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‘Mortal Kombat’ Sequel Moving Forward At New Line As Simon McQuoid Returns As Director

EXCLUSIVE: After the most recent Mortal Kombat pic overachieved at box office, New Line is ready to get back in to the arena on a sequel. Sources tell Deadline that Simon McQuoid is set to return a…

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After the most recent Mortal Kombat pic overachieved at box office, New Line is ready to get back in to the arena on a sequel. Sources tell Deadline that Simon McQuoid is set to return as director for the follow-up to the 2021 action-adventure hit.

Mortal Kombat was McQuoid’s feature directorial debut and was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max during the pandemic in April 2021.

The feature opened No. 1 at the box office and ranks among the top feature titles ever on HBO Max since the platform launched. While some point to F9 or A Quiet Place Part II as the pics that led crowds back to theaters post-pandemic, Mortal Kombat was one of the early features to take a crack to gauging audiences’ interest in returning to theaters — and the results surprised many, especially since the film premiered day-and-date on HBO Max. Execs were quick to get a sequel in development, and one of the first orders of business was bringing McQuoid back to direct.

 

[MasterDerico]

 

[SafeOrAlone]

I didn't think the first one was very good, but I want to see them step it up for the sequel. I love this world and it's characters.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

it wouldn't be so bad if they would get rid of hollywood style of shooting fights with million cuts like someone on adderall

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Saw it on HBO Max the day it became available. Was an ok film with cringe dialogue, but I can't tell if that was deliberate or not. The opening fight sequence and the final fight were the best parts of the film, the rest was forgettable.

 

[DZ_b_EZ]

Hopefully, less emphasis on the made up lead character that was created only for that movie.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I think it could only be better than that first one. That was some Syfy original level shit.

 

[Bragr]

Waste of time the sequel.

 

[anthony2690]

The first 7 minutes are genuinely amazing.



Then the rest of the movie is literally something entirely different.

They honestly should've focused on these two as it could've been amazing.

 

[The Stig]

but why?

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

but why?

Money???

 

[SLB1904]

the first movie was a mix bag

 

[The Stig]

Money???

I saw that movie. Surely it didnt make a penny?!

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Some decisions are... out there and beyond human capability.

 

[MiguelItUp]

The Subzero and Scorpion stuff was the best part hands down. Everything else was so stupid. Those "magic abilities" I can't even remember what they were called.

Also, Cole? LMAO. Oh boy, metal skin or whatever it was. What a dumb character. Probably would've been a lot better without him. Not even sure why they even bothered with him. At least make someone that's more interesting, lol.

 

[Bernardougf]

First 10 min ! Hoooolyyy shit its going to be awesome!!!!

Rest 1 hour and 20 min ???? Welp...

This movie has some of the worst fight choreography I have ever seen...ever ... in a serious movie

 

[Represent.]

Make it more like the first 10 minutes and im in. Never seen such a quick fall from grace

 

[DeepEnigma]

The first 7 minutes are genuinely amazing.



Then the rest of the movie is literally something entirely different.

They honestly should've focused on these two as it could've been amazing.

 

[ManaByte]

They should've hired whoever made the first 10 minutes of the first movie.

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

i loved the first one but a sequel is completely unnecessary since they already killed my favorite character fulgor

 

[Urban]

Pls kill the MC from the first one and than we talk

I’m not even remembering his name lol

 

[Furozen]

but why?

Mortal Kombat beat out Dune, Godzilla vs Kong, and The Matrix Resurrections for the best opening weekend on HBO Max with over 3 million viewers.

Source

 

[The Stig]

Source

That is depressing. Dune was pretty darn good.

 

[Valt7786]

Pls kill the MC from the first one and than we talk

I’m not even remembering his name lol

This. Get rid of Cole, Bring in and focus on Johnny Cage if you have to focus on one of them, get the fights looking awesome and violent, make sure Shao Kahn is suitably menacing

 

[ReBurn]

That movie was terrible. I'm glad it was on HBO Max so all I lost was the time I spent watching it.

 

[tibia]

Kill off Cole, bring back Christopher Lambert as Raiden. How can a movie with 20+ characters result in 0 charisma? Kano trying to be funny for 30 minutes doesn't count.

MK1994: Raiden/Shang Tsung/Johnny Cage were awesome.
MKA1997: ... funny (but at least felt like MK)
MK2021: ? UFC, Arcana, Goro is a just a hideous monster who doesn't speak, no one can understand what Raiden is saying

This new movie needs to just have a real-definitely-happened-tournament, like Bloodsport. Contestants watching others get killed. No more kidnapping or bribery or career plots, family issues, etc. No one cares, man!

 

[Gamer79]

The MK lore is a mess.

 

[Spearheadz]

The MK lore is a mess.

Fuck off, bitch.

 

[MrA]

The first 7 minutes are genuinely amazing.



Then the rest of the movie is literally something entirely different.

They honestly should've focused on these two as it could've been amazing.

The first 7 minutes act like it's going to be a traditional samurai movie, then goes to derp de derp
also why did dune need to fight so hard for a sequel but every other trash movie gets a sequel if doesn't lose 100 million dollars

 

[bitbydeath]

Cole needs to be killed off in the opening scene to make this somewhat salvageable.

 

[Gtafans93]

Hopefully they shoot it back here in adelaide. Got so close to working on the first one

 

[//DEVIL//]

But why? the first one was horrible.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Hopefully, less emphasis on the made up lead character that was created only for that movie.

At least it wasn't Ciro.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

The MK lore is a mess.

Only after the reboot.

 

[Gamer79]

Fuck off, bitch.

I said to your mom

 

[Timberwolf25]

1st Fight scene and final fight
scenes minus Cole were the best part of the movie. The filling in the middle was pretty meh.

 

[Brian Jensen]

That’s great, because I actually like the reboot, even with it’s mistakes and having no tournament. I hope the sequel will be better.

 

[R6Rider]

I liked it more than most, but the lead character is trash.

 

[BlackCharlieBrown]

Similar to the beginning of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Cole should be killed in the first scene.

 

[Timberwolf25]

I also thought the dude they casted for Liu Kang seemed a bit on the smallish side even though he was pretty fit. His acting was sorta quirky though.
Some of the other characters were miscasted as well. Hopefully the sequel will have more of the cool fighting scenes like the opening and ending.

I particularly liked how they brought the Scorpion and Sub Zero moves to the fight without it being too corny

 

[Razvedka]

Best part of the movie was Kano. He was legitimately hilarious.

I'd watch a sequel if he's back.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Dumb movie. A retread of the 1995 movie, but then with all the fun sucked out of it. Shang tried to sabotage the crew because you know, he was confident in winning the tournament anyway. But he lacked the manliness of CHT. Goro was reduced to a jobber, isn't he like the first fucking casualty?

The 1995 movie was perfect for what it was. It set up a small cast of main characters, how they were lured into the tournament. Then you had awesome locations, which looked like some tropical east asian island and caves/palaces. Most importantly there wasn't some shithead like Cole thrown in. And Reptile even appeared as a fucking secret battle.

Old MK movie might've been aimed at kids, there wasn't any blood iirc, but its so much better than the new one anyway.

 

[anthony2690]

Cole needs to be killed off in the opening scene to make this somewhat salvageable.

Have Shao Kahn break his neck in the first 5 seconds, like Johnny cage had in mk annihilation (Awful movie)

 

[MALpractice311]

Echoing many of the same sentiments here, the first 7 minutes of the movie were good, as were a few of the fight scenes, but fuck that awful juvenile dialog and fuck that audience-insert character Cole.

 

[MasterDerico]

The entire movie was unnecessary.
Bad guys enters the Raiden temple to destroy the heroes before tournament, so he created a shield.

Raiden had two options;
-Transport the bad guys out of there to Outworld (like he did with Shang in the end)
-Transport the heroes to the void.

Credits roll.

This movie has SO MANY mistakes and bad writing, that i can list TONS of them.

Thank god they changed the writer, that was the issue of this movie, and the lack of fights. Even Annihilation has 100x better and more fights. This movie HAS NO FIGHTS. Beginning and end only, and it's average.

 

[MMaRsu]

Is Johnny Cage in the film? Or does the director still pretend Johnny Cage sucks

 

[Spearheadz]

Is Johnny Cage in the film? Or does the director still pretend Johnny Cage sucks

JC isn't in this one. He's hinted at in the post-credits. (he does fucking suck though)

 

[EverydayBeast]

If you don’t like the movie don’t watch it.

 

[Ansphn]

The Subzero and Scorpion stuff was the best part hands down. Everything else was so stupid. Those "magic abilities" I can't even remember what they were called.

Also, Cole? LMAO. Oh boy, metal skin or whatever it was. What a dumb character. Probably would've been a lot better without him. Not even sure why they even bothered with him. At least make someone that's more interesting, lol.

Yeah no point of Cole at all. They should have done it from the perspective of Sonya and it wouldn't miss a beat.

 

[anthony2690]

If you don’t like the movie don’t watch it.

You kinda have to watch the movie to come to the conclusion that you don't like it though...