A sequel to Mortal Kombat is in the works, with a knight writer committed to the project, according to the latest news.

 

Mortal Kombat is an American media brand based on a series of video games that were first released in 1992 by Midway Games. 

The first game was founded on a concept by Ed Boon and John Tobias to make a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, but when that plan fell through, they decided to make a science fantasy-themed fighting game instead. 

Despite this, the creators paid tribute to him with Johnny Cage, a fictional film star with a similar personal flair to Van Damme.

 Mortal Kombat was the first fighting game to include a secret fighter who could only be unlocked if the player met a set of prerequisites.

 New Line Cinema is resuming production on a sequel to Mortal Kombat, the action-adventure film based on the popular video game franchise. 

Mortal Kombat 2 will be written by Jeremy Slater, who was hired by the studio.

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Slater was the head writer for the Marvel/Disney+ series Moon Knight, which starred Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, and Gaspard Ulliel, the French actor who died in a skiing accident last week after the first season of the series was completed.

 

Slater is also working on a script for Screen Gems' Thread, which will be directed by James Wan and produced by Atomic Monster.

 Uprising, a Netflix/21 Laps film directed by Travis Knight and adapted from Stephen King's The Tommyknockers for Universal and James Wan, is one of his most recent scripting credits. 

He was also the creator of The Umbrella Academy.On Fox, he was the creator and co-showrunner of The Exorcist, which aired on Netflix/UCP/Dark Horse.