New Line Cinema

Warner Bros. woke up this morning to some really sad, but ultimately predictable news this morning. Their $50 million some odd sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep, literally died in theaters this past weekend, with possible losses of more than $20 million expected to come home to roost. That news would be a shock for […]

More classic Mortal Kombat characters are coming to the fray for the 2021 live action reboot with New Line Cinema tapping Chin Han (Marco Polo, Skyscrapper) to play the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung and Hiroyuki Sanada (Avengers: Endgame, Westworld) to play the fiery hellspawn, Scorpion, according to Variety. Tsung was the boss character in the […]

One of Mortal Kombat's most intense rivalries in Kano and Sonya Blade are about to be filled with Josh Lawson (Superstore) set to play the renegade one-eyed cutthroat of the Black Dragon Clan and Jessica McNamee (The Meg) is in final talks to play Sonya Blade, the Special Forces operative assigned to take him down. […]

Three more actors signed on to join New Line Cinemas' Mortal Kombat live action film reboot with Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl), Tadanobu Asano (Thor: Ragnarok), and Australian Sisi Stringer joining the fray as Jackson "Jax" Briggs, Raiden, and Mileena, respectively. Brooks, Asano and Stringer will join Ludi Lin, who was in talks to play Liu Kang, […]

Ludi Lin (Black Mirror, Aquaman, Power Rangers) is in talks with New Line Cinema to play Liu Kang in the upcoming live-action reboot of Mortal Kombat, based on the popular fighting video game franchise. If signed, the Chinese-Canadian actor would take over the role played by Robin Shou in the original 1995 film as well […]

Hello Kitty, the venerable pop-culture icon that has thrilled kids around the world for decades, is coming to a theater near you from New Line Cinema. Lindsey Beer has been signed to write the Hello Kitty movie, according to Deadline. Hello Kitty started out in Japan in 1974 as a character on a coin purse […]