Karl Urban is in "final talks" to play Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2

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Mortal Kombat 2 may have found its Johnny Cage: The Boys and Dredd actor Karl Urban is reportedly in discussions to join t♑he video game movie se🎃quel.

As per , Urban is currently in "final talks" for t💯he iconic MK role. Cage, a larger-than-life Hollywood star, first appeared in the original Mortal Kombat way back in 1992 and has been a mainstay ever since – even appearing in the pair of '90s movies, played by Linden Ashby and Chris Conrad respectively.

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It’s also been revealed that the 2021 movie's director Simon McQuoid is returning for the sequel. He’ll be working off a script penned by Jeremy Slater (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Moon Knight).

There are some passionate fans on social media, however, who had their sights set on another face for Johnny Cage. WWE wrestler The Miz has long been a fancasting favorite to play the role of Cage, with : "He’s born for that role." Another , "Casting Karl Urban tꦐo play a guy that The Miz literally modeled his entire gimmick on is on the same level as Chris Pratt being Mario."

Mortal Kombat 2 is set to start filming next month. On the games side of things, an incredibly cryptic teaser has seemingly 澳洲幸运𓃲5开奖号码历史查询:confirmed the existence of Mortal Kombat 12.

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