Nice observation about the backgrounds on the CG set, didn't realize that myself. I'm not too optimistic but I'd hope we get either continuation of MnK or even a port to something that isn't Cardwirth
More interesting things about the CG's is that they feature scenes on a hammock outside. This could be a hint for a new in game mechanic in the future were the temperature on the Island gets very hot and you get the option to sleep outside. a more advanced version of the option that you have currently to sleep without underwear because the temperature is hot.
Another thing is that pregnant belly,s can be observed on a lot of the CG scenes as well, on the same ingame backgrounds. Excellent material to fill out the missing pregnancy mechanic we have currently.
Ofcourse take everything i said with a huge grain of salt. Its just that i think it is no coincidence that the CG sets he has released recently have elements to them that tie them directly to MnK. Same backgrounds as in game, Pregnant belly's scenes on the same backgrounds, and scenes featuring elements like the hammock which could easely be used to expand mechanics that are already in the game. Maybe i am falling in confirmation bias right now. But i think there is a lot of evidence thant Mnk Will indeed be expanded up on.
He also states in one of his devblogs that he hopes to have the CG set done at the end of the year. So we will probably get more answers in 2024 about the future of MnK.