Mortal Kombat movie director says the third movie is in limbo after the sequel's mediocre box office result

It looks like the third Mortal Kombat movie might not happen anymore, as director Simon McQuoid confirms the project is still in limbo. When asked for an update, McQuoid told The Wrap, "I think it’s still going through its life cycle. I’m not sure." News of the threquel arrived at New York Comic Con 2025, when screenwriter Jeremy Slater revealed he had started writing the third movie. In our Mortal Kombat 2 review, we called the video game adaptation "a step up from 2021’s bizarrely tournament-less Mortal Kombat that lands some killer blows, but it’s far from a flawless victory." Although the second movie was a vast improvement on the first film, which stands at 55% on RT, the sequel earned $129 million globally against a predicted $80 million budget.