MORTAL KOMBAT Sequel Adds RESIDENT EVIL And SABRINA Actress Adeline Rudolph As Kitana

MORTAL KOMBAT Sequel Adds RESIDENT EVIL And SABRINA Actress Adeline Rudolph As Kitana

One of the OG Mortal Kombat characters (well, she debuted in the second game) is set to be introduced in New Line's upcoming sequel. Kitana will be played by Sabrina actress Adeline Rudolph...

By MarkCassidy - May 26, 2023 06:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Mortal Kombat
Source: Via GameFragger.com

New Line's recent Mortal Kombat reboot didn't exactly achieve a flawless victory at the box office, but it performed well enough - especially as one of the first major Covid-era releases with a day-and-date streaming debut - to warrant a sequel, and producer Todd Garner recently took to Twitter to confirm that production is set to get underway in Australia next month.

None other than Karl Urban (The Boys, The Lord of the Rings movies) is set to play Johnny Cage, with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Tati Gabrielle on board as Jade.

Now, THR reports that Gabrielle's Sabrina co-star Adeline Rudolph has been added to the cast as a character who was introduced in the second game, the fan-wielding warrior known as Kitana.

The short-lived Netflix show marked Rudolph's screen debut, but the Hong Kong-born model-turned-actress has also appeared in the CW’s Riverdale and Netflix’s Resident Evil series. She is currently filming the female lead in Millennium’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man.

The first movie's surviving characters will return, but we will also see the debut of some new heroes and villains from the long-running video game series, including Baraka, Shao Khan, Sindel, Quan Chi and Kitana.

Did you guys enjoy the first Mortal Kombat? Drop us a comment down below.

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VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/26/2023, 6:12 PM
Ehhhh. K.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/26/2023, 6:15 PM
She's stunning

The Director must have really liked Sabrina.

Really hope the sequel focus's more on Liu Kang


TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/26/2023, 7:14 PM
@SimplyAz - If they recast, the actor was pretty bad...well, all were, except the guy playing Kano, and obviously Sanada, who btw, is even coming back?
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 5/27/2023, 4:25 AM
@TheHumanSpider2 -

Very hit and miss casting for the first one including the Director

Hope Sanada is back
mountainman
mountainman - 5/26/2023, 6:19 PM
The first wasn’t great. The Sub Zero and Scorpion backstories were the best part. Hopefully the sequel can improve on some things.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/26/2023, 7:08 PM
@mountainman - show more of them have scorpion speak English they where stars of movie still enjoyed than pg13 version but pg13 had better soundtrack
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/26/2023, 8:40 PM
@mountainman - The opening 10 minutes I thought I was in for something special but sadly it went downhill after that.

Lack of tournament didn't help.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/26/2023, 8:58 PM
@marvel72 - I actually would be fine with a “pre tournament” movie. But it was just written and acted terribly and the action wasn’t good enough for what it was. And what the hell was that made up character not from the games?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/26/2023, 6:32 PM
The first was ABSOLUTE GARBAGE and they director is completely my back. Writers too I believe.

This franchise needs a Leigh Whannell type. Meanwhile the new Street Fighter film has the talented Philippou Brothers at the helm. Major W
EZBeast
EZBeast - 5/26/2023, 6:32 PM
Wasn’t kitana in the last movie or was it just that forgettable?
Origame
Origame - 5/26/2023, 6:52 PM
@EZBeast - no. It had Sonya and millena. But no kitana.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/26/2023, 6:32 PM
First one had its moments, but it wasn't great. They need to ditch that charisma vacuum Lewis Tan.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 5/26/2023, 6:45 PM
The first was visually nice but the story was disappointing, except the Sub-Zero vs Scorpion stuff that I enjoyed. Plus it got old seeing the armadillo guy constantly have to be saved by someone in every fight. Hopefully part 2 is step in a better more entertaining direction. 🤞
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/26/2023, 7:12 PM
Considering Mileena was black and not asian, shouldnt Kitana...also be black and not asian?

Anyway, seems like the entire budget went to Karl Urban.
Forthas
Forthas - 5/26/2023, 7:14 PM
This franchise has the opportunity to be something special. The first film was OK but they need to improve their casting and story telling.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 5/26/2023, 7:37 PM
Mileena before Kitana and Jade...

...only in Hollywood, fellas.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/26/2023, 10:21 PM
For the life of me....I will never understand why Cole Young became a character in the film. You had Liu Kang...but nooooooo....Smh
ThouBear8
ThouBear8 - 5/26/2023, 11:30 PM
I don't have the hatred for Lewis Tan that so many others seem to have, but I do agree his character was BY FAR the weakest aspect of the first movie.

Hopefully they'll course correct in the second one. I actually did really enjoy a lot of the first one, despite them pretty much revolving it around the worst character (who of course isn't even from the games).
Matchesz
Matchesz - 5/27/2023, 1:22 AM
Please kill Cole off in a beginning fatality, they would win every MK fan over in the first 10 mins
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 5/27/2023, 9:48 AM
@Matchesz - they should keep him around till the middle of the movie, still being the lead character, then kill him off as like a shocking "nobody is safe" twist to anchor the middle of the film.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 5/27/2023, 9:51 AM
@Matchesz - I mainly just think it would be a crazy move, like what trilogy kills off its main character in the middle of the second film and he just stays dead?

Plus in Mortal Kombat Annihilation, they killed off Johnny Cage in the beginning, and I feel like killing Cole in the beginning would feel too similar.
THEREALPAPERKUT
THEREALPAPERKUT - 5/27/2023, 7:02 AM
I was hoping they’d stick with Mileena being a clone of Kitana so we can get thicc Kitana 😢
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