Mortal Kombat Sequel Secures Director Simon McQuoid for Round 2

Deadline experiences that Simon McQuoid will return to direct the Mortal Kombat sequel, which doesn’t presently have a launch date. The 2021 pandemic hit was McQuoid’s first function movie after a profession spent engaged on video video games and directing commercials for advert companies. HBO used the movie to gauge viewers’s curiosity in returning to theaters, and after the success of each in-person and screening numbers, it was fast to order a sequel.

There’s no hints but on what plot the sequel will comply with, and a brand new screenwriter, Jeremy Slater, is presently on the hook for a sequel script. Slater was most lately connected to Moon Knight because the lead author, and in addition helped develop The Umbrella Academy for Netflix.

Mortal Kombat is, after all, based mostly on the online game franchise which first debuted in 1992. There have been different makes an attempt to embody the property on movie, however each the 1995 and 1998 makes an attempt had been thought of reasonably poor, if not and not using a sure tacky allure. We’ll convey you extra on HBO’s plan for the way forward for Mortal Kombat on the large display as and once we study it.

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