Video game movies almost always never do well at the global box office, but recent years have started to curb the trend. Case in point, Sonic the Hedgehog.
The Hollywood debut of SEGA's furry mascot was a huge success and its sequel, which came out in April, was an even bigger hit. Meanwhile, a few months earlier, Uncharted also topped the box office charts despite the lack of love from critics.
While last year's Mortal Kombat wasn't a box office darling (nor a critical one), it drew fans enough to HBO Max that Warner Bros. wants to do a sequel.
A few months after Moon Knight writer, Jeremy Slater, joined to pen the script for the Mortal Kombat sequel, Slater has an exciting update. In an interview with The Direct, Slater revealed that he's already halfway through the script. More importantly, Slater claims that he's working closely with the studio and the film's director. The latter is interesting since Warner Bros. hasn't confirmed who's directing the film.