Why Mortal Kombat’s Johnny Cage Isn’t In The New Movie, According To The Screenwriter

While I’ll always be just slightly salty that Johnny Cage isn’t in McQuoid’s version, I can understand where Greg Russo and the entire Mortal Kombat team is coming from. It’s no easy task to try and jump start a franchise (fingers crossed) with hundreds of characters and a comically complicated lore. Just look at the MCU. It had to start with Iron Man to get to Endgame, you know?