Mortal Kombat Producers Have Reportedly Approached Ryan Reynolds For Sequel
As soon as Ryan Reynolds acknowledged the support from
Mortal Kombat fans to see him play Johnny Cage and used it to his advantage by promoting his Mint Mobile service being named as 2021’s best cellphone plan by U.S. News & World Report, it was inevitable that talk would begin circulating about the actor showing up in the flesh to portray the beloved video game character.
The very last shot of Simon McQuoid’s reboot set the console franchise’s resident Hollywood star up for a major role in the sequel, and there’ve been several candidates floated already, including James Marsden. Reynolds is one of the least likely, though, given his jam-packed schedule that sees him with four movies in the can awaiting release over the next year, and another eight having been officially announced or lingering in various stages of development.
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Free Guy and buddy movie sequel
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard coming to theaters this summer, but Netflix’s mega budget action comedy
The Adam Project for the streamer less than two weeks after wrapping
Red Notice, while pre-production is firmly underway on
Spirited, AppleTV+’s musical retelling of
A Christmas Carol, which has Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer set to co-star. If that wasn’t enough, he’ll appear alongside John Krasinski in the latter’s next directorial effort
Imaginary Friends, which has been dated for November 2023, and there’s also the small matter of
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Fast & Furious spinoff
Hobbs & Shaw and Netflix’s upcoming action blockbuster
Red Notice, so the duo clearly get on like a house on fire and no doubt shoot the breeze about their huge paychecks and respective business empires.
After finally managing to star in a comic book adaptation that wasn’t terrible at the fifth time of asking when
Deadpool hit it big, let’s hope Reynolds has passed along some sage advice to Johnson as he gears up to start production on the DCEU’s