By:Dominic La-Viola
If you haven’t already seen it, the Mortal Kombat 2 trailer has dropped, not so long ago. Personally I think the trailer looks amazing, and I for one can’t wait to see it, and apparently I’m not the only one who believes in this movie.
The studio has already hired screenwriter Jeremy Slater to start writing the third installment to the reboot of the iconic video game movie franchise. Now apparently, the writer isn’t the only one who is being told about this next installment.
The cast went on record at NYCC saying that this next installment, isn’t the last film in the iconic franchise. Although no details were spilled and no one commented on what the sequel would entail.
The vague statements make sense given that the second film has yet to be released, and won’t be until May of next year. A rather far push back, from its original release date of October 24th 2025.
Now the director of the film promises, that it’s whats best for the film. Giving it a proper summer release date, due to the context of the movie. Implying that it will not only live up to the hype, but kick the summer blockbuster season off right.
Although pushing the films release back makes it appear as if something behind the scenes happened and they don’t want to release the information. Yet, dropping the film in the end of October, could have went either way.
Usually studios change the release dates of films, that are either problems or ones in which they believe are going flop and need an excuse to why it did.
However, the director himself has reinsured us that isn’t the case. Now this is only Simon McQuoid second film, the first being Mortal Kombat. which doesn’t give me much confidence.
Not that the first film was horrible, but flawless it was not. Yet I still enjoyed the film never the less and have been looking forward to this upcoming sequel.
No matter how impatience i am, and low key mad I have to wait another 7 months to see the movie. Simon McQuoid, says that the movie is so big, bold and amazing, that it deserves to be released in May to kick off the summer blockbuster season. Rather than October, smack daddy in the middle of horror season.
The question bares, will this move help the film or hurt it? The fact that it will be introducing the summer season and it’s a big IP action film, could be a bonus at the box office. Not to mention not having to compete with horror films at their peak season, is also a plus.
With that being said, it could very much be a monster. One that is going to kill at the box office. One that the studio believes in so much, it’s pushing back its release. Taking away the safety net of using the release date as an excuse.
The only other reason I can think they pushed back a blockbuster of this scale, is the rumors of them being bought out. A flop of one there promising IP’s would really hurt their stock and lower their sale value. Could they be trying to lower the loss column on their P&L (profit and loss) to make themselves look more valuable, along with having a big budget blockbuster in the vault waiting to be cashed in on.
Source – Total Film