He told Variety that the "idea of a tournament within a script informs a certain structure and rhythm" and they "didn’t really want to serve that" first time round.Ĭobra Kai has proven that a script doesn’t have to live or die on one tournament – and can even heighten the tension and character work that was slowly bubbling away under the gore n’ lore in Mortal Kombat. The director, Simon McQuoid, doesn’t seem overly enamored with the idea, though. It’ll allow for an even freer clash of styles than the first Mortal Kombat allowed, too, which should make for more inventive, exciting action sequences. Now, picture all manner of betrayals, broken bones, and buckets of blood that will inevitably go with it. Imagine eight of Earthrrealm’s champions fighting for the world against Outworld’s finest.
Greg Russo said in his interview with Collider that the hypothetical middle movie in a Mortal Kombat trilogy will feature a full-fat tournament. However, it all seems to be part of the plan. Instead, we got a setup and a handful of fights that felt better suited to the rough-and-tumble of a literal knockout competition. Fans of the games may have expected the movie adaptation to mine the source material – namely, putting together a big tournament – but the trigger was never quite pulled on that premise. Here are just some of things we want from a Mortal Kombat sequel, and we encourage you to share your own.
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There are plenty of areas to zero in on, refine, and reform before the next entry in the series – including some more inspiration from the games. Mortal Kombat may have been a hit, but it wasn’t perfect. In the interim, we’ve been brewing up some brutal and fiendish ideas of our own.
The creatives are ready all that’s needed now is an official greenlight.īut waiting is hard. Surely, a Mortal Kombat sequel beckons.ĭirector Simon McQuoid has already teased the briefest of ideas for Mortal Kombat 2, while writer Greg Russo said (via Collider) that he has outlined plans for a trilogy. Mortal Kombat was an undeniable success, topping the US box office and bringing in nearly 4 million viewers on its opening weekend for HBO Max’s biggest at-home success to date. The dust has settled, the blood has been mopped up, and heads have rolled.
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