Mortal Kombat 2 has found its Kitana. Resident Evil star Adeline Rudolph is joining the cast of the highly anticipated sequel as Shao Khan's daughter.
Mortal Kombat 2 Adds Resident Evil's Adeline Rudolph as Kitana
The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Adeline Rudolph has been cast as Kitana in Mortal Kombat 2. The new role will reunite Rudolph with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina co-star Tati Gabrielle, who is in negotiations to portray Kitana's ally Jade.
Kitana was first introduced in Mortal Kombat II so it would make sense for the character to be introduced in the second live-action film. The character believes she is the daughter of Shao Khan until it is revealed that her real father was killed by the current Outworld emperor.
Adeline Rudolph made her acting debut in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as Agatha, one of the Weird Sisters. She also worked on the Netflix series Resident Evil where she played the adult version of Billie Wesker.
Rudolph and Gabrielle will be joined by The Boys actor Karl Urban who has reportedly been cast as Johnny Cage. Urban's casting was seemingly confirmed by sequel producer Todd Garner. However, there hasn't been an official announcement just yet.
Mortal Kombat 2 will bring back Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jax Briggs, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, and Chin Han as Shang Tsung.
Joe Taslim, whose character Sub-Zero was seemingly killed off in the 2021 film, is still expected to return in the sequel.
Simon McQuoid will be back to direct the sequel which is being written by Jeremy Slater.
For now, Mortal Kombat 2 is in pre-production and has not yet been given an official release date. However, the sequel is already expected to hit theaters sometime next year. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.
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