Mortal Kombat movie writer talks about the potential for sequels, and TV shows

The first and second Mortal Kombat movies may have been monetarily successful, but they're not exactly quality films. Will the third installment be able to kick that trend? Movie writer Greg Russo hopes so, and in an interview with Comicbook.com, Russo talks about focusing on this film, the potential for sequels, and even branching out to TV.

"The mantra from the studio, from the creative team behind the first film, is we really are focusing on that first film. We don't think beyond where we are. Right? You have to earn your success in this business. I think that's something that we can all agree on. You know, you don't get a sequel if you don't make the first film great. So I think everybody is just pouring their heart and soul into this first film to make sure that it's exciting, that it delivers across the board in everything that people want. And in success hopefully we can have further chapters.

But I wouldn't be doing my job as a writer if I'm not always thinking, where can I go? Right? Where can I build this out? It would be almost foolish to write one story without ever thinking about where would the story go. So in my mind, yeah, I know where I would go in subsequent films. I think I have a pretty strong roadmap on where in terms of the world and the characters that aren't going to appear in this world. I have a plan for where they would show up moving forward. And yeah, I think there's also some ideas percolating in terms of other mediums in terms of television too. [...] Again, down the road."