According to ScreenRant, a cast member from the upcoming Mortal Kombat 2 has revealed that the film's writer is actively consulting with one of the franchise's original co-creators to determine which fatalities and arena stages make the cut. It's a detail that signals the production is taking the source material seriously — and that the sequel is moving forward with real momentum.
Why This Is a Big Deal for Fans
For a franchise as deeply lore-driven as Mortal Kombat, having a co-creator in the room during the writing process is genuinely reassuring. The first 2021 film introduced a roster of fan-favorite fighters while teasing several major characters — most notably Johnny Cage — who have yet to appear on screen. With the sequel actively being shaped, the question of who fills out that roster is suddenly very urgent. New kombatants mean new casting decisions, and that's exactly the kind of conversation the myCast community lives for.
The Mortal Kombat universe is enormous. Beyond returning characters, the sequel could pull from a deep bench of fan-beloved fighters: Rain, Kitana, Ermac, Nightwolf, Kenshi, and many more. Each one represents a casting puzzle worth solving.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community hasn't been waiting around. Across multiple fan-cast stories, voters have been making their picks for months — and some choices are pulling away from the pack in a big way.
On the Mortal Kombat 2 story, which covers 90 roles, one pick has dominated the conversation: Braun Strowman has racked up a commanding 43 votes for the role of Kintaro, the four-armed Shokan warrior. That's more than half of all votes cast in the story, and it makes a certain kind of sense — Strowman's physical presence is genuinely difficult to argue with. Also earning attention in that story are Damian Priest with 10 votes for Rain and Alan Ritchson with 9 votes for Stryker. Ritchson in particular feels like a natural fit — he's already proven he can carry an action franchise with Reacher, and Stryker's blue-collar cop energy seems right in his wheelhouse.
A second story brings some intriguing recasting ideas for characters already established in the 2021 film. Fans there are floating for Sub-Zero and for Scorpion — notably, Sanada already played Scorpion in the original film, suggesting some voters want continuity honored. is also showing up as a pick for Rain, which is a genuinely compelling vision. And on a third story, fans are going in fresh directions: for Liu Kang and for Kitana are picks that lean into a younger, more contemporary energy.