MortalKombat2 writer Jeremy Slater gives an update on the script and teases what fans can expect: 'We have guys who are ripping off their faces and breathing fire—it’s a weird universe, let's embrace some of that weirdness.'
Fresh off the release of his MCU limited series Moon Knight, Jeremy Slater teases that the script for Mortal Kombat 2 will have his sensibilities. Video game adaptations have a bad reputation among movie-goers. Even Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the highest-grossing video game movie in the U.S., cannot compete with the MCU and its consistent box office returns. Still, the subgenre has been growing and improving in recent years.
One contributor to the recent trend was the 2021 Mortal Kombat. The reboot of the infamous Mortal Kombat film series was directed by Simon McQuoid and starred Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Chin Han, Max Huang, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada. Despite average reviews, Mortal Kombat grossed over $83 million and became HBO Max's most successful film launch when it was released. The sequel, Mortal Kombat 2, is currently in development.
“It’s really fun so far. We’re about halfway through the script. I’m working really closely with the director and the studios, and the game guys, and I think—I can’t say anything about the actual story, but I think they definitely learned some lessons the last time around in terms of, ‘Here’s the stuff fans responded to, and here’s what people liked out of the movie, and here’s the stuff that didn’t work out as well as we hoped.
While Mortal Kombat managed to perform well for a video game adaptation , its reception could not compare to recent MCU blockbusters like Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was released the same year and became the sixth-highest grossing film of all time. Considering the drastic difference between those two films, it may be tempting for the studio to imitate the MCU's tried and true style in Mortal Kombat 2, but Slater asserts that won't be the case.
Slater's goal of blowing everyone away may seem like a tall order for a video game adaptation, but he already has two successful genre adaptations to his name. Slater worked as a writer and executive producer for The Umbrella Academy season 1, which led to the Netflix series earning a second and third season, and his latest work Moon Knight just released on Disney+ to generally positive reviews.
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