Mortal Kombat Director Teases Trilogy Plans, But Fans Can Only Make It Happen Mortal Kombat Director Teases Trilogy Plans, But Fans Can Only Make It Happen The writer of Mortal Kombat says possible sequels will be greenlit only when fans make their preference known. Mortal Kombat is no exception. The writer of the film, Greg Russo confirmed to ComicBook.com that Mortal Kombat is meant to be the start of a new trilogy. "I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful. Fingers crossed that we can do more of this. I certainly... When I wrote this, I'll tell you, I wrote it as a trilogy. I didn't write the trilogy, but I wrote it with a trilogy in mind. I always think as a writer, we need to make sure that we leave ourselves places to go, that we don't paint ourselves into any corners."