Warner Bros was quite happy with their live-action 2021 launch of
Mortal Kombat. After the critical and commercial failure of 1997's
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the rough reputation of video game adaptations, and then launching their new film during a global pandemic, the title had a lot working against it. Still, the movie brought in $83 million at the
box office and was a hit on
HBO Max. That was a particularly big deal since the service was still very new. Now, the studio wants to carry that success forward. We've exclusively learned from one of our
trusted and proven inside sources that Warner Bros is developing an animated Mortal Kombat series for their streaming service, HBO Max.
Our source shared that the animated project is happening, but we were unable to learn how connected that animated story will be to the new live-action movie. It would seem like they're moving forward with the intention of developing a cinematic universe on HBO Max for the property. However, often, animated and live-action projects are treated like they are in separate universes because they're for separate audiences. They are also often handled by separate creators, which just makes treating the universe as separate simpler for the folks working behind the scenes.
