Furious 7 and aquaman director james wan rumored to produce mortal kombat movie

James Wan -- the ultra-hot filmmaker behind Furious 7, Saw and the upcoming Aquaman --is reportedly coming aboard the long-gestating big screen reboot of Mortal Kombat. But the plan isn't for Wan to direct the video game movie.

According to The Tracking Board, New Line Cinema has tapped Wan to produce the reboot, which "the studio has described as 'a departure from the mythology,' with 'darker, brutally real martial arts.'”



Mortal Kombat: Legacy's Oren Uziel and The Expendables' Dave Callaham are scripting the reboot, which The Tracking Board claims "centers around a seemingly harmless guy who realizes his potential when he finds himself caught in the middle of a cross-dimensional battle between the warriors of Earth and the monsters of Outworld. Now, in order to stop the world from total destruction, he must win the martial arts tournament known as ‘Mortal Kombat'."



Wan -- whose Furious 7 now the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time -- directed The Conjuring and its upcoming sequel for New Line Cinema and also produced the spinoff Annabelle.