MORTAL KOMBAT Reboot Gets Simultaneous Theatrical & HBO Max Release Date; First Poster Revealed

MORTAL KOMBAT Reboot Gets Simultaneous Theatrical & HBO Max Release Date; First Poster Revealed

Amid rumors that Warner Bros. might be considering sending the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie to HBO Max, it's now been confirmed that the reboot will premiere on the streamer the same day it hits theaters.

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By MarkCassidy - Dec 14, 2020 03:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Mortal Kombat

Following last week's announcement that Warner Bros. intends to send its entire 2021 movie slate to HBO Max the same day they hit theaters, the studio has pushed the Mortal Kombat reboot back 3 months from January 15, 2021 to April 16, 2021.

Producer Todd Garner took to Twitter to confirm that simultaneous theatrical/HBO Max release, adding that we won't be seeing a trailer until the new year. We do have a first promo poster, however, featuring the official title treatment and a redesigned take on the video game's classic dragon logo.

WB has also moved the live-action Tom and Jerry movie up from March 5, 2021 to February 26, 20201, and removed Lisa Joy's sci-fi drama Reminiscence from its slate altogether. It was previously dated for April 16, 2021.

Mortal Kombat is set to star Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, and Mehcad Brooks as Jackson "Jax" Briggs. Lewis Tan's role has not been revealed, but there's a lot of speculation that he'll be playing Kung Lao.

The video game adaptation was directed by Simon McQuoid and produced by Aquaman helmer James Wan.

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MUTO123
MUTO123 - 12/14/2020, 3:58 PM
So Tom and Jerry drops on my birthday.

Sometimes my birthday movie is Invisible Man or Get Out. Other times it's Gods of Egypt and this crap.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 12/14/2020, 4:09 PM
@MUTO123 - mine is May 5th. 2020 was the first year in many years that I didn't get a Marvel movie for my B-Day.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 12/14/2020, 4:22 PM
@Manmarvel - Sorry about that. Maybe this year depending on how quickly things get back under control.
inkniron
inkniron - 12/14/2020, 7:02 PM
@MUTO123 - Mine's Feb 14. Every year, it's usually a rom-com, something with a hard R, usually in the form of a horror movie and/or something that overpromises and under delivers.
Jimster
Jimster - 12/14/2020, 7:12 PM
@MUTO123 - Fan4stic dropped on my birthday. My condolences for the duds that drop on yours. Here's to 2022!
SnideCut
SnideCut - 12/14/2020, 9:42 PM
@MUTO123 - Tom and Jerry isn't crap. GTFO
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/14/2020, 3:58 PM
Still pressing ahead with the HBO Max same day release eh WB?
dracula
dracula - 12/14/2020, 4:04 PM
@soberchimera - honestly whether they are released on HBOMax or not i wouldnt expect any of the movies to make big mone in theaters, even if the pandemic ends, people arent just going to start going to the movies
Battabing
Battabing - 12/14/2020, 4:19 PM
@soberchimera - Yeah, there's a pandemic out there, and people aren't going to rush back to the movies overnight. Hell, 50% said they're never going back to theaters.
Himura
Himura - 12/14/2020, 4:49 PM
@soberchimera - Pretty sure it'd be even worse PR if they backpedaled now
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 12/15/2020, 12:11 AM
@soberchimera -
I was honestly half-expecting this to go straight-to-VOD even before the pandemic. It has one of the most amateurish director/writer duos ever with an equally shitty lineup of producers (excluding James Wan).

Who is expecting this to be genuinely good? It's even from the same producer behind those cheesy MK films from the 1990s.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 12/14/2020, 3:58 PM
But why is Lewis Tan in this? Who likes him?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 12/14/2020, 4:01 PM
@WakandanQueen - Who likes Jai Courtney or Scott Eastwood? Every couple years Hollywood finds some random actor and tries to make them a thing despite them having no charm, charisma or general talent.
dracula
dracula - 12/14/2020, 4:03 PM
Cant make an original poster design for t he poster. Didnt all the movies have that basic design
Himura
Himura - 12/14/2020, 4:50 PM
@dracula - It's literally just the logo
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 12/14/2020, 4:04 PM
I thought this fell into developmental Hell?
Any word on whether they're still really gonna keep this Rated R?
dracula
dracula - 12/14/2020, 4:08 PM
@Feralwookiee - well they shot for an r rating so unless they are going to cgi the blood out, should still be r rated
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