From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lawrence Alan Larry Kasanoff born June 1 1959 is an American filmmaker who founded the Vestron Pictures genre subsidiary Lightning Pictures in 1986 Lightstorm Entertainment with James Cameron in 1990 and Threshold Entertainment in 1993 He is known for films such as the Mortal Kombat movie franchise including the 1995 Mortal Kombat its sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation and its spinoff series Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm and Mortal Kombat Conquest He also served as executive producer of the 2021 reboot Some other films he has produced include Blood Diner Blue Steel True Lies and Lego The Adventures of Clutch Powers and directing the infamous animated boxoffice bomb Foodfight Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Kasanoff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia