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Closer Look at New Mortal Kombat Movie Logo

A redesigned dragon logo can be seen on set.

Posted at 09/17/2019 10:44 PM EDT by

The trademarked dragon logo has served as a harbinger of all things Mortal Kombat for over a quarter of a century. With the next feature film now in production, we have our clearest view of a newly designed logo glimpsed on the clapboard during Day 1 of filming! Take a look:

Actor Lewis Tan shared the photo to Instagram, dramatically staging the clapboard opposite what appears to be a blood spattered floor. Filming began Monday local time, with Port Adelaide doubling for the streets of Chicago.

A newly designed, red dragon logo can be seen in the centre of the board, wrapped in the Mortal Kombat text. It adapts the traditional circle border of the symbol into the tail of a more S-shaped dragon body. To accomodate the curving design, the dragon has been given a more slender figure.

This isn't the first time the iconic Mortal Kombat dragon logo has been changed. The symbol underwent an official redesign in 2014 for the release of Mortal Kombat X, slightly tweaking its dimension and features. The logo was given embossed three-dimensional details when Mortal Kombat went to the big screen in 1995. A more jagged, impressionistic version appeared in the second series of the live-action webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy.

Renowned digital concept artist Nikolai "BossLogic" Baslajik has recreated his own version of the film's new logo, creating a mock movie poster he shared to Twitter [below]. He previously shared his vision of the cast as their respective characters.

What do you think of the movie's new dragon logo? Share your thoughts in the comments below and join all the news and discussion on the Media & Merchandise forum!

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•09/18/2019 04:25 AM (UTC) •

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Now that I see it's a whole Chinese dragon and not a fiery Dragon symbol I love it. Anyone who what font they used for "Mortal Kombat"? It looks like the text at the bottom with the director's name et al is using the Louis Vutton font, aka Futura.

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•09/18/2019 05:54 AM (UTC) •

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Also, after doing more research, this is not a dragon. It's usually called a wyrm or sea serpent because it is both wingless and limbless. It closely resembles the ancient Egyptian creature, oroborous, minus the fact he isn't swallowing his own tale.

I don't think the filmmakers or designers care that they completely reshaped Mortal Kombat by changing this symbol this much.

Or... perhaps... they knew what they were doing AND this new "Dragon" logo has some kind of weird new meaning.

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•09/18/2019 06:51 AM (UTC)• Edited 09/18/2019 11:00 AM (UTC) •

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Also, after doing more research, this is not a dragon. It's usually called a wyrm or sea serpent because it is both wingless and limbless. It closely resembles the ancient Egyptian creature, oroborous, minus the fact he isn't swallowing his own tale.

I don't think the filmmakers or designers care that they completely reshaped Mortal Kombat by changing this symbol this much.

Or... perhaps... they knew what they were doing AND this new "Dragon" logo has some kind of weird new meaning.

If i remember correcty eastern dragons rarely have wings. Wings are more common for western dragons.

Look at many eastern dragons on google, they have no wings. Shenron from Dragon Ball for example also has no wings.

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•09/18/2019 11:49 AM (UTC)• Edited 09/18/2019 11:55 AM (UTC) •

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Correct Eastern dragons rarely have wings such as the Chinese dragon. However, when a dragon has neither wings nor any limbs (arms, legs) then it is called a sea serpent or wyrm.

It's very possible this dragon has folded wings that we cannot see and I also noticed it has a sharp, harpoon-shaped tail.

If i remember correcty eastern dragons rarely have wings. Wings are more common for western dragons.

Look at many eastern dragons on google, they have no wings. Shenron from Dragon Ball for example also has no wings.

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•09/19/2019 04:45 AM (UTC)• Edited 09/19/2019 04:20 PM (UTC) •

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This logo looks ridiculous. I don't know why you'd go against the grain in not only favoring diversity over accuracy, but changing something as iconic and recognizable as the Mortal Kombat logo. It looks fan-made/amateurish. If this logo was just slapped onto my Facebook feed without "Mortal Kombat" attached to it in some form, I'd pass it by because it wouldn't pique my interest.

I don't have high or even middling expectations for this movie. I hope I'm very, very surprised.

•09/19/2019 04:33 PM (UTC)• Edited 09/19/2019 05:07 PM (UTC) •

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The logo really needed to be updated but it didn't necessarily have to look like that. I wonder if this movie logo design will crossover to the games and other things.

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•09/19/2019 05:18 PM (UTC) •

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The logo really needed to be updated but it didn't necessarily have to look like that. I wonder if this movie logo design will crossover to the games and other things.

Maybe it's quite the opposite, after that time Larry Kasanoff started trying to claim that Threshold basically owned Mortal Kombat, including its characters and imagery, perhaps they wanted to purposefully segregate the new film from the games a bit more to maintain control?

Just throwing out ideas...

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•09/20/2019 12:31 AM (UTC) •

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It's better than Legacy's. And keep in mind this is a in-production logo. They will likely make it better by trailer time. Don't fret yet lol.

The game's logo from MK1 was actually used during the first movie during production. All the film crew hats used it too. Even in MKA the game logo was used during production.

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This logo looks ridiculous. I don't know why you'd go against the grain in not only favoring diversity over accuracy, but changing something as iconic and recognizable as the Mortal Kombat logo. It looks fan-made/amateurish. If this logo was just slapped onto my Facebook feed without "Mortal Kombat" attached to it in some form, I'd pass it by because it wouldn't pique my interest.

I don't have high or even middling expectations for this movie. I hope I'm very, very surprised.

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•09/21/2019 06:01 AM (UTC) •

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Why mess with perfection?

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•09/21/2019 04:21 PM (UTC)• Edited 09/21/2019 04:25 PM (UTC) •

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And which MK coiled dragon logo from years past do you consider perfect?

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Why mess with perfection?

Also more research:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panlong_(mythology)

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•09/27/2019 10:12 PM (UTC) •

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It IS the official MK(2021) logo... look to the bottom of this photo from Joe Taslim's IG story you will see some kind of crew memborabilia, like a cup or mug of some sort, with the new font and logo:

•09/27/2019 11:28 PM (UTC)• Edited 09/27/2019 11:30 PM (UTC) •

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yeah mechad already showed cup on the a logo already in a eraly story but cant find it anymore

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•09/28/2019 12:01 AM (UTC) •

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Do you know what day he showed this? Or what else was in the photo? I have literally been saving his stuff as soon as he posts, I hope I didn't miss it.

•09/28/2019 12:06 AM (UTC) •

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Do you know what day he showed this? Or what else was in the photo? I have literally been saving his stuff as soon as he posts, I hope I didn't miss it.

i believe it was in a story last week

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•09/28/2019 12:28 AM (UTC) •

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@gorostilllives

Do you know what day he showed this? Or what else was in the photo? I have literally been saving his stuff as soon as he posts, I hope I didn't miss it.

i believe it was in a story last week

Was it a video or a photo? What else was he doing in it? Was it one of your updates to us, if so can you find the day you think? I have these organized using my web site system. I checked all his photos I collected, he mainly posts videos when he does post MK. I hope it wasn't the zoo stuff I missed...

•09/28/2019 12:31 AM (UTC) •

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Do you know what day he showed this? Or what else was in the photo? I have literally been saving his stuff as soon as he posts, I hope I didn't miss it.

i believe it was in a story last week

Was it a video or a photo? What else was he doing in it? Was it one of your updates to us, if so can you find the day you think? I have these organized using my web site system. I checked all his photos I collected, he mainly posts videos when he does post MK. I hope it wasn't the zoo stuff I missed...

it was a video and he was basially drink water in the bottle

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•09/28/2019 12:37 AM (UTC) •

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Sadly I think I may have missed that one. I came into this about the day after production started and it's possible he kept it up for a short while too. I'm sure we will see it again.

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Do you know what day he showed this? Or what else was in the photo? I have literally been saving his stuff as soon as he posts, I hope I didn't miss it.

i believe it was in a story last week

Was it a video or a photo? What else was he doing in it? Was it one of your updates to us, if so can you find the day you think? I have these organized using my web site system. I checked all his photos I collected, he mainly posts videos when he does post MK. I hope it wasn't the zoo stuff I missed...

it was a video and he was basially drink water in the bottle

•09/28/2019 12:47 AM (UTC) •

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sorry it just came up after you meantion the bottle

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•10/20/2019 08:03 PM (UTC) •

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You know what? I like it. I really do. While I think I'll always like the original dragon logo the best, this isn't half bad. It still retains a lot of the aspects of the original, making it recognizable as the MK dragon, but is distinct enough to give it it's own vibe. I hope the rest of the movie gives the same feeling.

•10/21/2019 07:59 PM (UTC) •

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Kinda reminds me of this recent movie logo:

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•10/22/2019 03:19 PM (UTC) •

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And what is this movie?

Kinda reminds me of this recent movie logo:

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