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Since the original Mortal Kombat was one of the first films I watched in a theater with surround sound, I hold a special place in my heart for this franchise. I was a big fan of the video games growing up, but, like everyone else, was extremely let down by the films -- most notably, the sequel: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (or Mortal Kombat: You People Are Seriously F**king Up Some Really Cool Characters). A third Mortal Kombat flick has been hanging around development hell for awhile now, circling a group of writers (because it will take at least 50 scribes to make this one really suck), yet there's been very little movement on it.
^ as highlighted in red, the FIRST Mortal Kombat movie was NOT a let down (the 2nd one IS). It was hailed as one of the most awesome video-game adaptation to movie ever made! In fact, I think it is the ONLY one there is that was a huge success!
Joined: Jan 2003
From: Tokyo, London, Singapore, KL, Space
In my mind, ever since the first movie, there is only ONE original Liu Kang, ONE original Raiden, ONE original Johnny Cage, ONE original Sonya Blade and ONE original Kitana. Any other actors/actresses replacing the originals = 80% I will not watch it.
With no other bidders emerging for Midway Games, Warner Bros. has bought most of the company’s assets for $33 million, including the “Mortal Kombat” franchise as well as the company’s legacy arcade games, such as “Joust” and “Spy Hunter”.Mkvsdc
The bankruptcy judge overseeing the sale apparently wasn’t swayed by Threshold Entertainment’s argument that film producer Larry Kasanoff was the driving creative force in the franchise. (The Chicago Tribune quotes the judge as saying the objections, as well as those of Vin Diesel-owned development studio Tigon Games were ‘resolved’.
Joined: Jan 2003
From: Tokyo, London, Singapore, KL, Space
Will this reboot ever top the 1st movie? @ how Nolan's Dark Knight topped Tim Burton's Batman? That is the question playing in everyone's mind now
Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li = failed. King of Fighter = failed. Tekken = failed. Dragonball = failed. Dead or Alive = failed.
Street Fighter might have been the best fighting games out there, but Mortal Kombat (only the first movie) was the best fighting-game-adaptation to movie ever made.
If I see a stupid, lousy trailer popped out like KOF or Tekken, I will not go see it.
Period.
Learnt my bloody lesson from Chun Li and Dragonball.
Speculation has run rampant today with the debut of a short "Mortal Kombat" film (subtitled "Rebirth") that made its way anonymously to YouTube. Now, Latino Review reports that the film is, as many theorized, a test for a potential R-rated film reboot of the video game franchise.
The short is directed by Kevin Tancharoen, the director of last year's Fame, and features a cast that includes name actors like Michael Jai White (Jax), Jeri Ryan (Sonya Blade), Matt Mullins (Johnny Cage), Lateef Crowder (Baraka) and Ian Anthony Dale (Scorpion) with fight choreography by Larnell Stovall.
Though there is no guarantee that these actors will play the characters in a feature film version or even that a feature film will actually happen, the short is already a huge success online, with the word "Kombat" already a trending topic on Twitter.
This actually looks promising
*Calvin, please help to change the title to include "Rebirth" as a tentative title for this new sequel*
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- the main hero is Scorpion! - and I don't think Johnny Cage got decapitated by Baraka, maybe that was a different man
Sep 5 2008, 02:51 PM
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