“It’s sort of precedent and helped us story-wise. It’s why we felt we could bring in a new character into this film,” said McQuoid. They’re bringing new characters in all the time. The Mortal Kombat director went on to discuss the addition Lewis Tan, who plays an entirely new character to the franchise named Cole, and teased the surprises to come. I say that because I want you to realize the context of what I’m about, which is… There’s a big opportunity with lots of characters.” Right? There’s obviously a massive opportunity. “If we get the tonality and we get this right, then it’s guys like you that will decide whether there’s a sequel. Let’s try and get this right.” McQuoid told Heroic Hollywood. Whenever someone does, we go ‘We’re not talking about that.’ Because let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Kung Lao obviously needed to come in, as he hasn’t really been done justice live action and we felt that, and there’s room… None of us ever talk about sequels.

“Well, we sort of felt that there was a need to go for the classic set as much as we could. McQuoid and Garner played coy on numerous things but the former revealed some interesting details on the character lineup and a potential sequel. We recently got the chance to view the first thirteen minutes of the upcoming live-action reboot of Mortal Kombat and participate in an early press day for the film where we had a roundtable discussion with director Simon McQuoid and producer Todd Garner. Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid and producer Todd Garner sat down with us and revealed some interesting things about the upcoming reboot.

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