It was only yesterday that we reported on New Line’s Mortal Kombat reboot having added three more cast members, and now comes word on a further two names joining the picture.

Courtesy of Variety, the movie has cast The Dark Knight’s Chin Han as Shang Tsung and The Wolverine’s Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion.

The pair join a cast that currently includes The Raid’s Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero, Thor’s Tadanobu Asano as Raiden, newcomer Sisi Stringer as Mileena, Supergirl’s Mehcad Brooks as Jax, The Meg’s Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Superstore’s Josh Lawson as Kano, an unspecified role for Deadpool 2’s Lewis Tan, and Power Rangers’ Ludi Lin lined up as Liu Kang.

Having been in serious development since 2015, Halo’s Simon McQuoid is on directing duties for Mortal Kombat. The movie has already begun pre-production ahead of shooting in Australia later this year.

The Mortal Kombat video game franchise sprung to bloody and brutal life back in 1992, forever changing the landscape of fighting games. With elements of sci-fi, fantasy and horror, gamers were given an experience that was full of the sort of bloodshed and brutality never before seen.

Of course, not just a hugely successful video game series, Mortal Kombat fans have since been, err, treated to two Mortal Kombat movies and the genuinely impressive Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries.

At this stage, Mortal Kombat is set for a March 5th, 2021 release.