Editorial Staff
Regular collaborators Josh Lawson and Damon Herriman will reunite on New Line’s Mortal Kombat sequel.
Lawson reprises his role from the 2022 film, playing brute fighter Kano, while Herriman (“Justified”, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) joins the franchise as Netherrealm demon Quan Chi.
Martyn Ford (Red Sonja), Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride), and Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka) have also boarded Simon McQuoid’s biffo blockbuster. Returning from the James Wan produced original, Lewis Tan as Liu Kang, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion, and Max Huang as Kung Lao. Jeremy Slater scripted.
Lawson and Herriman, both local Australian actors, previously co-starred in the Oscar winning short The Eleven O’Clock, which the former also scripted, and the feature film The Little Death (2014), which Lawson wrote and directed.
Filming on Mortal Kombat 2 is set to commence this month at the Gold Coast’s Village Roadshow Studios, reportedly creating up to 560 jobs and adding $68 million to the local economy.
“I’m so proud that Atomic Monster is able to bring the filming of Mortal Kombat 2 to Australia,” Wan said. “Filming the first film in Australia was such a great experience, I’m thrilled that with the help of Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, we can show off the majestic locations of Queensland and work with the top-notch artistic talent based there.”
Via ‘THR‘
