OREANDA-NEWS After quite a long thought, Warner Bros. Studios and New Line Cinema launches a sequel to the fantastic action movie Mortal Kombat, which was released last spring. Jeremy Slater was assigned to write the script for the continuation of the reboot. His previous project was the upcoming series Moon Knight on the Disney+ platform, where he worked as the main screenwriter. His directorial debut will be the fantastic horror Thread, one of the producers of which will be James Wang. It is not yet known whether rebut director Simon Mcquoyd will return to work on the sequel.

Recall that a new film adaptation of the popular video game series was released in the American cinema on April 23. The fantastic action movie started better than expected, earning $23.3 million in the premiere weekend. At the same time, the film was simultaneously available on the HBO Max platform. According to the number of views in the premiere weekend, Mortal Kombat became the best among all hybrid releases of Warner Bros. Studio.

The franchise is based on a video game created by Ed Boone and John Tobias. According to the plot, the fighter has found the greatest champions of the Earth to confront the enemies of the Outside World as part of the battle for the universe.