Ed Boon, co-creator of Mortal Kombat and boss of NetherRealm Studios, would like to see a movie based on his team's popular video game, Injustice: Gods Among Us. Back in 1992, when Mortal Kombat first released in arcades across the country, few could have predicted that the low-budget fighting game built by a team of only four people would become a global sensation. In addition to the Mortal Kombat series, NetherRealm Studios developed Injustice: Gods Among Us, in 2013.
A fresh take on the lore of DC Comics, Injustice earned praise for transplanting a significantly tweaked version of Mortal Kombat's fighting mechanics onto the beloved roster of DC heroes and villains, from popular icons like Superman and Wonder Woman to more obscure characters like Lobo and Raven. Injustice was successful enough to earn a sequel, 2017's Injustice 2, which added even more characters and told a brand new story. The Injustice franchise is set in an alternate DC universe where Joker triggers a nuclear blast in Metropolis, murdering Lois Lane and countless others. Mad with rage, Superman brutally kills Joker and establishes a fascist authoritarian rule over the entire planet.
It's a provocative setting, and Ed Boon's Twitter feed indicates he'd like to see it adapted into a motion picture. In a series of Tweets, the Chicago-based NetherRealm boss muses about visiting the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice before expressing his support for the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League, otherwise known as "The Snyder Cut."
After praising Snyder and asking for a release of a Director's Cut version of Justice League, Boon went on to Tweet about his desire for an Injustice film, ending with a final Tweet that simply reads: "#InjusticeMovie." Interestingly, Batman v Superman's infamous Knightmare Sequence has earned comparisons to Injustice. The image of Superman executing bound prisoners with his heat vision wouldn't be out of place in the world of Injustice, and a similar instance even happens in the first game of the series, with Shazam finding himself on the wrong side of Superman's heat vision in one of the game's most controversial moments.
While the fate of Zack Snyder's Justice League remains to be seen, it's unlikely audiences have seen the last of the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe. Considering how successful the games have been with critics and fans, it's likely only a matter of time before Injustice 3 is announced, likely for next-gen consoles.
Source: Ed Boon via Twitter
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