Warner Bros. has released an all-new trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie on HBO Max in the US and in theaters around the world later this year. Coming from one of the most violent franchises in gaming, the trailer is suitably bloody, featuring a handful of notorious game finishers. The list of characters seen so far includes Sonya, Kano, Liu Kang, Jax, Kung Lao, and Lord. Raiden. See for yourself here: The film follows the fate of Cole Young, an MMA fighter who is unaware of his heritage and doesn't know why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung sent his greatest warrior, Sub-Zero, to hunt down Cole. "Fearing for the safety of his family, Cole sets out to find Sonya Blade under the leadership of Jax, a special forces commander who bears the same strange dragon that marks Cole's birth," the video description teases. . He soon finds himself in Lord Raiden's Temple, where he trains with seasoned warriors as he prepares to pit Earth's greatest champions against Outworld's enemies in a high-stakes battle for the universe. The new project will be helmed by director Simon McQuoid, a commercial filmmaker making his directorial debut, along with producers James Wan (The Conjuring Universe Films, Aquaman), Todd Garner (Into the Storm, Tag), E. Bennett Walsh (Men in Black). : International, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and McQuoid himself. It was written by Greg Russo and Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984), and is based on a story by Oren Uziel and, obviously, on the video game series created by Ed Boon and John Tobias.