The franchise newcomer would like to see Mileena return to the fold as Kitana’s sister-clone from the games, if a third installment gets the greenlight.

The 'Fantastic Four' and 'Moon Knight' scribe also gets candid about the ups and downs of writing franchise stories the last 15 years.

The Oscar winner, who has 'Dune: Part 3' in theaters this December, says of choosing which format to shoot a film on: "It's a tool to serve the story."

Like many of the cast, the actor behind bodyguard Bill Bray returned for extensive reshoots to reconfigure the third act: "I think they handled it with grace and aplomb ."

Says the scribe of a climactic scene between Theron and Taron Egerton: "In every version of the script, that was always the hardest moment for me to write."

He looks ahead to season two of 'Presumed Innocent,' as well as other upcoming turns opposite both Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas.

"I’m still not even sure why there was a real controversy," says the Oscar-winning filmmaker about the project involving four friends who seek justice after suffering abuse as teens at a boys home.

Cronin refutes a report that producer James Wan walked out of a test screening in disgust: "No, he needed to go to the bathroom. It was also the third time he'd seen the movie at that point."