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If they rebooted this film...


Who would you cast?

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It's not a matter of if anymore, it's a matter of when. James Wan FTW!

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Ronda Rousey would make a perfect Sonya Blade.

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Only if she takes some acting classes.

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My Cast
Rain(Ninja Assassin) - Liu Kang
Matt Mullins - Johnny Cage
Ronda Rousey - Sonya Blade
Michael Jai White - Jax
Ian Anthony Dale - Scoprion
Ray Park - Reptile
Nathan Jones - Goro
Conan Stevens - Motaro
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa - Shang Tsung(Old)
Manu Bennett - Kano
Rick Yune - Quan Chi
Byron Mann - Kung Lao








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Just saw another interesting casting lineup on another site - http://screenrant.com/mortal-kombat-reboot-james-wan-producer/comment-page-1/#comment-1721637

I don't think focusing on martial arts / big hollywood stars is necessarily the best idea. Lets assume the lowest budget for maximum awesomeness, then the script should be really cut down with minimal environmental design / props / CG. Who would be perfect for a script like that? I think Kahn would have to only appear at the end, so he doesn't need to be a big star. Scorpion /Sub Zero / Liu Kang / Sonia / Kano / Cage have already been featured so much, lets assume you want to do something fresh and cover another character with lots of potential... Raiden is not necessarily the best choice for keeping things low budget right? Shang Tsung on the other hand can look like anyone, which brings up awesome story possibilities. The whole film could be about Shang Tsung running a shadow operation on earth to find the greatest warriors to secretly sabotage earth realms chances at success in the future tournament. You could really get into the mind of how driven and power hungry he would be, and with a skill like shape shifting almost noone could ever get the upper hand over him. Ultimate power fantasy, and doesn't need to realy heavily on CGI or martial arts to make it interesting. I feel the same way about Shang Tsung in the game whenever I play against him or as him in the original trilogy. His shape shifting powers make him unlike anyone else, but capable of being anyone else, ergo he is the most complex character and you only really need him to make it compelling.

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Wow. This is actually a pretty awesome cast list. Nice job, man.

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... that actually looks a FANTASTIC choice of casting if they ever decide to finally make this reboot!

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The dude in this fight scene should play someone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4oUeIkwU0o

Double. Whammy.

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Only ones I could think of to fill are:

Rayden - Liam Neeson
Liu Kang - Byung-hun Lee
Sonya - Gina Carano
Johnny Cage - Keanu Reeves

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No idea, but I don't understand WHY they haven't remade this already : they are remaking EVERYTHING, why not this one ?

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