critical tournament, in which the Outworld Oberherr Shao Kahn (played by Martyn Ford) will take over.

The sequel will see the return of Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Briggs, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade and Joe Taslim as Subzero. A new actor who will test his power in the video game franchise contains Adeline Rudolph (Hellboy: The crooked man, resident Evil) as Kitana.

Ed Boon, Mortal Kombat Creator and director of the gaming developer Netherrealm Studios spoke with Entertainment weekly For a first look interview that was published in March, in which he teased what fans can expect from the epic sequel-in such a sense of the infinite tension between Scorpion and sub-zero.

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“He is certainly phenomena that are important and necessary for the progress of other action lines,” says Boon about Hanzo Hasashi from Sanada. “He plays a different role. He is not part of the” super friend “who tries to defeat Shao Kahn, but his appearance is the key and is very important for certain parts.”

As for Urban, Johnny Cage brings to life, says Boon: “His integration into mortal combat history and the universe is a large part of what this film is researching. He is a washed-out Hollywood type that is thrown into this magical, ultraviolated thing. Karl, his presentation of Johnny Cage differently than our games.

The Mortal Kombat Films are based on the video game series of the 90s created by Boon and John Tobias, which was developed into a franchise that contains games, comics and an animated TV series.

Mortal Kombat II is in the cinemas October 24th.