Mortal Kombat 2 producer Todd Garner has confirmed that fan-favorite fighter Baraka will seem in the upcoming sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat.
On Twitter, Garner shared a photograph from the set of Mortal Kombat 2. The photograph options a chair belonging to Baraka, confirming that the Tarkatan villain will seem in the movie. That mentioned, it stays to be seen who will truly play Baraka in Mortal Kombat 2.
Who is Mortal Kombat’s Baraka?
Fittingly, Baraka first appeared as a playable fighter in the 1993 arcade title Mortal Kombat II. He has since grow to be a staple of the preventing recreation franchise, most just lately showing in 2019’s Mortal Kombat 11. Dennis Keiffer beforehand performed Baraka in the 1997 movie Mortal Kombat Annihilation, itself a sequel to 1995’s Mortal Kombat.
In the video games, Baraka is the normal of Tarkatan Horde. He serves the Empire of Outworld, remaining ever loyal to the villainous Shao Kahn and his half-Tarkatan daughter, Mileena. Baraka is probably finest recognized for the lengthy, retractable Tarkatan blades that reach from his forearms.
Who is in Mortal Kombat 2?
Baraka just isn’t the solely franchise staple who will seem in Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema‘s Mortal Kombat 2 after beforehand sitting out the 2019 movie. Additional characters becoming a member of the fray in the sequel embrace the aforementioned Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), in addition to Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), Jade (Tati Gabrielle), Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen), and Quan Chi (Damon Herriman). Additionally, Desmond Chiam will play King Jerrod, a non-playable character from the video games.
Of course, a variety of actors from 2019’s Mortal Kombat can even be reprising their roles for the sequel. These embrace Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Briggs, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion.
Mortal Kombat 2 can also be anticipated to characteristic the return of Josh Lawson as Kano, regardless of the character’s obvious loss of life in the first movie. Similarly, Joe Taslim will reprise his position as Bi-Han. Instead of Sub-Zero, nonetheless, Bi-Han is predicted to imagine the id of Noob Saibot this time round.
Mortal Kombat 2 is directed by Simon McQuoid from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater. The movie doesn’t but have a launch date.
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