WB Reportedly Developing New Animated Mortal Kombat Movies Set In Same Universe As Reboot Simon McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat reboot went to great lengths when it came to distancing itself from Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 cult classic, in that it took a much more serious approach to the source material and deliberately omitted the titular tournament so that it didn’t follow the exact same narrative template, but if the avalanche of rumors to have sprung up in the wake of the movie’s success are to be believed, then the next outing might well end up walking a very similar path.