Simon McQuoid has signed up to direct the 'Mortal Kombat' movie reboot.
Christopher Lambert in the original Mortal Kombat
The Australian is known for helming advertisements, including PlayStation, Range Rover and Beats by Dre, among others, and has joined as filmmaker on the upcoming project for New Line, according to Variety. .
Simon is said to be one of the most in-demand commercial directors around and has won several awards for his efforts.
The film will be based on the classic 90s arcade game 'Mortal Kombat', but details of the story are not yet known.
Greg Russo has written a draft version of the script and James Wan will produce the motion picture alongside Todd Garner, Jeremy Stein and Michael Clear, while Lawrence Kasanoff will act as executive producer on the movie.
Paul W.S. Anderson helmed the original 'Mortal Kombat' movie in 1995, which saw Christopher Lambert play Raiden and was also produced by Kasanoff.
The film featured 'Mortal Kombat' characters Liu Kang (Robin Shou), Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), and soldier Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), attempting to try to defeat evil Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) in a tournament to save the world.
It was based on the first game, 'Mortal Kombat', and second, 'Mortal Kombat II'.
Lambert recently revealed the new movie will have a time travel theme.
He said: "They have a great idea for the third one. It will be very different.
"We are going to be travelling through time, but in a very special way. Imagine characters having a battle in the middle of London and then whoosh, you smash through a window and find yourself on the hood of a New York cab."
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