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From New Line Cinema comes the explosive new movie “Mortal Kombat,” bringing to life the intense action of the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, pitting the all-time, fan-favorite champions against one another in the ultimate, no-holds-barred, gory battle that pushes them to their very limits. The film is helmed by award-winning Australian commercial filmmaker Simon McQuoid, marking his feature directorial debut, and produced by James Wan, Todd Garner, McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh.

In “Mortal Kombat,” MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Sorcerer Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt him down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with. Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies from Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all?

The diverse international cast reflects the global nature of the brand, with talent spanning the worlds of film, television and martial arts. The ensemble includes Lewis Tan as Cole Young; Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade; Josh Lawson as Kano; Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden; Mehcad Brooks as Jax; Ludi Lin as Liu Kang; with Chin Han as Shang Tsung; Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero; and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion. Also featured are Max Huang as Kung Lao and Sisi Stringer as Mileena.

McQuoid directed from a screenplay by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham, from a story by Oren Uziel and Russo, based on the video game created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Victoria Palmeri, Michael Clear, Jeremy Stein and Larry Kasanoff served as executive producers.

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Bringing the hugely popular property to the big screen, McQuoid led a team of Australian and U.S. filmmakers, including director of photography Germain McMicking, production designer Naaman Marshall, editors Dan Lebental and Scott Gray, visual effects supervisor Chris Godfrey, costume designer Cappi Ireland and fight choreographer Chan Griffin. The music is by Benjamin Wallfisch.

New Line Cinema Presents an Atomic Monster/Broken Road Production, “Mortal Kombat.” The film is set for release nationwide in theaters and will be available in the U.S. on HBO Max in 4K UHD, HDR10, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos on supported devices for 31 days from theatrical release. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

“Mortal Kombat” is rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

That dragon marking…it’s an invitation to fight for something known as

Mortal Kombat.

In “Mortal Kombat,” the visceral, high-octane global phenomenon is catapulted to the screen in an action adventure that finds Earthrealm turning to a team of untried warriors as it faces a decisive battle against enemies from Outworld. The hero’s journey begins when Cole Young learns of his true destiny: to join a group of chosen warriors and prepare for a match far more deadly than the MMA bouts he’s used to. In fact, the very fate of Earth is in their hands.

Director/producer Simon McQuoid states, “Our goal in bringing this story to the screen was to respect the material and service the true fans, but also create a thrilling experience for moviegoers who might not know the games. We wanted to give everyone a really fun, unrelenting ride, and let film audiences get to know these incredibly cool characters and the powerful energy of this IP. Hopefully we’ve remained authentic and, at the same time, have been able to elevate the MK DNA in a big, cinematic way that hasn’t been done in a very long while.”

Part of staying true to the property would, of course, require the filmmakers to lean into its unabashed brutality, knowing at its core it’s about two worlds at war, carried out in a solely hand-to-hand manner. “It’s a key element of Mortal Kombat,” McQuoid confirms, “but the great thing about these characters is, once you know them and their motivations, the fighting is as meaningful as it is unapologetic; you pick your favorites and you care about what happens to them.”

The film “Mortal Kombat” includes numerous canon favorites like Scorpion and Sub-Zero, the extensive lore, the iconic costumes and catchphrases, signature moves leading to gory fatalities, and the fully realized realms.

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James Wan, who produced the film with Todd Garner, McQuoid and E. Bennett Walsh, explains, “It’s been over 25 years since the first feature film came out, and fans have been pretty vocal asking for another big screen entry. As a fan myself of the games and movies, I, too, wanted to see another theatrical version of this, and felt it was time again to revisit this IP that has been kept relevant in the game world but not as much in the feature world.

“From the get-go,” he continues, “Todd Garner, my Atomic Monster team and I were gun-ho about creating an updated version with today’s filmmaking technology, whilst being respectful to the fantasy tone, violent action and gore of the game that fans have come to love. We wanted to bring these vivid characters and stories back to the big screen in a modern, exciting way for a whole new generation who may not be as familiar with the films as we were growing up.”

Wan and Garner discussed early on how to approach a fresh take on the material with a distinct nod to its history, satisfying fans but also hopefully gaining new ones. Garner says the key to that was “making sure we got the story right. We didn’t want to remake the 1995 movie, we didn’t want to short-change the fans, but we needed an epic storyline that, even if you have never played the game, you could still become immersed in it.”

“Simon had a strong vision for the world and the characters from the original material,” says Wan, a master at world-building. “Even though this is his first feature, he’s spent years in the commercial world telling visual stories, and he worked closely with the writers to design the world in the film.”

Garner adds, “When I came upon Simon’s work, not only was it visually exciting, but he really could tell a story in 30 seconds. One of the reasons why we were eager to work with him was because he really wanted to take this inclusive, grounded, more realistic approach to the epic adventure.”

In bringing the games to life, McQuoid and the writers sought an easy entrée into the world for the uninitiated and created Cole Young as a vehicle for discovery so that, whether a viewer is familiar with Mortal Kombat or not, they can see the world through his eyes as someone who is experiencing it for the first time.

Writers Oren Uziel and Greg Russo developed the story that Russo and Dave Callaham then scripted. Russo recalls, “Respect for the canon was the mission statement I had from the very beginning.” As a longtime fan who ranks in the top 50 among gamers in the world and top 15 in the U.S. on the Xbox platform, that was a given for Russo, who, on a visit to his mother’s home around the time he began crafting the story, found old drawings and stories about the Mortal Kombat game that he made when he was 12 years old. “I dug them out and showed my wife, and she was like, ‘Wow!’

“Video games were always an outlet for me growing up,” he continues. “Mortal Kombat was one of the games I latched onto the most. I would spend countless hours at the arcade after school playing with my friends, and I had all the home console versions. My love for this property was fostered at a very young age. I feel this was always meant to be.”

McQuoid adds, “The fans invest a lot of time and money and attention into the games and are invested in the characters. They know if back to front and they love it, and the writers made sure to respect that while also considering a new audience. That’s one of the reasons I loved the script—it had heart and soul and humanity underscoring the intense action and adventure. Every character is fighting for what matters to them.”

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CAST & CHARACTERS :

The international cast of “Mortal Kombat” reflects the global nature of the brand; every actor in the film was cast not only for their talent, but also because they accurately represent their character as the fans know and love them. McQuoid says, “With this film we are elevating these much-loved characters onto a platform that is even more massive than in the games, so we respected every character as best we could in order to bring them to the big screen in a way that feels authentic.”

Garner agrees. “The property itself has this wonderful diverse group of characters, and our goal was to accurately reflect the ethnicity of each in our cast.”

Wan adds, “In the world we’re living in today, representation is extremely important. When you have a film like this, there’s nothing better than embracing the way the characters were designed and casting talent from around the world.”

These are your champions!

Heroes of Earthrealm

The only lead role in the film that gamers won’t find familiar is the story’s point of entry, Cole Young. A new character to the Mortal Kombat franchise, Cole is a gifted MMA fighter struggling to catch a break in the violent, competitive world of cage fighting. Unaware of his powerful heritage, Cole bears a distinct birthmark that he soon discovers has made him the target of Outworld’s assassins. Desperate to protect his family and uncover the truth behind his marking, Cole is propelled into a dangerous journey where the only thing that can save him is unearthing his own power from within: his arcana.

Lewis Tan plays Cole, a former champion now struggling to get by, fighting in illegal cage matches just to put enough food on the table for his daughter, Emily, and his wife, Allison. He loves his family more than anything in the world, but believes he is letting them down, that he’s not good enough probably never will be. But Cole will soon come to realize that his purpose is much bigger than he ever could have imagined. His journey to become a very different kind of champion begins as he learns the truth about the strange dragon-shaped birthmark he bears.

Russo says that idea for Cole’s storyline came from his own life. “When I began working on this project, my wife and I were in the process of having our first child. I was dealing with a lot of those questions about what it means to be a father, wondering if I would be a good dad, that sort of thing. And I channeled all of those fears and emotions into creating the character of Cole Young.”

Tan recalls, “I think the first time I played Mortal Kombat was in an arcade, but like most kids who fell in love with the action and fighting, I had it at home, too; I would usually play Kung Lao. And I would sneak and play late and night—and get in trouble! And now look at me, mom!” he laughs.

The actor loved the mix of what McQuoid was offering with his take on the Kombat universe. “The story was really cinematic and at the same time grounded, heartfelt, dramatic, violent. What was cool for me is to play this father who, in trying to protect his family, discovers his own true destiny.”

When we meet Cole, he is in the middle of a match. Tan remembers, “it was a powerful scene and it was one of the first scenes that we shot. Cole has a big MMA fight in the beginning against a guy named Ian Streets, who is a real bare-knuckle boxer, who also knows film fight choreography. But you can’t really fake MMA wrestling and that type of stuff too, too well, so we had to go at it for like three days.”

Tan relates that, at the end of that sequence, “Cole and his daughter walk out of this giant MMA warehouse in Port Adelaide—which they made look like Chicago. And they’re sitting together eating ice cream together and then all of a sudden it starts to snow. It’s a summer night in Chicago, and these little snowflakes are falling…” he smiles.

Before Cole can fully realize what’s happening, he’s intersected by a total stranger who does, in fact, seem to comprehend the situation and the grave danger Cole is in: Jax. Played by Mehcad Brooks, Jax—aka Major Jackson Briggs—is a physically imposing, headstrong Special Forces soldier. A natural-born protector, Jax has always put the safety of those around him before himself, and does so again with Cole, ordering him to safety while he takes the hit from the veritable ice storm that’s upon them.

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Brooks offers, “I’ve been such a fan of the game for so long that when I read the script, I flipped. It really is a dream come true to play Jax Briggs.”

Being so familiar with the character, Brooks says the challenge as an actor was precisely that. “The interesting thing about playing a video games character is that you have to walk this line of being larger than life, but also making that person feel real, so I needed to wrap my head around that.”

One trick he employed to put the role into perspective was, he says, “I thought of the Hemingway quote, something along the lines of ‘Once a man has hunted armed men long enough and like it, he has very little appeasement with anything else thereafter.’ For Jax, coming from Special Forces, he doesn’t have an appetite for anything less, so where do you go from there? Monsters, right? And to hunt them, you have to be one, in some ways. He’s a killer, so there was some soul searching I had to do to play that sense of duty, that compartmentalization that comes with the idea that this is what he has to do to keep himself and others safe.”

One of the “chosen” ones himself, Jax bears a mark similar to Cole’s, and has been working to uncover the truth behind the Mortal Kombat mystery—ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good if necessary. In fact, in sending Cole away, Jax sustains a terrible injury, one that would be enough to keep a regular man down. But Jax has unfinished business.

Jax is also responsible for recruiting Sonya Blade to Special Forces, and while she does not bear the chosen mark, the intelligent, steadfast soldier has also been digging into the mythology behind Mortal Kombat for years. A deadly knife-wielding fighter, she is as determined and no-nonsense as they come. Her dedication to unraveling the truth behind the mark has driven her to track down the few remaining champions of Earthrealm.

Jessica McNamee, who plays the powerhouse Sonya, came to the role without a gaming background. “It was a learning experience for me,” she says, “and there’s a lot to learn! I read a lot and listened to a couple of podcasts about all the characters and the game—the whole universe—and that was really helpful. I learned Sonya’s backstory and all about the rivalry she has with Kano.” The actress says the latter helped fuel her performance. “If I’d just read the script alone, I don’t think I would have realized how much of a vendetta Sonya has against Kano—she really wants this guy dead, and that made playing their dynamic really interesting.”

And a conundrum for the character. One of the things that gets under Sonya’s skin is that Kano murdered his way into becoming one of the chosen few. “She has such a predicament, with Kano at the root of it, because she really wants him dead, but she needs him to help save the world.”

Because it’s up to Sonya and the mercenary Kano to see that Cole gets to Lord Raiden’s temple, where he will be trained to fight in Mortal Kombat, McNamee spent a good amount of time with Tan and costar Josh Lawson, who plays the gruff and unrepentant Kano. “They are such cool guys and a lot of fun, and we laughed a lot on set…probably to the annoyance of everyone else trying to get through the scenes,” she grins. “But seriously, they both worked their butts off. Lewis’s work ethic is unreal. Josh, whom I’ve known for a long time, is absolutely the class clown, so I always enjoy working with him.”

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Lawson relished playing Kano, who tends to be a fan favorite thanks to his brash personality, observing, “He’s a guy you love to hate, I think. He’s a mercenary for the Black Dragon Clan, an opportunist…he’s complicated. Is he good, is he bad? He’s antagonistic, self-serving and greedy, with a nasty sense of humor, all of which makes him a lot of fun.”

Loyal to anyone who’ll pay him enough, Kano goes against everything Sonya Blade stands for and their rivalry, well-known throughout the Mortal Kombat universe, is played to full force in the film.

Ironically, though he was familiar with the games, having played them as a kid, Lawson confesses, “I knew Sonya Blade, I knew Lord Raiden, but I never played as Kano!” The actor found it freeing. “I didn’t bring any preconceived ideas on who Kano was for me, I just got to discover it and dive into the character which was so fun.”

As they near the temple, the trio is greeted by Liu Kang, an integral force among Lord Raiden’s team of Earthrealm champions. Admirably loyal, Liu Kang has dedicated his life to preparing for Mortal Kombat and serves as a trustworthy guide and counsellor to all on the path to protecting Earthrealm from Outworld’s forces. The shaolin monk is one of the few who knows everything there is to know about Mortal Kombat and has already earned the trust and favor of Lord Raiden. He has also unlocked his own arcana, or true power, and has the power to manifest and manipulate fire. He will counsel our heroes and guide them into discovering their true potential.

Ludi Lin plays the mystical Liu Kang. “I started playing the video games when I was a kid, and when the first ‘Mortal Kombat’ movie came out, Robin Shou became one of my heroes—I skipped school to watch the second movie. Now I get to play the same character,” he smiles.

“Liu Kang is the spiritual center of the film,” he notes. “He is very pure of heart. He believes in Earth’s champions more than anybody—even Raiden has lost faith in the world because its people have forgotten its mythology. He has grown distant. But Liu Kang still believes. Whether his faith in someone like Cole proves to be well-placed remains to be seen.”

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Immortal elder and protector of Earthrealm, Lord Raiden has assembled and trained generations of champions to fight each Mortal Kombat tournament. Having lost the last nine, Lord Raiden does not have much hope in this latest group.

Tadanobu Asano, who portrays the Thunder God, offers, “Raiden was waiting for the fighters who will fight for Earth. It’s a very important thing for him as he’s always preparing for the next Mortal Kombat, but he thinks now maybe he should give up, that his opponent is too strong, his choices are not good.”

To help him build the character, who can be somewhat reserved, the actor read not just between, but all around, his lines. “For me, the most important thing is reading the script over and over,” he says. “There is my dialogue, but there are many important feelings in the dialogue of others. Raiden is a still and calm person, but he sometimes will blast out his feelings, shouting. I can understand my character from these scenes but also from scenes where they speak about Raiden. These things, these other details, are very important for me when I’m reading the script.”

Among those in whom Raiden does place great confidence is Kung Lao, descendent of one of the greatest fighters Earthrealm has ever known, The Great Kung Lao. Bold and faithful, Kung Lao is himself one of Raiden’s finest warriors, his acumen and his adept use of his razor-brimmed hat, which he controls via telekinesis, rendering the shaolin master a formidable opponent.

Unlike many of his co-stars, Max Huang came to the Mortal Kombat gaming universe after first discovering the earlier films. A full-fledged fan, he says, “When I heard I was going to play Kung Lao, I happened to be in China, training in martial arts. It was like a dream come true, really.”

Huang dove into preparing for the part and arrived at a unique angle. “I went through the script and right away thought it was like a classic western movie, because it has all these cool characters coming together for a showdown,” he relates. “Especially Kung Lao, because he is this mysterious guy, doesn’t talk much, keeps to himself and wears this wide-brimmed hat, which is so iconic; I felt it almost makes him look like a cowboy.”

The actor, who went back to play the game in order to take in his character’s fight style, devised a way to train with the hat prior to having the benefit of his costume. “I actually cut out a hat from cardboard, so I had something to work with, and I even came up with a couple of new moves. It was pretty fun.”

The filmmakers knew they could not give the fans a Mortal Kombat movie without including the legendary ninja born to the Shirai Ryu clan and the greatest warrior to ever live, Hanzo-Hasashi, also known as Scorpion. But his violent murder at the hands of rival assassin Bi-Han banished him to the Netherrealm, where his soul remained trapped in eternal fire, revenge his only thought as he waits for a chance to be freed from the dead.

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With no experience in the Mortal Kombat fandom, actor Hiroyuki Sanada headed directly to his computer to research the property and especially his character as soon as he was cast, but also felt a hands-on approach was worth a try. “I was on location on another film and went to a game center where I found the classic game. I put the coin in and tried to find Scorpion and Sub-Zero, to figure out those characters. Of course I was beaten every time, just losing and losing,” he laughs. “But I kept at the games to keep learning the stories, the background and the characters. It was so much fun.”

He immediately embraced his character. “He was cool, and I loved his weapons and fighting styles,” Sanada says. “But I did feel some pressure to make sure I got him right.”

The actor needn’t have worried—it seems his casting was predestined. “Before I was offered the part, fans on the internet used Photoshop or something to put my face on the body of Scorpion!”

Rounding out the residents of Earthrealm, Cole’s daughter, Emily, is played by Matilda Kimber, and Laura Brent plays her mom, Cole’s wife Allison. Like Cole, both characters were, of course, created for the film. Allison is smart and protective and a devoted mom, and Emily, wise beyond her years—thanks in part to seeing her fair share of her dad’s MMA bouts—is a firm believer in her dad, and the driving force that keeps him fighting, even when winning seems impossible.

I am Sub-Zero!

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COMBATANTS OF OUTWORLD:

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The deceiving and powerful sorcerer of Outworld, Shang Tsung has led his realm to victory over Earthrealm in nine consecutive Mortal Kombat battles. But there’s more to it than just claiming victory: cursed by the Elder Gods, Shang Tsung must feast on human souls in order to sustain his rapidly aging body.

Chin Han plays the sorcerer, describing him as “The ultimate in evolution and intelligent design. Shang Tsung is not only a shapeshifter, he’s also a soul eater. He can move among humans and they don’t know he is there, and he can access the signature moves of all the fighters in Mortal Kombat, so he has all their strengths, minus any weakness.”

Except now. His weakness is beginning to manifest as Outworld decays into a dying wasteland, making Shang Tsung’s commitment to claiming Earthrealm even more desperate. The villain will do anything, as dark and evil as it might be, to save his people…and himself.

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Han enjoyed the film’s take on the longstanding IP. “This film retains the essence of the games, the spirit of the original movie, and uses it as a jumping off point to tell a story that speaks to our time, a time of superheroes and antiheroes. And for me it’s interesting because of the insights into why Shang Tsung is so determined to take over Earth, and to build his empire on top of it.”

One of the Elder God’s most devoted followers is the vicious and unpredictable half-Tarkatan, half-Edenian Mileena. She is loyal to her creator and serves as both his warrior and informer. Wielding duel sai blades and with the ability to teleport, Mileena runs circles around her enemies and will stop at nothing to obliterate Earthrealm’s Champions.

Mileena is portrayed by Sisi Stringer, who approached the role with great reverence for what she means in the canon. “The fans have deep connections with the character, and I knew they wouldn’t want her to just be a killing machine,” she offers. “From her perspective, she wants to live on by Shang Tsung’s side. There’s an emotional life behind her and that was something the fans let me into as I prepared to play her.”

Among the signature characteristics of Mileena, Stringer describes, are “her horrible detachable jaw, where the Tarkatan teeth and her slippery tongue come out, and her bright yellow eyes that are really piercing. It’s tragic, really, because she’s a clone of this beautiful princess, Kitana, but cursed with this Tarkatan blood that makes her ugly, too, but also very powerful.”

Still, the most powerful weapon in Shang Tsung’s arsenal is the fierce and unrelenting cryomancer Sub-Zero, a killing machine who utilizes ice to slay in service of Outworld. Once known as Bi-Han, a ruthless assassin for the Lin Kuei clan. His training has made him deadly, and his intelligence aids him in manipulating his prey. In order to wipe out Earth’s remaining champions and ensure Outworld’s victory, his current target is Cole Young and those who seek to train Cole in Mortal Kombat.

Joe Taslim, who plays what is certainly one of the most iconic antiheroes in the gaming world, says he found his character’s motivation during his online research, and held it as a mantra. “For me, competition wasn’t enough motivation, I felt there would be something else,” he attests, “so when I found the line ‘No one leaves the Lin Kuei,” that did it for me. That was my motivation. It’s never personal. If you’re in Lin Kuei, you always will be, and if you’re not in, you have to die. It’s not my fault.”

Bi-Han’s code of dishonor allows him, as Sub-Zero, to cut an icy swath through every Earthrealm champion in his path. Taslim remarks, “Simon had a really great vision for the introduction of the character in this film, it’s epic. The audience will sense his presence before they ever see him, and they’ll see the immense power of him. It’s such a great entrance.”

Also pledging their allegiance to Shang Tsung are Nitara, played by Mel Jarnson; Reiko, played by Nathan Jones; and Kabal, played by Daniel Nelson.

McQuoid applauds the dedication of each and every member of the cast, stating, “Every single actor gave it their all, they trained daily—you can’t get this good if you don’t train every day—and they each had a real presence that served their role perfectly. Also, it was such a great family, they all got on really well while working hard to bring these iconic characters to life.”

Prepare for Kombat!

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STUNTS :

In order for the roster of fan-favorite characters to deliver extreme fighting, unapologetic brutality and exceptional gore in the high-stakes battle of champions that comprises Mortal Kombat, the filmmakers turned to stunt coordinator Kyle Gardiner and fight choreographer Chan Griffin and their teams to take the battles to the next level. With a cast willing to train hard—and with several already seasoned in the practice of martial arts—they embraced the challenge.

McQuoid wanted every fight to have a different flavor, but always wanted the audience to feel grounded in the fight, to feel the sense they are experiencing it, much as a player does in the game. “I felt it was critical that the narrative continue to be driven throughout the fights, that these most visceral moments of the story reveal character as well. Kyle and Chan did an incredible job making the fights themselves look and feel, tonally and visually, like they really stand out as very singular. We didn’t use any wide angle lenses but got right inside each battle. If we didn’t have a specific plan for a fight born out of the script itself, instead of looking at other martial arts films for inspiration, we would always go back to the source material and try to elevate that to a cinematic moment.”

The stunt team started training the cast in an empty soundstage at the Adelaide Studio with cardboard box walls, mapping out the choreography. Australian martial arts legend Nino Pilla was engaged to work with the cast in preparation for the production. Pilla found they all had one thing in common: commitment.

Sisi Stringer trained four-to-five times a week in martial arts and fight work in Brisbane before coming to Adelaide for filming, and Jessica McNamee, who had perhaps the least stunt/fight experience of the main cast, made it clear to Gardiner and his team that she wanted to do as much of the work as possible herself, showing up ready to work at every rehearsal, spending even more time than needed.

Gardiner said working with action film legend Hiroyuki Sanada was a dream come true and found him to be the ultimate professional. Though they didn’t have a lot of prep time with Sanada, just about two weeks, he learned everything required for his role in that time, including what Gardiner described as a 35-beat fight.

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What might have been the toughest challenge for Gardiner was to find a double for Joe Taslim who, after 15 years with the Indonesian Judo team, made the task of finding a stuntman who worked at such a high level and could match Taslim’s own skills quite difficult.

Lewis Tan, whose father is a veteran fight coordinator, found playing Cole an opportunity to put his own lifelong training into the role. “Cole is a mixed martial arts ex-champion, so the fight style that I based him around is similar to what I learned for kickboxing and Muay Thai tournaments. In MMA, there’s judo and jiu-jitsu added into it, with a little bit of wrestling, generally speaking. But Cole’s striking style is more Muay Thai, Lethwei—elbows, knees, a little judo intertwined in it. The fight coordinators choreographed a little bit around what I know already, but it’s mixed or freestyle.”

Tan has learned through various prior roles that “the camera doesn’t read power it reads speed and it reads angles. So, you have to adapt the way that you’re performing based on that. I’ve been training for this since I was 6 years old, but for this film there were a few things I had to learn that were different than what I knew already. For instance, using the tonfa. I do know how to use nunchucks, a katana, a staff. But I had to learn tonfa and some of the choreography on set, on the day. That’s when you’re grateful for what you already know, because otherwise you wouldn’t be able to do that, if you didn’t have the underlying experience already.”

Garner comments, “We were so lucky that our cast are not only tremendously talented and gifted as actors, but also some of the best martial artists in the world. Ludi Lin’s style of martial arts, Lewis Tan’s style, Max Huang’s ability with his tumbling and his acrobatics, which you don’t need a wire for… They were all incredible. And the speed and intensity of Joe Taslim was a joy to watch. He’s the nicest, sweetest man in the world who is just the evilest psychopath in our movie, and that’s just a testament to what a great actor he is.”

The fate of Earth is in our hands.

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LOCATIONS / PRODUCTION DESIGN / CAMERA :

Filming on “Mortal Kombat” took place in and around Adelaide, the coastal capital of South Australia, where McQuoid assembled a gifted lineup of creatives, including director of photography Germain McMicking, production designer Naaman Marshall and costume designer Cappi Ireland. “I had a very specific vision and taste, so once you get people the caliber of Naaman, Germain and Cappi on board sharing that vision, that’s half my job done,” McQuoid states. “I loved watching these brilliant people work, it was a joy to me.”

Marshall offers, “When I met Simon, we hit it off right away, and I remember telling him I don’t play video games or follow Mortal Kombat, but what I try to do is create authentic sets, keeping them grounded in reality, and evolve from that. That’s my approach, so if you’re looking for a gamer I might not be your guy. And he just looked at me and said, ‘That’s a good answer.’ And from there we just set off on designing the film.

“We had such a good time working together, in the sense that Simon was always open to ideas and I’m not afraid to give ‘em,” Marshall laughs. “It really is a pleasure to work with somebody who knows what he wants but knows when something else is a better or more interesting idea. And we both wanted to embrace the history of Mortal Kombat and simply evolve it with a contemporary look and feel.”

Garner adds that in addition to a common understanding of the film’s aesthetic, the locale worked to inspire them all as well. “We found a tremendous amount of locations that we wouldn’t have been able to find anywhere else. A film of this magnitude had not been shot in South Australia prior to now, so we are really showcasing what the State has to offer. It has such a diverse amount of landscape and geography that really worked in our favor when building our movie.”

“When you think of filming in Australia you think of Sydney or Brisbane or Melbourne or the Gold Coast,” says Marshall. “So, I didn’t know what to expect in South Australia, but what I quickly realized is to try to do this film in those other places, or back in the States, wouldn’t be as gritty and real as it was in Adelaide. It really ticked all the boxes.”

It was important to McQuoid for the movie to be shot in-camera as much as possible, in order to provide an authentic connection for the viewers. “I find that films with heavy visual effects can disconnect an audience,” he said. “There are obviously some amazing examples of it but for me, personally, I have to believe, and the way for me to believe is to feel the authenticity of the characters and their world. I wanted it dimensional, slightly otherworldly, but also very tangible. We’re dealing with fire, we’re dealing with ice, so let’s treat them how they really work and then make them massive and interesting.”

Among the many locations the production utilized was Black Hill Quarry, a black granite quarry in the town of Black Hill, 112 kilometers (just under 70 miles) from their base in Adelaide, served as a location in Outworld and the spot for an epic battle. McQuoid observes, “Our Outworld is at the bottom of a disused coal mine, it’s all black, and it is spectacular. No one wants to go and shoot in the bottom of a coal mine, but when you go down there with these beautiful Ultra Vista lenses we were shooting with, and you have these incredible actors in their costumes, you put them in this implausible location and all of a sudden it becomes another world.”

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Supervising location manager Jacob McIntyre says, “One of the tricky components at this location was making it not feel like a set, because it’s actually so perfectly built and positioned. It created another fantastic backdrop for a fight sequence.”

By contrast, Garden Island on Adelaide’s Port River, home to one of the largest and most diverse ship graveyards in the world, served nicely as the desolate boatyard where Cole finds Sonya Blade’s trailer home base.

“We originally had Sonya living at a farmhouse,” McIntyre says, “but nothing was really striking us as we were going through this process. We looked at traditional farmhouses. We wanted the kind of vibe that Sonya was living on the outskirts, living a little bit out of the way and almost in survival mode. Then we started thinking out of the box and went down to the docks. We were talking about old boat yards and came across this small boat club and a massive power station in the background. Sonya’s container was built in the middle, amongst all these old boats that are around with the power station hemming us in. With the water element, it looked fantastic at night. It also is where we have an iconic fight between Sonya and Kano.”

The design team also created environments for scenes taking place in such places as the woods of ancient Japan, Outworld, Raiden’s Temple and a modern-day city akin to Chicago, with sets including a warehouse where Cole competes in MMA fights, a burger joint and an abandoned department store.

Garner says, “This was an incredibly challenging movie on the production design front, and we were extremely fortunate to have Naaman to lead this. The movie really lent itself to different tones and color palettes and the production design lived up to every bit of that.”

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Among the many notable props created for the film by property master Lisa Brennan and her team:

● Sub-Zero’s Kori Blade: more than ten concepts were designed before this was finalized; inspired by icicles, it was made out of a resin with a plastic wrap-type of film inside to give it an icy look under lights, like stalactites.

● Reiko’s hammer: it was Marshall’s idea to go with a sledgehammer; Brennan referenced an old jeweler’s hammer and created it out of solid steel, with a wooden handle and wrapped in barbed wire, which is actually leather.

● Sonya Blade’s collection of knives: handmade locally by Gardner Knives in South Australia’s Barossa Valley, they have a distinctive Damascus pattern, reminiscent of flowing water, in a ladder or teardrop pattern.

An unexpected favorite within the props department was the gnome, which plays an important part in a fight between Sonya and Kano. The team held a competition as to who could draw the best gnome, and concept artist Rain Hart came up with the final design, which was sculpted out of clay, with a second one made from rubber for safety reasons.

It’s not a birthmark, Cole, it means you’ve been chosen.

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COSTUME DESIGN / HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGN:

Because the characters of Mortal Kombat are so iconic, the filmmakers, especially costume designer Cappi Ireland, knew it was key that they look as the fans all across the globe would be eagerly anticipating. Garner says, “We were so lucky to get Cappi. The costumes are beyond anything that we could have imagined. It’s extremely difficult to take something that is so well known and put a real-world spin on it. Cappi was able to bring a realism and a ruggedness, a grounded feel that resonates through the movie.”

Ireland says of her design aesthetic, “We wanted to take the fantasy element of Mortal Kombat and ground it in a more visceral way with real fabrics, earthy leathers and cottons and metals, nothing too shiny and new. I felt it was important to keep away from the look or feel of superhero movies, so even though it is kind of a surreal, fantastic world, we want the costumes to feel real.

“I didn’t know much about the game to be honest, but I was able to explore all it’s different incarnations online,” she continues. “I looked at all the different costumes that they had from inception to now, basically through all 11 games. I also read a lot of the backstories and did a lot of research about all the different characters. There is a lot of information to be found—my 12-year-old son was able to offer some guidance, too. I definitely got some kudos from him when I took on the job!”

Because the property is known for its fierce fandom, Ireland found the challenge both fun and a bit intimidating. “I really wanted to do the right thing for the fans, and I hope that they enjoy what we’ve done. They are very passionate and have their favorite characters, so it’s intimidating. But it’s also quite fun to have a specific audience that knows everything and anything about it; it helps inform your decisions. Would Scorpion really wear that? Would the fans really appreciate that? So often there were times when we had options, and then we asked ourselves that question, and that really guided us to where we ended up.”

Ireland began with one of the most iconic characters in the entire MK universe. “Sub-Zero was the first costume we worked on and got across the line. That was quite a tricky one because we weren’t quite sure where to go with him. We ended up using quite a traditional Chinese pattern, a centuries-old Chinese armor. Once that was decided upon, it was all about the all-important mask and the hood. We decided to create this kind of sinewy muscle feel to them so it’s almost like it’s his muscles. We made it out of urethane, so it’s kind of rubbery and more comfortable for Joe Taslim to wear.”

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For Lord Raiden’s hat, Ireland says, “We decided to up the ante with the hat and not make it out of straw but make it metal-like, but still based on original traditional designs. It was quite a challenge to get a hat that wasn’t so heavy. We ended up using fiberglass materials with metallic elements in it, so it polishes up and it looks like a metal hat.”

For both Kung Lao and Liu Kang, the designer says, “They are traditional Chinese looks based on Shaolin monks, although Kung Lao’s hat is actually a Korean-style hat. So, he’s got this Chinese-inspired tabard and a leather belt with jade on it. And he’s got armor that’s quite pointed on his arms and shoulders. And, of course, Kung Lao’s hat is very important. We recreated the classic hat and worked out the best way for Max Huang to move around in the easiest way so that the weight of the hat didn’t hold him back.”

Similarly, Ireland offers, “We based Shang Tsung’s look on ancient Chinese armor and designed and sculpted a chest plate and shoulders of tortured souls, which we then built a mold from. His costume is very regal and has lots of gold and traditional Chinese-style fabrics and is elaborate and detailed.

“We used a similar approach with Scorpion,” she continues, “basing it on a traditional Japanese Samurai armor and adding a few twists, like the sharp chain from hi kunai on the shoulder plates.”

Of Kano’s costume, the designer says, “It’s based on a military background, with also a nod to cattlemen and farmers with his leather cross belt. He wears a cut-off shirt, Blundstone boots, which is an iconic Australian boot, and cargo pants—very Aussie, very ocker!

“However, we wanted Jax to be quite modern and urban,” she continues, “so we gave him cool designer jeans with a bit of a military vibe and big chunky black boots. And I wanted to give Sonya Blade that feminine silhouette, but she has to be a tough woman as well. Her ‘uniform’ is a tank top, military pants and gloves, so very much in the same world as Jax and Kano but with her own sort of style, keeping her femininity in there too.”

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Under the careful eye—and brushes—of makeup and hair designer Nikki Gooley:

● Kano’s tattoo took 40 minutes to apply and lasted three to four days before having to be reapplied.

● Mehcad Brooks’ real-life tattoos had to be covered every day before applying a tattoo especially designed for Jax.

● The original design concept had Bi-Han with long hair, but it didn’t suit Joe Taslim, so Gooley cut the actor’s hair short.

● Taslim wore icy blue contacts as Sub-Zero.

 

● The designer made the iconic dragon marking slightly raised on the skin, so it looked like a branding.

● The designer built “burnt arm” sleeves for Kabal, rather than having to apply burns to his arms each day.

● KISS rocker Gene Simmons’ tongue inspired prosthetics makeup supervisor Larry Van Duynhoven’s design of Mileena’s tongue.

● To help actor Sisi Stringer keep Mileena’s silicone tongue in place, Van Duynhoven designed a texta (marker pen) lid-type adhesion device, so Stringer could keep the tongue in position as she moved it around.

McQuoid enlisted renowned composer Benjamin Wallfisch to interpret the story’s themes and emphasize the film’s hard-driving, visceral action through a heart-pumping score.

“When I was invited to come on board ‘Mortal Kombat,’ I was fully aware of the responsibility that comes with scoring such an iconic franchise, one that’s so deeply embedded in pop culture,” says Wallfisch. “My very first question was: what can we do with Techno Syndrome? What treasures are in that `90s dance track that could be uncovered, reinvented and blown up to a full-scale symphonic sound world? That task had to be the first step, as it was the most direct way to fully embrace the passionate fanbase of the game and original movies and send a message of respect and mutual love for the original. From there, it was all about developing character and story themes that matched the scale and sheer ambition of my friend Simon McQuoid’s vision. It was an honor to be part of this movie.”

Of the final result, McQuoid says he hopes audiences sit back and enjoy the ride. “It’s brutal, it’s action-packed, it’s full of really intense fights and a ton of Easter eggs for the hardcore superfans. If you’ve never known about Mortal Kombat, you can totally enjoy these characters—Kano is hilarious, Sub-Zero is ruthless, Jax is magnificent, Sonya is a powerhouse, and Cole will serve as you guide to this crazy, incredible, massively exciting universe.”

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ABOUT THE CAST:

LEWIS TAN (Cole Young) currently stars as Lu Xin Lee on Netflix’s “Wu Assassins,” now streaming. He will reprise his role in the standalone film, “Fistful of Vengeance”.

He can also be seen as Gaius Chau on AMC’s “Into the Badlands.” He is best known for his roles as Shatterstar in “Deadpool 2” and Zhou Cheng in “Iron Fist.” His additional credits also include “Den of Thieves” and “Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End.”

Tan is the son of famous action director/stunt choreographer Phillip Tan. Lewis began training in drama school at a young age, while learning martial arts from his father. He is known for performing his own action sequences.

Tan has been an advocate and leader for the large Asian-American population and has regarded his art with extreme precision and engagement.

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JESSICA McNAMEE (Sonya Blade) is one of Hollywood’s most sought after and engaging talents. Since beginning her career in acting, she has fostered an impressive body of work that includes both film and television.

McNamee most recently starred in the critically acclaimed film “Battle of The Sexes,” opposite silver screen heavy weights Emma Stone and Steve Carell. The film is based on the Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs tennis championship. McNamee starred as famous tennis player Margaret Court, who was the No. 1 tennis player in history at the time and lost a heavily publicized and U.S.-televised challenge match to a former World No. 1 male tennis player, the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, played by Carell. This ultimately led to Billie Jean King, played by Stone, competing in the “Battle of the Sexes” tournament against Riggs.

McNamee was also seen in the sci-fi thriller “The Meg.” The film follows an expert deep-sea diver who stumbles upon a legendary marine predator lying dormant at the bottom of the ocean. McNamee starred opposite Jason Statham and Ruby Rose in the action packed film.

McNamee also starred opposite Michael Peña and Dax Shepard in the comedy “CHIPs,” the adaptation of the TV show of the same name. The film centers around the adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles. Her other tv/film credits include USA’s comedy TV series “Sirens,” created by Denis Leary, and “The Vow,” starring opposite Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum.

Prior to that, McNamee made her feature film debut in Sean Byrne’s “The Loved Ones,” alongside Xavier Samuel. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival and received the Midnight Madness Cadillac People’s Choice Award. The film also screened as part of the Freak Me Out Pathway at the Sydney Film Festival.

McNamee is best known for the Australian television series “Packed of The Rafters” and her role as Sammy Rafter. In total the television series has gained 29 nominations and taken home 13 wins.

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JOSH LAWSON (Kano) is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, a director, producer, and actor who has portrayed a hardened criminal, a delusional patient of a psychiatrist, and a Harvard graduate who specializes in numerical analysis, bringing captivating characters and compelling projects to life on screen for over a decade, solidifying himself as one to watch as not only an actor, but as a filmmaker.

This year Lawson will return to comedy in the indie feature “Long Story Short.” The film, which Lawson penned, directed, and stars in, tells the story of a man named Teddy who wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. “Long Story Short” debuted in Australia on February 11, 2021. Lawson will also star opposite Simon Baker and Yael Stone in the upcoming drama “Blaze,” which is currently in post-production.

An accomplished writer and director, in 2018 Lawson was nominated for his first Academy Award in the Best Live-Action Short Film category for “The Eleven O’Clock.” The short film, which Lawson directed, wrote, and starred in, entertained audiences as they watched a delusional patient of a psychiatrist believing he is actually the psychiatrist. The film spent nearly two years screening at festivals, gaining traction and rave reviews while showcasing Lawson’s unique brand of comedy.

In 2014, Lawson made his directorial debut with “The Little Death,” which he also wrote and starred in. The film, which tells the story of the secret lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney, was met with critical acclaim, winning the Audience Award, Narrative Spotlight at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, the Audience Award, Open Horizons at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, and procured dozens of nominations at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, the Australian Film Critics Association Awards, the Australian Writers Guild, the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, and The São Paulo International Film Festival. Additional film credits for Lawson include starring as James Murdoch in the 2019 drama feature “Bombshell,” opposite Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman, and Charlize Theron; “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” opposite Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd; festival darling “Becoming Bond”; and “The Campaign,” alongside Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.

On the television front, Lawson is best known for his starring role as Doug Guggenheim on Showtime’s award-winning, critically acclaimed series “House of Lies.” For five seasons, Lawson captivated audiences as the brilliant, quintessential math geek Doug, alongside Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle, Kristin Bell, and Ben Schwartz. Lawson also recently appeared on the hit NBC comedy series “Superstore” as Tate.

Lawson was born and raised in Brisbane and attended St. Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art and studied in Los Angeles at The Second City, The Groundlings, ACME Comedy Theatre and I.O. West. While working in film and television keeps Lawson busy, he recently took on the title of poet, publishing his first book of poetry, entitled Struggling Heartist (March 2020). Lawson published his debut children’s book, Shoo Grumpers Shoo!, in 2018, and will release The InterNOT later this year.

Lawson currently splits his time between Queensland and Los Angeles, and enjoys traveling the world with his dog, Moose.

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TADANOBU ASANO (Lord Raiden) was born November 27, 1973 and is a Japanese actor and musician. He started his career as an actor at the age of 16 and he became one of the most popular actors in Japan. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in “Electric Dragon 80.000 V,” Kakihara in “Ichi the Killer,” Hattori Genosuke in “Zatoichi,” Kenji in “Last Life in the Universe,” Captain Yugi Nagata in “Battleship,” Lord Kira in the “47 Ronin.”

In 2007, he starred as the Genghis Khan in Sergei Bodrov’s Oscar-nominated film “Mongol.” After that, in 2011, he starred in “Thor” as the Asgardian warrior Hogun, a member of the Warriors Three and companion to Thor. He reprised the role in 2013’s “Thor: The Dark World” and 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok.” In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in Martin Scorsese’s “Silence.”

He received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival for his role in “Last Life in the Universe.” In 2014, he won the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in “My Man.” In 10th Asian Film Award he won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Journey to the Shore” and in 11th Asian Film Award he won the award for Best Actor for his role in “Harmonium.”

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MEHCAD BROOKS (Jax) brings dynamic characters to life on screen as well as producing and writing films. The award-winning actor has become known in the entertainment industry for his raw and refined talent, charisma, and moving presence.

In film, Brooks starred in Netflix’s most watched thriller of 2020, Tyler Perry’s “A Fall From Grace,” which in its first four months following its debut remained one of the Top 10 Most Watched titles. He also recently starred in “Nobody’s Fool,” opposite Tika Sumpter, Tiffany Haddish and Whoopi Goldberg. His additional film credits include “In the Valley of Elah,” opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron, “Glory Road” produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, “Just Wright” opposite Queen Latifah, Common, and Paula Patton, and “About Last Night” opposite Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, and Regina Hall.

On the television front, Brooks most recently starred in the DC Comic superhero action-adventure series “Supergirl” on The CW, opposite Melissa Benoist. For five seasons, Brooks was a fan favorite as friend, mentor, and object of affection to Supergirl as James “The Guardian” Olsen.

Brooks landed his first big break in television in 2005, securing the role of Matthew Applewhite (Alfre Woodward’s son) on the award-winning series “Desperate Housewives” for ABC. During his time on the show he won a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, and also secured a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Brooks went on to co-star on the critically acclaimed Alan Ball HBO series “True Blood,” as Benedict “Eggs” Talley, opposite Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, from 2008-2010. When his time on “True Blood” came to an end, he quickly booked a lead role on USA’s drama series “Necessary Roughness,” which was based on the true story of a female psychologist who worked for the New York Jets. Brooks was a scene stealer as football player Terrence “TK” King, a star wide receiver who becomes notorious for his frequent fumbles and regular run-ins with the law. The series ran for three seasons, from 2011-13.

In between “True Blood” and “Necessary Roughness,” Brooks landed a celebrity endorsement deal with Calvin Klein, in one of the most notorious global campaigns to date, making international headlines as one of the four faces of their CK X underwear line two years in a row.

Born and raised in Austin, Texas Brooks grew up excelling at academics while being immersed in sports, becoming an all-state basketball player. While he loved spending time on the court and in the classroom (being recognized nationally in academics), he had a deep-rooted passion for the arts, whether it was acting, playing music, producing, or writing. Upon graduating high school, he decided to forgo 26 basketball scholarships and a full academic scholarship to Yale. He decided to attend the prestigious University of Southern California to study at their School of Cinematic Arts, to further hone his craft. Early credits for Brooks include: “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Boston Public,” “One on One,” “Cold Case,” “The Game,” “Dollhouse,” and “Ghost Whisperer.”

While bringing characters to life remains one of his biggest passions, his love for telling stories through music is equally important. Brooks recently released his debut, full-length album May 20th, which was inspired by multiple near-death experiences, all taking place on May 20th and forever changing his life. May 20th is available on all digital platforms.

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LUDI LIN (Liu Kang) was named by Variety as one of Asia’s 7 Actors to Watch, and he continues to captivate audiences globally with his dynamic performances on film and television.

Lin is currently shooting The CW’s forthcoming reboot of the classic martial arts action-adventure series “Kung Fu,” opposite Olivia Liang and Tzi Ma. Lin will play the character of Kerwin, a charismatic heir to a billionaire family fortune who is driven by a deep antipathy towards his father which leads him down a path of revenge and vindication. The series will premiere this April.

Lin can be seen in the Chinese science fiction drama “Humans.” Set in 2035, the series explores our rapidly evolving relationship with technology. The series debuted this past Lunar New Year in China and is one of the top three shows on both the Tencent and Iqiyi streaming platforms. He also stars in the upcoming Chinese films “Death Caller” and “Summer Knight,” which won Best Future Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019. His other feature credits include the civil rights drama “Son of the South,” executive produced by Spike Lee, DC’s box office hit film “Aquaman,” opposite Jason Momoa, and “Power Rangers.”

On television, Lin starred in Charlie Booker’s critically acclaimed dystopian science fiction anthology series “Black Mirror,” Netflix’s “Ghost Bride,” and the drama series “Marco Polo.”

Lin was born in the southern coast of China, where he learned to speak Mandarin. At the age of four, he immigrated to Hong Kong, where he learned to speak Cantonese fluently. His immersion into the Western culture came at the age of nine, when he studied abroad in Australia. He currently resides in Canada.

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CHIN HAN (Shang Tsung) made a name for himself as one of Singapore’s top actors of stage, film, and television before breaking into the North American market in the 2005 independent film “3 Needles.” He then quickly found a place in studio films, starting with Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.”

He most recently starred in “Skyscraper,” alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In 2017, Chin Han starred in “Ghost in the Shell,” opposite Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche and Takeshi “Beat” Kitano. His other features include starring roles in the Chinese feature film “A Sweet Life,” from acclaimed producer Ning Hao, the Chinese/German film “A Different Sun,” and in “Final Recipe,” starring opposite Michelle Yeoh, which premiered at the 2013 San Sebastián International Film Festival.

In 2016, Chin Han starred in the feature “Independence Day: Resurgence.” His other North American credits include Roland Emmerich’s “2012” and the Gus Van Sant movie “Restless,” which was the opening film for Cannes Un Certain Regard 2011 at Cannes. He starred in “Contagion,” for Steven Soderbergh, opposite Matt Damon, Marion Cottillard, Kate Winslet and Jude Law, and had a cameo in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” with Robert Redford.

On television, Chin Han is best remembered as the lead villain Jia Sidao in Netflix’s “Marco Polo,” and opposite Joan Chen in the original series “Serangoon Road,” for HBO Asia. He has also starred in the limited IFC series “The Spoils Before Dying,” for Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, and has had recurring roles on television, including on “Last Resort,” “Arrow” and “The Blacklist.”

Chin Han was named to CNNgo’s 2010 list of Asia’s 25 Greatest Actors of All Time and was nominated in March 2013 for Variety’s Asian Star of the Year Award.

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JOE TASLIM (Bi-Han / Sub-Zero) is an internationally-acclaimed artist with a body of work and distinctive craft that transcends film and television. Currently, Taslim can be seen in Cinemax’s WARRIOR as Li Yong, a Long Zii enforcer and secretly Mai Ling’s lover. Set during the Tong Wars in late 1870s San Francisco, California, the series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates to San Francisco from China, in search of his sister, only to be sold to one of the most powerful tongs in Chinatown. The series premiered its second season on October 2, 2020, and is also available on HBO Max.

Taslim is perhaps best known for his role as Jaka in the action-thriller “The Raid,” directed by Gareth Evans, which won the Midnight Madness Award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

In 2014, Taslim won Best Actor at the Indonesian Movie Awards for his role as Yamada in the Indonesian drama film “Lah Tahzan.” The film was also nominated for Favorite Film at the awards as well as Movie of the Year at the 2013 Yahoo! OMG Awards.

In 2013, Taslim played the lead villain in “The Fast and the Furious 6,” opposite Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Gal Gadot. His other film credits include Justin Lin’s “Star Trek: Beyond,” opposite Idris Elba; “The Night Comes for Us” for Netflix, which marked his first leading role in an action film; as well as the Korean feature film “Swordsman.”

Taslim is an award-winning mixed martial artist and currently resides in Indonesia.

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HIROYUKI SANADA (Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion) is an international, award-winning actor and is one of Japan’s most distinguished and celebrated actors of his generation. He has starred in over 50 films and earned (the equivalent of ) a Japanese Academy Award for his role in “The Twilight Samurai.” Sanada’s first major Hollywood appearance was in “The Last Samurai,” opposite Tom Cruise. He later appeared in such blockbuster films as “The Wolverine,” “47 Ronin” and “Avengers: Endgame.”

With multiple films being released this year, Sanada’s star continues to rise. He will next appear in Zack Snyder’s highly anticipated “Army of the Dead” for Netflix, a film about a group of mercenaries as they plot a heist on a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak. He will also appear in “Minamata,” opposite Bill Nighy and Johnny Depp, and directed by Andrew Levitas. The film follows an American photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the citizens of Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.

Sanada recently wrapped filming the action feature “Bullet Train,” opposite Brad Pitt, Joey King, Michael Shannon, and Sandra Bullock. The film is directed by David Leitch and follows five assassins who find themselves on a fast-moving bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka.

Sanada’s career is just as impressive on the small screen, having appeared in dozens of shows, including the critically acclaimed series “Lost” for their sixth and final season, “Helix,” “Revenge,” “The Last Ship” and “Westworld” season 2. He is currently filming a new, 2.0 version of “Shogun” at FX Networks, where he will be playing the role of Lord Tornaga. The miniseries is based on the bestselling novel by James Clavell.

He is also an established stage actor, working in both Japanese and British plays and theatre. His role as The Fool in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” gave him notable theatrical praise and awarded him an honorary MBE for being the first Japanese actor to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).

Sanada’s career in film, television and theater has spanned more than 50 years and he has garnered the attention of both American and foreign audiences alike. His unique ability to embody the roles he takes on has made him one of Hollywood’s most respected and sought-after Asian-American actors working today.

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MAX HUANG (Kung Lao) is an actor, filmmaker and martial artist of German and Chinese ethnicity. He recently directed and starred in his award-winning original short, “No Way Out.”

With an extensive background in martial arts, Huang started his career as a stunt performer, stunt coordinator and as a part of the renowned Jackie Chan Stunt Team. His credits partly include Martin Campbell’s “The Foreigner,” Matthew Vaughn’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” and Daniel Lee’s “Dragon Blade.”

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SISI STRINGER (Mileena) is an Australian Actress. In 2018, she graduated from Queensland University of Technology, where she received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with distinction in acting. Following her graduation, Stringer was immediately cast as Erin Lafond in ABC‘s TV series “Harrow.”

Stringer recently wrapped production on the Kurt Wimmer reimagining of the Stephen King classic Children of the Corn, and her additional credits include the horror thriller “Bloody Hell,” opposite Ben O’Toole.

Stringer began her career as a singer and dancer and found early success in musical theatre, starring as Little Inez in the Australian production of “Hairspray.”

She currently resides in Australia.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:

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SIMON McQUOID (Director/Producer) makes his feature film directorial debut with “Mortal Kombat.” He is a celebrated commercial director, having created ads for such prominent clients and products as “Call of Duty,” PlayStation, Halo, Duracell, Samsung, Nissan, Netflix, HP, Volkswagen and Dr. Pepper, among others.

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JAMES WAN (Producer) is regarded as one of the most creative filmmakers working today. His most recent film was the box office smash “Aquaman.” Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, four-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, and two-time Golden Globe nominee Patrick Wilson star in the DC superhero film which was released December 21, 2018. No. 1 at the U.S. box office for three weeks, the title has become DC’s highest worldwide grossing film of all time with over $1.148 billion. With “Aquaman,” Wan entered an elite group of directors with two films that have earned over $1 billion dollars at the worldwide box office, his other film being “Furious 7.”

Going back to his indie roots for his next film, Wan has directed the original horror/thriller, “Malignant,” which will release on September 10, 2021. Starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jake Abel, the film is not only directed by Wan, but he also is the film’s producer and has a story by credit.

Wan directed “The Conjuring 2,” with Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reprising their roles as famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Released in June 2016, the film opened at No. 1 at the box office in 32 territories, including the US. Wan also served as co-writer and producer. He previously directed the critically acclaimed “The Conjuring” (2013), starring Farmiga, Wilson, Lili Taylor, and Ron Livingston. To date, the “Conjuring” Universe has earned over $1.79 billion worldwide.

Additionally, Wan directed the critically acclaimed “Furious 7,” which was released in April 2015 and was No. 1 at the U.S. box office for four weeks, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide—currently No. 9 of all-time at the worldwide box office.

Wan’s production company, Atomic Monster, launched its slate with “Annabelle” (2015) and followed with “Lights Out” (2016), “Annabelle: Creation” (2017), “The Nun” (2018), “The Curse of La Llorona” (2019) and “Annabelle Comes Home” (2019). All were New Line Cinema productions released by Warner Bros. with Wan as producer. He also has a story by credit on “The Nun.”

Upcoming for Atomic Monster is “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” the third “Conjuring” film, and “There’s Someone Inside Your House” for Netflix, which are in post-production. Wan serves as producer on both.

Atomic Monster’s television slate kicked off with “MacGyver,” a re-imagining of the classic television series, which premiered on CBS in the Fall of 2016. Wan directed the pilot and serves as executive producer for the series, which is currently in its fifth season. The company’s second series was “Swamp Thing,” which streamed on DC Universe in May 2019 and premiered on The CW in 2020. Wan was an executive producer on the project. Atomic Monster is currently in production on “Archive 81,” based on the podcast, for Netflix and “I Know What You Did Last Summer” for Amazon. Wan serves as executive producer on both.

Co-creator of the popular “Insidious” franchise, Wan served as producer on the latest installment, “Insidious: The Last Key,” which was released in January 2018. He also produced “Insidious: Chapter 3,” which was released in June 2015. Wan directed “Insidious” (2010) and “Insidious: Chapter 2” (2013). He also had a story by credit on “Insidious: Chapter 2.” The next chapter is currently in development with Patrick Wilson directing.

Wan is also the co-creator of the “Saw” franchise. In addition to directing the first “Saw” film, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Wan served as executive producer for the entire franchise. The latest installment, entitled “Spiral,” features Chris Rock, with Wan again as executive producer. It will be released in 2021.

A member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Wan is the recipient of the Australians in Film 2016 Fox Studios Australia International Award.

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TODD GARNER (Producer) is the head of Broken Road Productions and a veteran producer and Hollywood creative executive with a remarkable gift for creating and nurturing mainstream, commercial motion pictures. In various capacities throughout his career, Garner has developed, overseen, executive produced or produced well over 170 movies, many of them major hits for their respective studios. Formerly a founding partner of Revolution Studios and before that co-head of production at Walt Disney Studios, Garner founded Broken Road Productions in summer 2005. In the last 16 years, Broken Road has produced 25 movies and three TV series.

After producing the runaway hit “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” and its sequel, which combined grossed over $290 million in worldwide box office, Broken Road produced “Knight and Day,” grossing over $261 million worldwide, “Zookeeper,” which grossed $170 million, and “Into the Storm,” which grossed over $161 million worldwide. In November 2018, “The Possession of Hannah Grace,” starring Shay Mitchell and Stana Katic, finished with a stellar $45 million worldwide on a $6 million budget. Released summer 2019 was “Tag,” starring Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson and Isla Fisher, and February 2019 featured the release of “Isn’t It Romantic,” starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam DeVine, and Priyanka Chopra. Most recently, Garner produced the drama “All My Life,” released in December 2020.

Garner’s next feature is in post-production, “Vacation Friends” starring John Cena and Lil Rel Howery. Earlier this year, he executive produced the Netflix sitcom “The Crew,” starring Kevin James, preceded by the series “The Cabin with Bert Kreischer,” which premiered on Netflix in October 2020.

Garner was an executive producer on films such as “XXX,” “ANGER MANAGEMENT” and “13 GOING ON 30.” He joined Revolution as a partner in May 2000 and was responsible for overseeing all aspects of development and production for the company’s motion pictures during its remarkable first five years. During his tenure, Garner oversaw such hit Revolution films as “Black Hawk Down,” “Punch Drunk Love” and “Hellboy.”

Garner currently hosts the podcast “The Producer’s Guide: Todd Garner & Hollywood’s Elite,” which takes an in depth look at the movie business and what it takes to be a producer in today’s world.

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E. BENNETT WALSH (Producer) was most recently an executive producer on F. Gary Gray’s “Men in Black: International,” starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, and “Robin Hood: Origins,” starring Taron Edgerton and Jamie Foxx and directed by Otto Bathurst. He also executive produced “The Great Wall,” starring Matt Damon, Andy Lau and Willem Dafoe, directed by Zhang Yimou; “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, directed by Marc Webb; “After Earth,” starring Jaden Smith and Will Smith, directed by M. Night Shyamalan; Mark Steven Johnson’s “Ghost Rider,” starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” starring Cage and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor; “Knight and Day,” starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, directed by James Mangold; and the crime thrillers “Edge of Darkness,” starring Mel Gibson, directed by Martin Campbell, and “State of Play,” based on the highly praised BBC miniseries of the same name, starring Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren and Jeff Daniels, and directed by Kevin Macdonald.

Walsh produced the critically acclaimed “The Kite Runner,” based on the international best-selling novel. Directed by Marc Forster, it garnered Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. Bennett also served as producer on the thriller “Disturbia,” which became one of DreamWorks’ biggest grossing films of the year; its international box office surpassed $100 million—more than five times the film’s budget.

With Volumes 1 and 2 of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” Walsh enjoyed some of his greatest success as executive producer. “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” earned a Golden Globe nomination for star Uma Thurman, as well as five BAFTA nominations, and the two films earned a combined international gross of over $300 million.

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GREG RUSSO (Writer) is currently writing “Saints Row,” which is based on the video game by Deep Silver Volition, with F. Gary Gray set to direct. He is also writing “Death Note 2” at Netflix, the sequel to the hit film. He has numerous scripts in development, including “Resident Evil,” “Space Invaders,” “Robotech,” “Heatseekers” and “It Takes a Thief.”

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DAVE CALLAHAM (Screenplay) grew up in Orinda, California, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English. He sold “Horsemen,” his first screenplay, in 2003, and has since worked on 2005’s “Doom” (story, screenplay), 2009’s “Tell-Tale” (writer, executive producer), 2010’s “The Expendables” (story, screenplay), 2014’s “Godzilla” (story), 2019’s “Zombieland: Double Tap” (writer) and, most recently, co-wrote the screenplay for 2020’s “Wonder Woman 1984.”

Having written for nearly every major studio, Callaham is also a Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster enthusiast, and other passions include “Star Wars,” LEGO®, and Star Wars LEGO®. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two dogs.

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OREN UZIEL (Story) has written such features as “The Cloverfield Paradox,” “Shimmer Lake,” which he also directed, “Freaks of Nature” and “22 Jump Street.” In the “Mortal Kombat” universe, he has written for the 2013 TV series and the 2010 video, “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth.”

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GERMAIN McMICKING (Director of Photography) has been working extensively within the commercial industry for the past decade as well as shooting documentary, and narrative film and television works. His list of feature film’s includes “Acute Misfortune,” “Berlin Syndrome,” “The Silent Eye,” “Holding the Man,” “Partisan,” “All This Mayhem,” “Dead Europe,” “Hail,” “The Tall Man,” “Bastardy” and “Lionel.”

He has also lensed several episodes of HBO’s hit series “True Detective,” as well as the series “Top of the Lake” and “Angry Boys,” the miniseries “Gallipoli,” and many others.

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NAAMAN MARSHALL (Production Designer) developed a passion for film, art and design early on in life. After carving his way into the industry as a model maker on acclaimed films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Serenity,” “Batman Begins,” and “Collateral,” Marshall transitioned into art direction. “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Nightcrawler” and HBO’s “Westworld” saw him progress into an award-winning art director and fostered his appetite for design.

Marshall debuted as a production designer on M. Night Shyamalan’s horror-comedy “The Visit,” followed by “Don’t Breathe,” produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Since establishing himself, he designed the Apple series “Servant.”

His professional accolades include Art Directors Guild Awards for “The Dark Knight” and HBO’s “Westworld,” and nominations for “Batman Begins,” “The Prestige,” “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and “Nightcrawler.”

Marshall is based in San Luis Obispo, California with his wife Michelle and two teenage daughters.

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DAN LEBENTAL (Editor) has edited a wide variety of film and television projects. He has worked with director Jon Favreau as the editor on the hit comedy “Elf,” “Zathura: A Space Adventure,” “Cowboys & Aliens” and the blockbuster hits “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2.”

Lebental edited Peyton Reed’s films “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” “Ant-Man” and “The Break-Up,” as well as Albert and Allen Hughes’ “From Hell” and “Dead Presidents.”

His other film editing credits include “Bad Boys for Life,” “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” “Thor: The Dark World,” “CHIPS,” “Couples Retreat” and the Chicago International Film Festival-nominated documentary “Art of Conflict.”

Lebantal worked with director Peter Berg on the 1998 comedy “Very Bad Things,” and then went on to work with him on the pilot for the 2000 television series, “Wonderland.” Lebental has worked as an editor on the pilots for such television shows as “Dinner for Five,” “In Case of Emergency,” “Revolution” and “About a Boy.”

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SCOTT GRAY (Editor) has cut such feature films as “Go Karts,” “Daffodils,” “Locusts,” “Mountain Quest,” “Mountain,” “Fallen,” “Highly Strung,” “Dead Europe,” “The Lucky One,” “The Boys Are Bask,” “Solo,” “Introducing the Dwights” and “Somersault,” and served as editing consultant “Not Suitable for Children.”

Gray also served as editor on the TV movies “The Broken Shore” and “The Silence,” on the series “Top of the Lake” and “Harrow,” as additional editor on the series “Messiah,” and as writer/story editor on the series “Mighty Express.”

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CAPPI IRELAND (Costume Designer) is one of Australia’s leading and most sought after costume designers. She has worked for some of the best directors in Australia, on some of the most awarded projects. Her film and television credits are impressive and varied. Ireland is currently working on TAP/NBCU series “Fires,” with Tony Ayres and Liz Watts. Last year she completed an 1800s period drama called “New Gold Mountain,” with director Corrie Chen.

In 2019 Ireland designed the feature “The Dry,” which reunited her with director Robert Connolly. In 2018 she designed costumes for “Ride Like a Girl,” Rachel Griffiths’ directorial debut starring Teresa Palmer. Ireland also finished work on “Glitch 3,” the third series of the acclaimed drama “Glitch” by Matchbox Pictures/NBCU, co-produced by Netflix. Ireland designed the first series in 2014 and second series in 2017. In 2016, she designed Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV series “Seven Types of Ambiguity” and “Newton’s Law,” an eight-part ABC series by the producers of “Phryne Fisher.”

In 2015, Ireland designed the costumes on Garth Davies’ film “Lion.” For her work on “Lion” she received the 2017 AACTA Award for Best Costume Design for a Feature Film, the 2017 APDG Award for Best Costume Design for a Feature Film and a nomination for Excellence in Contemporary Film at the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards (USA).

In 2015 she also designed Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV miniseries “Barracuda,” for which she also received a 2017 APDG Award Nomination for Costume Design in a TV series.

In 2014, she worked on “Gallipoli,” an epic seven-part TV mini-series for Channel 9/Endemol, which garnered her a 2015 APDG award for Best Costume in a TV series. In 2012, she completed work on Stuart Beattie’s “I Frankenstein,” making her mark in big budget film territory. Ireland’s other film credits include “Cut Snake,” “The Mule” and “The Rover,” which reunited her with award-winning directors David Michod and Tony Ayres. Ireland has also designed costumes for acclaimed films such as “Animal Kingdom,” “Oranges and Sunshine,” “Balibo” and the multi-award-winning TV drama “The Slap.”

Ireland has received in total seven AFI/AACTA nominations, and three AFI/AACTA wins. “The Home Song Stories,” directed by Tony Ayres, garnered Ireland with her first AFI Award for best Costume Design in 2007. She also won an AFI in 2008, for Best Costume Design, for Jonathan Ogilvie’s “The Tender Hook.” In 2017, Cappi received an AACTA Award for her work on the Feature Film “Lion.”

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BENJAMIN WALLFISCH (Composer) scored Andy Muschietti’s “IT” and “IT Chapter Two,” David F. Sandberg’s “SHAZAM!,” Leigh Whannell’s “The Invisible Man,” and is co-composer of Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” (with Hans Zimmer). Wallfisch has worked on over 75 feature films and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, and was twice Grammy- and Emmy-nominated.

Wallfisch’s other recent projects include Neil Marshall’s “Hellboy”; Academy Award Best Picture nominee, Ted Melfi’s “Hidden Figures” (in collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer); and Sandberg’s box office hit “Annabelle: Creation.” On the invitation of Zimmer, he contributed music based on Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations for Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk.”

In recent years, Wallfisch has also scored Gore Verbinski’s “A Cure for Wellness”; the Steven Spielberg-produced short film “Auschwitz,” directed by James Moll; James Marsh’s “King of Thieves,” starring Michael Caine; and Steven Knight’s “Serenity,” starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.

With over 25 albums of his music released to date, Wallfisch has performed live in over 100 concerts worldwide, leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony at venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House and Royal Festival Hall. He has collaborated, recorded and performed his music with artists including Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock and Yuja Wang, and has over 50 concert music commissions to his name.

He has collaborated three times with Pharrell Williams, including a live performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards, and partnered with Adele, arranging her 2017 Grammy Awards performance of George Michael’s “Fast Love.”

A member of the BAFTA Academy since 2009, Wallfisch was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London in 2014. In 2017, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

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NEW LINE CINEMA Presents

An ATOMIC MONSTER/BROKEN ROAD Production:

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CAST:

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Cole Young ………………………………………………………………….LEWIS TAN

Sonya Blade …………………………………………………………………JESSICA McNAMEE

Kano ……………………………………………………………………………JOSH LAWSON

Bi-Han/Sub-Zero…………………………………………………………..JOE TASLIM

Jax ………………………………………………………………………………MEHCAD BROOKS

Emily …………………………………………………………………………..MATILDA KIMBER

Allison …………………………………………………………………………LAURA BRENT

Lord Raiden …………………………………………………………………TADANOBU ASANO

Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion ………………………………………………..HIROYUKI SANADA

Shang Tsung…………………………………………………………………CHIN HAN

Liu Kang ……………………………………………………………………..LUDI LIN

Kung Lao …………………………………………………………………….MAX HUANG

Mileena ……………………………………………………………………….SISI STRINGER

Nitara…………………………………………………………………………..MEL JARNSON

Reiko …………………………………………………………………………..NATHAN JONES

Kabal …………………………………………………………………………..DANIEL NELSON

Ramirez ……………………………………………………………………….IAN STREETZ

Harumi Hasashi …………………………………………………………….YUKIKO SHINOHARA

Satoshi “Jubei” Hasashi …………………………………………………REN MIYAGAWA

Hasashi’s Baby……………………………………………………………..MIA HALL

Referee ………………………………………………………………………..DAVID FIELD

Cargo Plane Pilot ………………………………………………………….KRIS MCQUADE

Voice of Goro ………………………………………………………………ANGUS SAMPSON

Shang Tsung Elite Guard ……………………………………………….ALICE NASSERY

With

DAMON HERRIMAN

As the Voice of Kabal

Stunt Coordinator ………………………………………………………….KYLE GARDINER

Fight Choreographer ……………………………………………………..CHAN GRIFFIN

STUNTS

LEE ADAMSON JADE AMANTEA CAMERON AMBRIDGE RICHARD ANASTASIOS

CHRIS ANDERSON YASUSHI ASAYA ANDREA BERCHTOLD ISAAC BERNAUER

BRADD BUCKLEY MARKYLEE CAMPBELL EAMONN GEOFFREY CARPENTER DAVID CHEA

ROBBIE CLISSOLD ASTON CRABTREE SERGE CROZON MEL ECKERT

MICHAEL M. FOSTER AMANDA GIBLIN GARRETH HADFIELD NIGEL HARBACH

ZIA KELLY STEVEN KIMM ANGIE KOOPS ALEX KUZELICKI

RI-JIE KWOK BLAKE LINDSELL TARA MACKEN XANTHIA MARINELLI

STEPHEN MURDOCH BRIANNA PANNEKOEK PHILIP PARTRIDGE ANTHONY LUKE RINNA

BEN SIEMER INGE SILDNIK DEMI SORONO HAYDEN STEWART

LAURA SUTTON THAISON TRAN ANNETTE VAN MOORSEL PJ VAN GYEN

CONNOR VAN VUUREN DARRELL WALSHE DANIEL WEAVER TYE WILKIE

FILMMAKERS

Directed by …………………………………………………………………..SIMON McQUOID

Screenplay by ……………………………………………………………….GREG RUSSO and DAVE CALLAHAM

Story by ……………………………………………………………………….OREN UZIEL and GREG RUSSO

Based on the videogame created by …………………………………ED BOON and JOHN TOBIAS

Produced by …………………………………………………………………JAMES WAN

TODD GARNER, p.g.a.

SIMON McQUOID

E. BENNETT WALSH

Executive Producers………………………………………………………RICHARD BRENER

DAVE NEUSTADTER

VICTORIA PALMERI

MICHAEL CLEAR

JEREMY STEIN

LAWRENCE KASANOFF

Director of Photography ………………………………………………..GERMAIN McMICKING, ACS

Production Designer………………………………………………………NAAMAN MARSHALL

Edited by ……………………………………………………………………..DAN LEBENTAL, ACE

SCOTT GRAY, ASE

Music by………………………………………………………………………BENJAMIN WALLFISCH

Visual Effects Supervisor ………………………………………………CHRIS GODFREY

Costume Designer …………………………………………………………CAPPI IRELAND

Casting by ……………………………………………………………………RICH DELIA, CSA

Unit Production Managers ……………………………………………..ANNA STEEL

E. BENNETT WALSH

First Assistant Directors …………………………………………………CHRIS WEBB

PJ VOETEN

Second Assistant Director ………………………………………………DANIELLE BLAKE

Visual Effects Producer …………………………………………………PRUE FLETCHER

Australian Casting by …………………………………………………….ANGELA HEESOM

LOUISE HEESOM

Supervising Art Director ………………………………………………..TOM NURSEY

Art Director ………………………………………………………………….MICHAEL TURNER

Set Decorator ……………………………………………………………….ROLLAND PIKE

A Camera Operator ……………………………………………………….JASON ELLSON

1st Assistant A Camera …………………………………………………..LUKE THOMAS

2nd Assistant A Camera ………………………………………………….JEREMY WHEATLEY

B Camera Operator ……………………………………………………….FLORIAN EMMERICH

1st Assistant B Camera ………………………………………………….RON COE

2nd Assistant B Camera ………………………………………………….JOEY McQUADE

C Camera Operator ……………………………………………………….MAXX CORKINDALE

1st Assistant C Camera …………………………………………………..PIM KULK

2nd Assistant C Camera ………………………………………………….BONNIE PAKU

Digital Imaging Technician …………………………………………..SAM WINZAR

Video Assist Operator ……………………………………………………LUIS OLIVARES

Video Assist Operator Assistant ……………………………………..CATALINA MOLLER

Aerial Camera Operator …………………………………………………EWAN DONNACHIE

Drone Pilot …………………………………………………………………..ALISTAIR SMITH

Production Sound Mixer ………………………………………………..DES KENNEALLY

Boom Operators ……………………………………………………………MARCO ARLOTTA

AIMEE MULLINS

JACK RODRIQUES

Post Production Supervisor …………………………………………….JANE MAGUIRE

First Assistant Editors ……………………………………………………DAWN KING

PETER SKARRATT

DANIEL O’BRIEN

KATHY FREEMAN

Second Assistant Editor …………………………………………………TIFFANY LIU

Post Production Coordinator …………………………………………..ANDREW GRUNBERG

Post Production Assistants ……………………………………………..DARIA LATTER

DEKEBA BATTEE-ASTON

Editorial Trainee …………………………………………………………..JOCELYN MILLAR

Visual Effects Editor ……………………………………………………..DANIEL LE

Visual Effect Assistant Editors ……………………………………….MATTHEW WIGG

DANIEL RICHARDSON

MANDY JACOBS

VERONICA BUHAGIAR

Music Editors ……………………………………………………………….KATRINA SCHILLER

TIM RYAN

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer …… ROBERT MACKENZIE

Re-recording Mixer ……………………………………………………….PHIL HEYWOOD

Re-recording Consultant ………………………………………………..KEVIN O’CONNELL

Dialogue and ADR Supervisor ……………………………………….JED DODGE

Sound Designers …………………………………………………………..JAMES ASHTON

MICK BORASO

STEVE BURGESS

Sound Editors ……………………………………………………………….TARA WEBB

DYLAN BURGESS

ADR Editor ………………………………………………………………….LEAH KATZ

Assistant Sound Editors …………………………………………………CHRIS VETRISANO

JESS MEIER

Foley Mixer ………………………………………………………………….DUNCAN CAMPBELL

Foley Editor/Foley Artist ……………………………………………….ADRIAN MEDHURST

Foley Editor …………………………………………………………………RYAN SQUIRES

Assistant Foley Editor ……………………………………………………SAM ROGERS

Mix Stage Engineers ……………………………………………………..GLENN BUTLER

DANIEL HACKETT

ADR Mixer ………………………………………………………………….ANGUS ROBERTSON

Production Coordinators ………………………………………………..CARLY MAPLE

JUDY HALLIN

Stunt Department Coordinator ………………………………………..STEPHANIE AMANTEA

Assistant Production Coordinators ………………………………….DAVID TIGGEMANN

EMMA MARSHALL

CHRISTINE WILLIAMS

Production Secretary …………………………………………………….SARAH FOALE

Travel Coordinators ………………………………………………………REBECCA GAINES

RIA KELLY

MELAINE LEWIS

Studio Unit Manager ……………………………………………………..DAVID IVERSEN

Additional 1st Assistant Directors ……………………………………EDDIE THORNE

JOHN MARTIN

2nd 2nd Assistant Directors ………………………………………………NEIL SHARMA

JAY CORRY

3rd Assistant Director …………………………………………………….GREG TYNAN

Financial Controller ………………………………………………………CHRISTINE MORAN

Production Accountant…………………………………………………..NAZMEEN DHANSEY

1st Assistant Accountant ………………………………………………..TIMOTHY O’MALLEY

Payroll Accountant………………………………………………………..JAMES BRAMLEY

Post Production Accountant ……………………………………………DENISE FARRELL

Assistant Accountants

CONCHITA PANG SYLVANA GREGAN SHAUN DAVIS

IVY LI PRIA JEEVANTHAN FELIX STELZNER

Supervising Location Manager ……………………………………….JACOB MCINTYRE

Location Managers………………………………………………………..MARK EVANS

GAVIN GREENSTONE

SHARON KERRIGAN

LAUREN COOPER

Assistant Location Manager …………………………………………..SCOTT McCARTEN

STEPHANIE KEMP

Location Coordinator …………………………………………………….KAHLI GASKIN

Script Supervisor …………………………………………………………..TAERA SHROFF

Assistant Costume Designer …………………………………………..ROSS HALL

Costume Supervisors …………………………………………………….ROBYN ELLIOTT

KATRINA HENLEY

Costume Coordinator …………………………………………………….SARAH LORD

Costume Illustrator………………………………………………………..SEBASTIAN CIAFFAGLIONE

Costume Buyers ……………………………………………………………FIONA HARRISON

MICHELLE PHILO

Key Costume Standby……………………………………………………ANDREA HOOD

Costume Standbys …………………………………………………………BIANCA MAESEELE

KELLY MARUMARU

MADELINE TURNER

MARTHA MELINE

Key Specialty Costume Maker ……………………………………….MATT BOUG

Specialty Costume Makers …………………………………………….SHANE AUMONT

TIM McGAW

RAMIE MOUSSA

Principal Costume Maker ………………………………………………LAURA HAWKINS

Costume Maker …………………………………………………………….ANGELIQUE JOY

Costume Cutter …………………………………………………………….SUZETTE WATERS

Key Leatherworker ……………………………………………………….SALLY MILLS

Leatherworkers …………………………………………………………….SIENNA BIGG

DANIEL FORD

Mould Maker ……………………………………………………………….VINCE PARTINGTON

Principal Costume Finisher …………………………………………….MARIA-ROSE PAYNE

Costume Finishers …………………………………………………………CLAUDIA WATSON

ZANA KOMENE

ALICIA AULSEBROOK

SIENNA HACKETT

INDIGO REDDING

Makeup & Hair Designer ……………………………………………….NIKKI GOOLEY

Prosthetics Makeup Supervisor……………………………………….LARRY VAN DUYNHOVEN

Prosthetics Makeup Artist ………………………………………………BRYDIE STONE

Prosthetics Makeup Assistant …………………………………………KATE ANDERSON

Key Makeup & Hair Artists ……………………………………………CASSIE O’BRIEN

JODIE HELLINGMAN

Makeup & Hair Artists…………………………………………………..BEC BURATTO

KAREN GOWER

Makeup & Hair Assistant……………………………………………….BRIE RATTEN

Special Makeup Effects Artist ………………………………………..SETH JUSTUS

Chief Lighting Technician ……………………………………………..SEAN CONWAY

Assistant Chief Lighting Technicians ………………………………MATTHEW LINFOOT

JASON POOLE

Lighting Technicians …………………………………………………….YOSHI KWAN

PETER GIULIANI

BEAU SELWOOD

Dimmer Board Operator ………………………………………………..PETER WHITBY

LED Technician ……………………………………………………………CHARLIE ADAMS

Electricians Trainee ………………………………………………………JOSHUA TREVORROW

Practical Lighting Supervisor …………………………………………PAUL JOHNSTONE

Practical Lighting HODs………………………………………………..SAM HOPKINS

SAM McKINNON

Practical Lighting LED Technicians ………………………………..CHRIS McKINNON

RAY GODDARD

Practical Lighting On Set Electrician ………………………………BRETT LEASK

Rigging Gaffers …………………………………………………………….MARK JEFFERIES

JOE STICK

Rigging Best Boy ………………………………………………………….SHANE MOWDAY

Rigging Electricians

TOM CLARK NIC DATSUN NATHAN GUMMOW

COOPER REES-JONES JARED ROSEMEIER BLAKE STRINGER

Key Grip………………………………………………………………………JOSH HAMILL

Best Boy Grip ………………………………………………………………JAMES HOPWOOD

Best Boy Grip ………………………………………………………………MARK BROWN

Dolly Grips…………………………………………………………………..BRETT McDOWELL

MELISSA RIRINUI

Scorpio Crane Technician ………………………………………………MATTHEW COPPING

Oculus Head Technician ………………………………………………..MIKE LARCOMBE

Grips ……………………………………………………………………………STEVE HARDING

RICHARD LONCARIC

PAUL MICALLEF

DARYL MURPHY

MATAN TATARKO

EMILY WADE

Key Rigging Grips ………………………………………………………..DAVE THOMSON

ROD SCOTT

Rigging Best Boy ………………………………………………………….ANDREW SCHUSTER

Rigging Grips

BEN BROOKS ROB FISHER CHRISTIAN SMITH

MURRAY ROSS SIMON ROSS MAX VICARY

Property Master …………………………………………………………….LISA BRENNAN

Assistant Property Masters …………………………………………….OLIVIA PULBROOK

GEOFF TARR

Standby Property …………………………………………………………..DILLON YEATS

KATE McANELLY

TOM HEALEY

Property Buyer / Dresser ………………………………………………..JONATHON HYDE NEARY

Property Leather Maker …………………………………………………SHIRLEY ANDRIS

Prop Makers

ADAM GRACE TOM DAVIES DAVE CLARKE CORRIE EMERY

DURAND GREIG LEITH GREIG COLIN MOORE GREG SWEENEY

MARSHALL TEARLE SAM ALEXANDER BIANKA KENNEDY MATTEO MEDOS

ANNA SZAVA

Mould Maker ……………………………………………………………….LEIGH MADDEN

Assistant Set Decorators ………………………………………………..MARK DAWSON

MADDY WORTHINGTON

Lead Persons ………………………………………………………………..HAMISH RAVEN

MATHEW HILTON

Set Decoration Coordinators …………………………………………..KAREN GROSE

SUSANNA TORREALBA

Set Decoration Illustrator ……………………………………………….RAIN HART

Graphic Artists ……………………………………………………………..SAMANTHA DABROWSKA

KEN LAU

On Set Dresser ……………………………………………………………..HARRISON TRUBIE

Set Dressers ………………………………………………………………….JENNIFER DRAKE

SAM JAMIESON

TROY DIGNON

ANNALISA FRANCESCA

MARTY MANCA

Signwriter …………………………………………………………………….JOHN HARATZIS

Swing Gang

MARC ALLEN JONAH BOOTH-REMMERS BERN CASTLE MILES CLOTHIER

MARK FISHER JODY-LEE FITNESS LASSE GEBHART PAUL HOWE

CYRIL MILLER DAVID MUSCH JAMES ROPER JOSEPH TIERNAN

CALEN VANSTONE LAURA WILSON

Art Directors ………………………………………………………………..DELPHINE RICHON

JASMINE LEAN

BILL GOODES

STEVEN CROWE

Assistant Art Directors …………………………………………………..MARKO ANTTONEN

ANDREW KATTIE

TONY WILLIAMS

DAVID OCKENDEN

Art Department Coordinators …………………………………………GERALDINE TARTAN

JOCELYN THOMAS

LAURA EGAN

LAURA OCKENDEN

Armourers ……………………………………………………………………MARK HOLLOWELL

PIERS HUNT

Assistant Armourer ……………………………………………………….STEVE BURGAN

Set Designers ……………………………………………………………….AXEL BARTZ

LUKE CASKA

BRIAN NICKLESS

KATE RAWLINS

ALICE WONG

Concept Modellers ………………………………………………………..RON RAMETTA

TIM BESTMAN

Draftsperson …………………………………………………………………MACK PLATT

Illustrators ……………………………………………………………………DANE HALLETT

MATT HATTON

JEREMY LOVE

DALE MACKIE

JON MCCOY

Storyboard Artists …………………………………………………………GREG HOLFELD

DAVID FOLLETT

ANTHONY ROBINSON

NAHUM ZIERSCH

Concept Art Director……………………………………………………..STEPHEN CROWE

Concept Artists

BEN WOOTTEN ADAM MIDDLETON CHRIS GUISE

VAUGHAN FLANAGAN IONA BRINCH KEN SAMONTE

THOMAS OATES

Concept Art Supervising Production Manager ………………….TALEI SEARELL

Concept Art Production Coordinator ………………………………ELSPETH GRANT

Construction Managers ………………………………………………….GREG HAJDU

CHRIS BARLOW

MARTIN SCURRAH

Construction Coordinator……………………………………………….MICK PLUMMER

Construction Buyers………………………………………………………PETA RUHLAND

CASSIE SIBBIN

Construction Foremen ……………………………………………………JOBI AHERN

RICHARD FITZGERALD

MATT LANDRETH

STEVE LESLIE

PAUL SPENCER

Standby Carpenter …………………………………………………………RICHARD NITZ

Standby Plasterer ………………………………………………………….MARTIN CLAYDON

Standby Painter …………………………………………………………….RICK CHONG

Head Plasterers……………………………………………………………..STEVE COURT

ANDRE ZDROYKOWSKI

Plaster Foremen ……………………………………………………………TERRY BADCOCK

GORDON HOBKIRK

CHRIS MARCHANT

CRAIG MORAN

KENNY WILSON

Sculptors ……………………………………………………………………..ALEXANDER YSBRAND DE WILT

ROSS MELLING

Scenic Foremen …………………………………………………………….STEWART BURCHALL

Scenics

MATT CONNORS ROHAN DAWSON MIKE WOLFF

DANE CHURCHOUSE KANE LOWE TIM PHILLIPS

BEN McCOSKER ANDY ROBINSON

Head Greens …………………………………………………………………GLENN JOHNSON

JACK WHIDDON

Greens …………………………………………………………………………CHRIS HAND

EMMA BEECHER

DAMON LINLEY

MICHAEL VINCENT

Special Effects Supervisor ……………………………………………..PETER STUBBS

Special Effects Pre-rig / Gag Supervisor ………………………….LLOYD FINNEMORE

Special Effects Workshop Foreman…………………………………RICK HOWIE

Special Effects On Set Foreman ……………………………………..TIM O’BRIEN

Special Effects Coordinator ……………………………………………KAIIT MOSBY

Special Effects Senior Technician / Buyer ……………………….KEVIN TURNER

Special Effects Senior Technicians

SHANE BAILEY PATRICK CARMIGGELT JEREMY FORD JOEL GARDYNE

JAMIE HOWE DAVE JAMES ADAM KEALY MATT KEOGH

JEFF LITTLE CERI NICHOLLS JULIAN SUMMERS THOMAS VAN KOEVERDEN

Special Effects Technicians

MITCHELL COZ WARWICK KING YURI POETZL

JOHN SANDERSON BROCK WAREHAM TORI WENDT

Special Effects Props Foreman ……………………………………….JUSTIN BROWN

Special Effects Props Makers …………………………………………LUKE GASPARINI

ELLA McINNES

JUANITA SCHLINK

Special Effects Trainees …………………………………………………LIANA KRASSAS

SAM WINDERLICH

Unit Publicist ……………………………………………………………….MARK McGOWAN

Still Photographer …………………………………………………………MARK ROGERS

Additional Unit Still Photographer ………………………………….SIMON WESTLAKE

Assistant to Mr. McQuoid………………………………………………VICTORIA COCKS

Assistant to Mr. Garner ………………………………………………….MADDISON BOLESWORTH

Assistant to Mr. Walsh …………………………………………………..ISABELLE SCOTT

Production Assistants

JOEL BROWN PETER BROWN GRANT AUSTIN BURNS GABRIELLE CAREY ROHAN COLEMAN MAYA COOMBS MIKAELA DAVIES JAMES DUBAY

MICHAEL FISCHETTI SLAVI GAITT LUCY GALE TIM GIESSAUF MICHAEL HARPAS SCOTT HEGARTY SAMUAL HOWARD GORAN ILLICH

AIDEN JACKSON-DREWETT JOHN BOY JELCIC WILLIAM JOHNCOCK SALLY KEANE LEWIS KENNEDY KYM KORNAAT BENJAMIN KREIG DOMINIC KUNEMAN BRANDEN LAWRIE BEN LAWSON MOLISHA LENNON CHRIS LEVER JAKE LESKE RICK LEWINGTON WILL LOHMEYER WILLIAM LENNON-TAYLOR JACK LUKAC RIKKI MANNING SASHA MARCH CONOR MCCARRON CAMERON McQUEEN SHANE MIBUS HANNAH MORCOM SOPHIE MORGAN JOSH MOSBY BRETT MOYLE PETER NINOS JACOB OWENS MARYADA REHLING MICHAEL RESCE JAMES ROPER STEFANIE ROSSI NADIA SAMSON LOWANA SCHMUCKER BRIDGET SINCLAIR BLAKE SMART ARIANA SNOSWELL HAMISH TAMLIN CASEY THORNTON BRODIE TOWEEL WILLIAM TRAEGER DAVID VIDOS VINCENT WARREN DANIEL WEETRA LYNDEN WELLS CASEY WHERRY SCOTT WHITSTON MORGAN WRIGHT

Casting Associate (US) ………………………………………………….ADAM RICHARD

Casting Assistant (US) …………………………………………………..KIMBERLY AGUILAR

Casting Associate (Australia) …………………………………………REBECCA CORD-UDY

Japanese Casting by ………………………………………………………ERIKO MIYAGAWA

KEI KAWAMURA

Production Liaison ………………………………………………………..GREG BASSER

Dialect Coach ……………………………………………………………….PETER KENT

Acting Coach ……………………………………………………………….TIFFANY LYNDALL-KNIGHT

Dialogue Coach …………………………………………………………….JENNIFER WHITE

Safety Supervisor ………………………………………………………….BRIAN GROGAN

Nurse …………………………………………………………………………..KATIE HARRIS

Unit Manager ……………………………………………………………….SIMON LUCAS

JOSHUA JAEGER

Transportation Manager …………………………………………………RICHARD SEIDEL

Transportation Captain…………………………………………………..TIM MONKHOUSE

Transportation Coordinators …………………………………………..TOM BIRRANE

PAT ELKINGTON

NICKI ELLIS

KATYA SHEVSTOV

Picture Vehicles Coordinator ………………………………………….GARY BAXTER

Picture Vehicle Technicians …………………………………………..ADAM GREG

MICHAEL BAXTER

MIKE SIEVERS

Caterer …………………………………………………………………………STEVE MARCUS FILM CATERING

Craft Services ……………………………………………………………….LA CATERING CO.

Additional Director of Photography ………………………………..SIMON DUGGAN, ACS

2ND UNIT

2nd Unit Director ………………………………………………………….KYLE GARDINER

Director of Photography ………………………………………………..PETER McCAFFREY

Unit Production Manager ……………………………………………….SANDY STEVENS

First Assistant Director ………………………………………………….SCOTT LOVELOCK

2nd Assistant Director……………………………………………………ERIN LANDER

2nd 2nd Assistant Director……………………………………………..TOM HOOPER

3rd Assistant Directors …………………………………………………..DAN COLE

HOLLY KENNEDY

A Camera Operator ……………………………………………………….SABA MAZLOUM

1st Assistant A Camera …………………………………………………..DAVID ELMES

2nd Assistant A Camera ………………………………………………….NAOMI SHARP

B Camera/Steadicam Operator ……………………………………….TIM WALSH

1st Assistant B Camera …………………………………………………..JACK MAYO

2nd Assistant B Camera ………………………………………………….KHOA LE

Digital Imaging Technician ……………………………………………BEN HUNT

Production Sound Mixer ………………………………………………..WILL SHERIDAN

Boom Operator……………………………………………………………..NICK STEELE

Script Supervisor …………………………………………………………..OKSANA SOKOL

Video Assist Operator ……………………………………………………CHRIS DANIELS

Data Wrangler ………………………………………………………………MADISON HEINZE

Costume Standbys …………………………………………………………TAMI HOLTON

YOLANDA PEART SMITH

OLIVIA ZANCHETTA

Hair & Makeup Artists…………………………………………………..FIONA REES-JONES

GAIL KANE

SELENA PERTZEL

Chief Lighting Technician ……………………………………………..STEVE DALEY

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician ……………………………….TOM DOYLE

Dimmer Board Operator ………………………………………………..BRAD SAX

Lighting Technicians

NOEL FRANCO JOEL KLINGER LEE CLAFFERTY

ROBERTO KARAS MATHEW SCHMIDT CHRIS WALSINGHAM

KELLY WATTS

Key Grips …………………………………………………………………….TOBY COPPING

MICK VIVIAN

Best Boy Grip ………………………………………………………………AARON RAPIRA

Dolly Grips…………………………………………………………………..JASON HANSFORD

GERARD MAHONY

Crane Technicians …………………………………………………………ANDREW SMITH

STEVE WELLS

Grips ……………………………………………………………………………BENJAMIN COPPING

JUSTIN MEINESZ

Art Director ………………………………………………………………….LORETTA COSGROVE

Standby Property …………………………………………………………..ANTHONY McNEIL

BELLE BLAMEY

Set Dressers ………………………………………………………………….SCOTT BOOTH

DANIEL WILSON

On Set Painter ………………………………………………………………CHARLIE COTTRELL

On Set Carpenter …………………………………………………………..LEETH KEOUGH

Safety Supervisor ………………………………………………………….GORDON WADDELL

Nurse …………………………………………………………………………..RACHEL LITSTER

Production Coordinator ………………………………………………….MEGAN HUITEMA

Assistant Production Coordinator ……………………………………SIMON WILLIAMS

Production Secretary ……………………………………………………..SAMANTHA SHARPLIN

Production Assistants

YANNII ASLAMATZIS NATHANIEL BAIN SAM DAWSON KEVIN DELANEY

KATA FODOR EDEL GARIPOV THOMAS GOLDBLATT STEPHANIE JACLYN

DAVE PAGE STELLA SCIBERRAS MEGAN TEAGUE PETRA VACULIK

NELYA VALAMANESH PETER VERTZAGIAS

Unit Manager ……………………………………………………………….FELIX REITEN

Transportation Coordinator …………………………………………….NADIA BOBALY

Drivers…………………………………………………………………………CALEB BEAL

STEFANIE WEIDEMANN

Caterer …………………………………………………………………………STARS CATERING

COVID Compliance………………………………………………………GEOFF VINE

LINDA WATERSON

FILIPPA ESKE

BONNIE COLE

JENNY GARDNER

Digital Intermediate by ………………………………………………….SPECTRUM FILMS

Digital Intermediate Senior Colourist ………………………………OLIVIER FONTENAY

Digital Intermediate Colourist ………………………………………..KEIRAN LEE

Digital Intermediate Producers ……………………………………….DAVID HOLLINGSWORTH

CATHERINE ARMSTRONG

Supervising Digital Intermediate Editor …………………………..JUSTIN TRAN

Digital Intermediate Editor …………………………………………….MARCUS FRIEDLANDER

Digital Intermediate Conform …………………………………………JAMES COWIE

AFFRICA HANDLEY

Digital Dailies by ………………………………………………………….FOTOKEM NEXTLAB®

Dailies Colourist …………………………………………………………..MARTY PEPPER

Dailies Operator ……………………………………………………………ZAC LOY

VISUAL EFFECTS

VFX Production Manager ………………………………………………LOUISE McNICHOLL

VFX Production Supervisors ………………………………………….ALISTAIR JAMIESON

ANDREW BROWN

VFX Coordinators

HEATHER MUIRHEAD LUCCA BOYCE LAURA HAMERSLEY

MILLICENT LATHAM MATT BEECHER ADEN BEAVER

HAO TRUONG

VFX Data Wranglers …………………………………………………….DAVI SOESILO

BRENT ARMFIELD

NILS NILSSON

Witness Camera Wrangler ……………………………………………..MORGAN WRIGHT

VFX Production Assistants …………………………………………….CRYSTAL MITSUTSUNE

BRIGID CREVOLA

Compositor …………………………………………………………………..GENE HAMMOND-LEWIS

Visual Effects by RISING SUN PICTURES

Visual Effects Supervisors DENNIS JONES DAN BETHELL

Visual Effects Art Director NICK PILL

Visual Effects Producer GILLIAN HOWE

Computer Graphics Supervisors BHAKAR JAMES RYAN KIRBY

Compositing Supervisors TONY COLE PHIL PRATES

VFX CREW

SAMANTHA ABDA MARTIN ALVAREZ GARCIA SACHIN BANGERA NEILL BARRACK

THOMAS BAXTER NICK BEINS KATE BERNAUER SHANE BERRY

ROBERT BEVERIDGE DYLAN BINNS KUNAL BISWAS TUREA BLYTH

ANTO BOND HAYES BRIEN JESS BURNHEIM THOMAS CANT

DANIELLE CARDELLA DAVID CAUNCE KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY POL CHANTHASARTRATSAMEE

ANTHONY CHAPPINA JULIETTE CHRISTIE JAMES CLIFT RICHARD ALEC COLLIS

IAN COPE MICHAELA DANBY KURT DEBENS RAJBIR SINGH DHALLA

VITTORIO DI TORO HEATH DINGLE BRIDGET DINNING FRANCESC DONAIRE

PARIS DOWNES LOUIS DUNLEVY ALI EHTEMAMI NIKOLETTA EKKER

SOPHIE ELDER JOSH ELLEM CRAIG FIELD MAREE FRIDAY

MICHAEL FURNISS DALLY GARCIA ARREAZA LIAM GARE VICTOR GLUSHCHENKO

ANDREW GRAHAM BRITTANY GRAHAM JUSTIN GREENWOOD MATT GREIG

JOHANNES GROSS ANTONY HABERL JADE HAMLEY SAM HANCOCK

BENJAMIN HOLEN LINDSAY HOPPE IAN JOLI MEL JONES

NATHAN JONES NIKHIL KAMBOJ CHRIS KING MATEUSZ KRZASTEK

KRANTHI KUMAR K PETER KUMIC MARC H LANGBEIN DUNCAN LI

ANG LU MATHEW MACKERETH TIM MACKINTOSH THOMAS LINUS MAHER

SAMANTHA MAIOLO CARLOS MARQUEZ RENEE MARSLAND ASHLEY MASON

SHAWN MCCARTEN BRODIE MCCROSSIN JONATHON MCKENDRICK ALEX MEDDICK

HARRY MEDLIN JOEL MICHAEL ARTHUR MOODY DAVID MRAZEK

CRYSTEL NEWMAN JEBB NG KIERAN OGDEN-BRUNELL ANDREW PALMER

BEN PASCHKE HARSHAL PATIL ANDY PEEL A DAM PETTIGROVE

ALEX PINCHES IAN PLUMB ADAM POTTER JACO PRETORIUS

ANIL REDDY CH ROBIN REYER MIKE RING JOSEPH ROBERTS

DAMIEN ROLLOND CHRISTINA RYAN FRANCESCA SALVATORE JASON SCOTT

CHANTELLE SEARLE LEIAH SEARS MANSI SHAH NIKHIL SHANKAR-NOBLE

MATTHEW SHAW HIANG SIANG YOUNG VITALII STADNYK DANIEL STEART

JOHN STEWART CONNOR SULLIVAN JONATHON SUM LU TING YUN

TROY TOBIN LACHLAN TOLLEY MARK TOMCZYK SUSANA TORREALBA

ISAAC TURIER LUKE VALE DANIEL VELIKOV ROBERT VELIO GENITO

SIMON WALSH JONATHAN WENBERG ASHLEIGH WHITE VAUGHN WHITE

GREG WIEDER ANDREW WILLIAMS OWEN WILLIAMS ANTHONY WINTER

GEMMA WOOD YANGYANG XU NATHAN ZEPPEL ENRICO ZERBO

Visual Effects and Animation by METHOD STUDIOS

Visual Effects Supervisors GLENN MELENHORST AVI GOODMAN

Visual Effects Producer INEKE MAJOOR

Visual Effects Production SAMANTHA THRUPP GEORGE STONE

Digital Artist Supervisors

MATT OMOND NICHOLAS TRIPODI KIERSTEN CASEY MAX DECROIX

DREW WOOD-DAVIES PAUL BUCKLEY ALEX HALSTEAD JULIAN GREGORY ADRIAN WATKINS KEITH MEURE

Digital Artists

DAVID EDWARDS DEAN ELLIOTT DUNCAN FRASER GRANT LAKER

JEREMY PRONK ALEX WHYTE SANDRO CITRANGOLO GRASSETTI MARKUS GRAF

HEIDY VILLAFANE DANIEL MAY MARK ANDREW DE LA GARZA DANISH ANWAR

CLAUDIA BLACKBURNE GENEVIEVE CAMILLERI DMITRIJS CERNAGOVS SHEREE CHUANG VANESSA FERNANDEZ CALLE CAITHLIN FERRIER CRISTIAN GUERRESCHI ERIC HAWKSLEY

GREG HOWEDAVIES WANGHUA HUANG MORGAN JONES NANDHAKISHORE K N

JORDAN KOLER MARCIN MAJEWSKI GABRIEL MANDALA JOHANNES MEWES

SCOTT MORGAN MEOW N WANNASRI ALBERT RADOSEVIC ROBBIE REID

SIMON ROSS CHRISTIAN SHERRIFF-SMITH ANGELA STANLEY PIA SUFFREDINI

DIGANT SUTAR MATT WEAVER SHONNAN WIBROW

Visual Effects by MR. X

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR JASON BILLINGTON

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER THANDIWE PHILIPS

DIGITAL ARTIST SUPERVISION

CHRIS BENDING DEVRISHI CHATTERJEE GABRIEL REICHLE MATT EVERITT

SAJITH SETHUMADHAVAN SAMUEL JENSEN STEPHANIE POCKLINGTON

LEAD DIGITAL ARTISTS

ALBIN SIBY AMIT SHARMA ANOOP CHANDRAN AYANAVA GUPTA

CARLO ALBERTO BAGLIOLID DILEN SHAH HAMISH BELL JULIEN ROMEO

LIUDMYLA CHORNA LUKE FLANAGAN NABEEL K NORBERTO IDIART RITTER

PASCALE ST-PIERRE PRAKHAR BHATNAGAR PRASANTH KUKAL PUSHPAK DEY

RAHUL SAREEN ROBERT KELLY RUDRESH N NAIK SABEED RAHIMAN

SARANG DESHPANDE SHARANKUMAR HOSUR SIDDALINGESH HOSAPETI SRAVAN KUMAR NUNNA

SREELAL P S VENKATESH RAMU VIJAYKUMAR THIRUNAVUKARASU YOSUKE MATSUNO

DIGITAL ARTISTS

ABHIJEET DEOKAR ALESSANDRO CAPONETTI ALIF ASHRAF ALPHY ANTO

BANDARU SIVA DANIEL GARNIER DANIEL RIDDLE DAVID SCHULZ

DYLAN BROWNE EDUARDO CARDOSO ELENI TAYLOR EUNICE CHEN

GULNAZBANU SHAIKH HABIB KASSASSIR HAZEL GOW HETAL TALE

JACK FRENCH JAGADISH BABU JAY WONGU OH JOSHUA KELLY

JOSHUA MATTHEWS KAUSHIK MANNA KIERAN SHEPHERD LAURA TOMASSETTI

MARY LAPENA MITULKUMAR PATEL MUDRAGADA RAJESH PERRIN SARGENT

PRATHEESH ANCHERIYIL RAVI KUMAR SAGAR SADHU SIVAKUMAR ARUNACHALAM

TOYOKAZU HIRAI VITESH SUVARNA WAYNE HOWE YOUNES FAREH

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION

ALYSSA BLACKWELL ARUN NAIR ASHISH P M BRENT ST. MARY

EWA OTWINOWSKA INDHU JAYARAM JAMES KHOU JITHENDRAN THOTTUPURATH

MICHAEL SULLIVAN NANDINI MANOHAR PRATHIK BELOSE RACHEL HO PUI YI

RAVIKUMAR S SARAH SIMPSON SAURABH TYAGI SAURAV VARMA

SHELDON CASTELINO SMRITHI S TOMASZ WACHNIK VICTORIA HETHERINGTON

Visual Effects by SLATEVFX

Visual Effects Supervisors DAVID BOOTH BRYN FARRELLY

VFX CREW

ELIAS ATTO AEVAR BJARNSSON TODD CAPORN STEPHEN CASEY

TOM CHANNELL LARA COLLINS AMANDINE COMES MURRAY CURTIS

ZELKO DEJANOVIC IAN DOUGLASS MARK EVANS CALLUM GEE

SAM GODFREY JAKE HEMPSON KHIEM HUYNH DUSAN MARJANOVIC

JURI MEJAN-FRIPP YVONNE MUINDE LUCAS NEWTON CHRIS NORRIS

MARC PURNELL COLIN RHODES GABRIEL ROCCISANO LAXMAN SHRESTHA

ISABELLA STEVENSON KYE WEIN-SKEATES ADRIAN WHITE DYLAN YEO

Visual Effects by KOJO

Visual Effects by RESIN

Visual Effects by ARTISAN POST GROUP

Visual Effects by FIN DESIGN + EFFECTS

Main and End Title Sequences by …………………………………..FRAME CREATIVE

End Titles by ………………………………………………………………..SPECTRUM FILMS

MUSIC

Orchestrations by ………………………………………………………….DAVID KRYSTAL

Music Preparation by

JESSICA WELLS CLIFFORD BRADLEY MATTHEW CHIN

JARED HASCHEK LOCLAN MACKENZIE-SPENCER MATAN FRANCO

ALEXANDER PALMER ARIANE SALLIS

Orchestra Conducted by …………………………………………………BRETT KELLY

CHRISTOPHER GORDON

Choirmasters ………………………………………………………………..ALISON JOHNSTON

ELIZABETH SCOTT

Score Recorded by ………………………………………………………..CRAIG BECKETT

Score Mixed by …………………………………………………………….EVAN McHUGH

Score Programmer ………………………………………………………..JARED FRY

Pro Tools Operators ………………………………………………………ROSE MACKENZIE-PETERSON

LIAM MOSES

Score Coordinator …………………………………………………………ELAINE BECKETT

Music Clearance……………………………………………………………KIM GREEN

Score Recorded and Mixed at …………………………………………THE SIMON LEADLEY SCORING STAGE, TRACKDOWN STUDIOS

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Soundtrack Album on WaterTower Music

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“I’m Your Puppet”

Written by Dan Penn and Lindon Oldham

Performed by James & Bobby Purify

Courtesy of RCA Records

By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd

“Techno Syndrome 2021”

Written by Olivier Jean-Jacques Adams

Produced by Benjamin Wallfisch

Producers acknowledge the support of

THE CITY OF PORT ADELAIDE AND ENFIELD

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FORESTRY CORPORATION

KANKU-BREAKAWAYS CONSERVATION PARK

WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF THE ANTAKIRINJA MATU-YANKUNUTJATJARA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

THE PRODUCERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE PRODUCER OFFSET AND SCREEN AUSTRALIA

PRODUCED AND FILMED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AT ADELAIDE STUDIOS

FINANCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION

POST-PRODUCED AND VISUAL EFFECTS WORK UNDERTAKEN IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION

POST PRODUCED AND VFX SERVICES PROVIDED IN SYDNEY NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT.

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCED IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES TAX CREDIT

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO PRODUCTION SERVICES TAX CREDIT

Camera Equipment………………………………………………………..PANAVISION

Lighting Equipment ………………………………………………………CONWAY FILM LIGHTING

MOTION PICTURE LIGHTING

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