No details have ever been revealed why things didn't pan out for Neo to become playable in Injustice 2. "There was a pretty close chance that Neo was going to be in Injustice 2, but that fell through," stated Boon. During Game Informer's 166 rapid-fire question interview with Ed Boon about Mortal Kombat 11, it was mentioned that Neo almost became a combatant in Injustice 2. However, this wasn't necessarily the complete end of the idea of having Neo join as a guest character for a NetherRealm Studios title. "So there were a whole bunch of ones that for business reasons or that creatively we didn’t think they'd fit." "I remember they brought up Neo," said Boon after mentioning that NetherRealm Studios had asked Warner Bros. Ultimately though, Neo would not become a character in Mortal Kombat 9. In some ways, the crossover could've made sense considering that Warner Bros. What's interesting is that Neo was actually once considered for Mortal Kombat 9 according to Ed Boon (source: Game Informer).
Mortal Kombat is doing their own thing." - Keanu Reeves But I think, you know, Neo and John Wick. "If it was up to me? No! Mortal Kombat is awesome in so many ways. Reeves might not be willing to see himself killed off in such violent manners. It's one thing for a character like Neo or John Wick to inflict this type of damage to other characters, but it'd be an entirely different thing for them to suffer this kind of fate.
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While it's true that the Matrix and John Wick movie series have their own levels of violence in them, Mortal Kombat really takes things to a different level with the beheadings, disembowelment and other grotesque ways fighters are killed off using the series staple Fatality and Brutality mechanics. One seemingly obvious possibility to Reeves' hesitation is the violent nature of these games. He didn't specifically state why he wouldn't want Neo and John Wick to be playable in a Mortal Kombat title. Mortal Kombat is doing their own thing."Īnd that was everything Keanu Reeves had to say on the subject. "Mortal Kombat is awesome in so many ways. "If it was up to me? No!" responded Reeves almost immediately.