Creative differences lead to all sorts of dust-ups behind the scenes, and in a recent interview, the screenwriter of “Mortal Kombat II” spoke about his reasoning for exiting Marvel Television‘s “Moon Knight” series after disagreements on the vision. Slater was credited as the show’s creator and main writer of the pilot episode and co-wrote the finale with Peter Cameron, Sabir Pirzada, and Danielle Iman.
When it came to the writer’s experience working with Marvel Studios on “Moon Knight” as the original showrunner/head writer, his exit really just came down to creative differences with a director (unnamed, but he’s likely referring to the pilot’s helmer, Mohamed Diab) and their varying visions for the Disney+ series.
“I was really, really proud of the work that we did. The end result was I left the project over creative disagreements with the director. The two of us simply had very different visions on what the show should be about. Ultimately, he won that creative battle, so I stepped away. He then brought in his own team of writers to create a show that was his vision and the story that he wanted to tell. It certainly was not a traditional showrunner experience where the writer is the boss. That was not remotely my experience at the time, but I can’t speak to what the process is like now. I know a lot of writers who have gone through the development process at Marvel and have had great times. It’s just that the pairing of writer and director is always really, really tricky,” Slater explained to THR about his “Moon Knight” exit.
We don’t exactly know what the official plans are going to be for “Moon Knight” moving forward as a Season 2 announcement was never made, but the show’s star Oscar Isaac has talked up possible talks with Marvel Studios about a “Midnight Sons” project and is championing the idea of Ryan Gosling playing the MCU iteration of Ghost Rider after the Canadian actor has been publicly campaigning to nab the role with an endorsement from Marvel’s Kevin Feige.
Last year, Slater talked up the idea of exploring the world of mutants with an “X-Men” offshoot with the British superhero team “Excalibur,” led by Captain Britain (briefly referenced by Peggy Carter in “Avengers: Endgame“). Given that The Mutant Saga is on the horizon, that could be something worthwhile to bring Slater back into the MCU fold.
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