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Mortal Kombat Screenwriter Compares Film to Deadpool


With the successful launch of Mortal Kombat 11, a movie adaptation has finally been greenlit by New Line and WB. The movie promises to bring us actual fatalities, and writer Greg Russo compares the tone of the film to Marvel Fox's Deadpool.

Talking to ComicBook, Russo explains:

"We looked at the games and then we also were looking at some film comps to compare our tone to… and I think things like Deadpool popped up and we're like, we really like the tone of that. You know, it's got some great humor in there, but if you kind of take the humor out of it, it's got real characters, like really emotional stakes behind what the characters are going through."

Though Deadpool is a comedy, Russo also emphasizes that the MK movie won't be all laughs. He continues, "We wanted to be somewhat truthful with the tone of the game… So if you played the games, there are real stakes, there's real emotion behind what the characters are going through but at the same time, it's really fun."

"I mean Mortal Kombat's always been very tongue-in-cheek in how it approaches whether it's kind of over the top violence or just kind of some of the insane story ideas that they come up with. I mean there's always been this kind of fun nature to it."

If anything, I'm expecting a good balance of humor and story. When you look at the early games, you can kind of feel how irreverent Mortal Kombat was, from the over the top fatalities and "Toasty!" pop-ups. Hopefully, with this movie, the filmmakers can find a good balance.

For now, the Mortal Kombat movie is set to hit theaters March 5, 2021.

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