Everyone is aware of a battle in Mortal Kombat can’t finish in spherical one. There must be at the least a spherical two and now, because of New Line Cinema and author Jeremy Slater, there in all probability shall be.

Deadline experiences that the author behind Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight and Fox’s glorious sequence The Exorcist has signed on to jot down Mortal Kombat II, a sequel to final 12 months’s reboot from director Simon McQuoid. A director has not been set and, in line with the commerce, no offers are in place for any potential returning stars, however the wheels are in movement.

The 2021 movie (which we actually appreciated however the general response was decidedly more mixed) rebooted the Nineties franchise primarily based on the massively standard preventing sport. Mortal Kombat adopted a completely new character in Cole Young (performed by Lewis Tan) who realizes he’s been marked to fight on this historical event. After heaps and many battling with Sub Zero, Raiden, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Jax, Sonya Blade and the remaining, Cole and the nice guys win, however he can’t relaxation. The movie ends with the tease that new warrior are on the market, corresponding to Hollywood famous person Johnny Cage.

When Mortal Kombat was launched, producers dreamed of it turning into a a lot greater factor. “Our goal and our prayer is that this movie does well enough and we’ve set it up enough and is satisfying enough for both the fans and people who don’t know anything about Mortal Kombat,” Producer Todd Garner, who shall be again this time, beforehand advised io9 in March final 12 months.” “[Well enough] that they’re going to allow us at some point to sit with [creators] Ed [Boon] and John [Tobias] and all the Warner Bros. execs and put a big whiteboard up like Kevin Feige did and map out the universe. Map out years and years of this.”’

All of which begins with a single sequel. And Slater now has the duty of bringing that to life. Do you suppose Mortal Kombat II will truly occur? Who do you wish to see in it? Did you benefit from the first movie?

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