In April 2020, the world was given a new live-action Mortal Kombat movie, which had been in development for almost a decade. The cinematic reboot based on the popular video game series performed decently at the box office and, thanks to the day-and-date release plan Warner Bros. implemented for all its 2021 movies, was one of HBO Max’s top feature titles last year. Well, good news for those of you who had a blast watching Mortal Kombat: Mortal Kombat 2 has taken a big step forward with a key behind-the-scenes hire.
Jeremy Slater, the head writer of Disney+’s upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight, has been hired to write Mortal Kombat 2, as shared by Deadline. Slater is also notable co-writing 2015’s Fantastic Four with Josh Trank and Simon Kinberg, as well as developing the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy and the short-lived Fox TV show The Exorcist. Along with now working on Mortal Kombat 2, he has the Looney Tunes movie Coyote vs. Acme coming up.
Last year’s Mortal Kombat was written by Greg Russo and David Callaham, and now Jeremy Slater is getting to put his stamp on a property that’s been entertaining video game enthusiasts for almost 30 full years. Simon McQuoid directed the reboot, but at this stage in the development process, it’s unclear if he’ll reprise those duties for the sequel. There’s also no word yet on which cast members will return for Mortal Kombat 2, like Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Mehcad Brooks and Hiroyuki Sanada, among others.
Mortal Kombat saw Lewis Tan’s Cole Young, a washed-up MMA fighter, learning about his secret heritage and being recruited to help keep Earth safe from the sinister forces of Outworld. Although the reboot was packed with gruesome fights, the actual tournament that the Mortal Kombat franchise is famous for never actually happened in the movie. As laid out, in this continuity, Outworld has beaten Earth in said tournament nine times before, and if Earth loses a tenth time, Outworld will conquer our planet. It stands to reason the tournament will finally unfold in Mortal Kombat 2, though whether it will wrap up by the end of that movie or extend to a hypothetical Mortal Kombat 3 remains to be seen.
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