'Moon Knight' Writer Talks About 'Mortal Kombat 2' Storyline: 'It's A Weird Universe'

Writer Jeremy Slater, who penned Marvel's "Moon Knight" TV series, has opened up about the second installment of "Mortal Kombat," noting that it is a "weird universe."

"It's really fun so far. We're about halfway through the script," Slater told The Direct in an interview published Monday. "I'm working really closely with the director and the studios, and the game guys."

The writer disclosed that the sequel was planned after considering fans' feedback for the live-action movie "Mortal Kombat," which was dropped in April last year.

"I can't say anything about the actual story, but I think they definitely learned some lessons the last time around in terms of, 'Here's the stuff fans responded to, and here's what people liked out of the movie, and here's the stuff that didn't work out as well as we hoped,'" he said.

Slater further revealed that the team is going to take chance on "everything that worked in the first one and do it even better and give the audience even more, and make something that is just incredibly satisfying, and really exciting, and unpredictable."

He explained that the second installment of "Mortal Kombat" won't be having the same tone as Marvel Cinematic Universe but it will reflect the writer's "sensibilities."

"I don't think it's necessarily going to have the same tone as the MCU, but it's definitely going to have some of my sensibilities," he noted. "That was part of my pitch to them. This is Mortal Kombat. We have guys who are ripping off their faces and breathing fire — it's a weird universe."

"Let's embrace some of that weirdness, and let's make a Mortal Kombat sequel that no one is expecting and that can kind of sneak in and blow everyone away," he added.

"Mortal Kombat," which was helmed by director Simon McQuoid, included Jessica McNamee, Lewis Tan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Joe Taslim, Sisi Stringer, Ludi Lin, Josh Lawson, Laura Brent and Tadanobu Asano.

The second installment of the movie franchise is penned by Slater, along with comic book artist John Tobias and video game programmer Ed Boon.