The Mortal Kombat movie that came out last year was a very important film in certain ways, as this was the first MK movie that was going to be blessed with modern effects and not have certain restrictions previous films would’ve had. The results were…mixed. Fans loved the brutal fights at times, but the non-standard MK plot (even for this franchise) left a lot to be desired. But with Mortal Kombat 2 confirmed (Konfirmed?) to be focusing on the tournament itself, there is hope for some course correcting.
The other catch is that a lot of classic MK characters died last film, and writer Jeremy Slater talked about what the process is like to bring new characters into the mix:
“They’re really flexible because a lot of it is just who do we want to see, and a lot of it is who have the fans been really clamoring for because, I’m sure you know, Mortal Kombat has an incredibly passionate and incredibly vocal fan base on social media,” said Slater. “And there are people they really want to see in these movies and relationships they really want to see, and part of the problem is we’ve got a lot of returning characters from that first movie that you already have to balance. So if the last movie introduced 10 characters, we can’t necessarily turn around and introduce another 10 characters because then you’re dealing with 20 people in a movie and it becomes a sort of cameo parade. So you really have to go through and kind of cherry-pick, who are your three or four favorite heroes we can add, who are your three or four favorite villains?”
He added that he wants to both make the characters feel balanced, as well as have their own stories:
“We’re trying really hard to make them as cool and as memorable and as fun as possible.”
No release date for Mortal Kombat 2 has been given as of yet.
Source: ComicBook.com
