This tournament will determine the fate of Earth and all its citizens. Lord Raiden, protector of Earthrealm, must gather the greatest fighters of his realm to defend it from the evil Shang Tsung in the battle to end all battles.

Mortal Kombat (2021) follows the commercial failure of the 1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and the failure of a third film which lingered in creation for nearly two decades. Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the franchise in 2009 and announced producer James Wan in 2015 and director Simon McQuoid in 2016 and production began in 2019 ready for the release in January 2021 which was delayed due to COVID-19 to April 2021.