Mortal Kombat!! 2011?

That's why I have a Super Nintendo with the Mortal Kombat 2. The last best MK game was the one for the Playstation 1 before that 3D mess.

I saw the footage for the new game, though the environment is 3D, I'm glad the play is 2D, I'm willing to give it a shot just for that factor.

As for this new movie reboot, I was thinking the other day, I doubt it gets made. Because there are so many factors as far as intellectual rights and politics involved. Even if the YouTube video gets 50 million hits it would be tough. Because I'm thinking Ed Boon & John Tobias still owns the intellectual rights, so they would need to sign off on the characters. Seeing someone take your creation and make it totally something else can be hard to swallow.

If this film doesn't get made, that will be the biggest thing I think stopping it, Ed Boon & John Tobias, and frankly I can't blame them. But like they say, money heals all wounds including those intellectual ones.... lets wait and see. And besides. Warner Bros owns the rights to the Mortal Kombat Franchise so maybe John and Ed don’t have a say after all, but I hope not.
 
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Mortal kombat fans here would be happy to see this so i posting it,check his other vids ,its daniel pesina account,he played cage in MK and MKII
Original raw footage from the game :)
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Yeh man in the new Mortal Combat movie, instead of Jonny CAge saying "those were $500 sunglasses a$$hole!" it'll be updated with a new line going "that was a $500 I-Pad you noob!!!!"
 
Drunk on the Moon said:
"that was a $500 I-Pad you noob!!!!"
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Personally though, I think they should just take the concept they have and change the character names and not call it Mortal Kombat. Could make a pretty cool movie if it's not held back by franchise and fan dogma.
 
Good idea.

Or they could call it something else like Kombat Mortal, Jonny Cage has got the Rage, Rayden's Lightning Is Frightening, Liu Kang Proves he has a big Wang.......

You get the idea.
 
Saw this. I'll believe when I see an official press release from Warner.

Too many times have I read second hand that these things are getting picked up and it's false.

Most recent case: new Terminator 3000 or whatever that was animation. Totally false and propagated by the creators to try and get studios attention. They did though, in the form of a cease and desist.
 
It transforms the MK universe into another universe, a more palatable real one maybe more suited for live action, what I usually call "plausibilization", however, too much of it.

IMO... Lame.

Baraka a failed surgeon with blades surgically attached? LOL, I thought writers had to had a bulls**t detector built in them. hahahaha
 
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Pietro Impagliazzo said:
It transforms the MK universe into another universe
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Well...

To be fair, Mortal Kombat 1 looked like a different universe than Mortal Kombat 3, which looked like a different universe than Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance etc etc.
None of the movies has really captured the spirit or feel of any of the games imo.

But if they do make a web series it'll be interesting to finally see a web series happening that's based on a popular franchise.
 
My dream Mortal Kombat movie cast & crew:

Tony Jaa: Liu Kang
Chow Yun Fat: Raiden
Sonya Blade: Olivia Wilde
Kano: Jason Statham or Vin Diesel
Jax: Terry Crews
Johnny Cage: Keanu Reeves
Kung Lao: Jet Li
Shang Tsung: Ken Watanabe

Directed by: those Wily Wachowski Brothers
 
Jawa Ex Machina said:
Well...

To be fair, Mortal Kombat 1 looked like a different universe than Mortal Kombat 3, which looked like a different universe than Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance etc etc.
None of the movies has really captured the spirit or feel of any of the games imo.

But if they do make a web series it'll be interesting to finally see a web series happening that's based on a popular franchise.
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Well, MK movies are really bad too. I'm referring to the first games when I mention the universe.

The spec pilot was OK, the only problem lies with calling it Mortal Kombat, perhaps changing the name to something related, something like a homage, may work better.

Nektonic said:
My dream Mortal Kombat movie cast & crew:

Tony Jaa: Liu Kang
Chow Yun Fat: Raiden
Sonya Blade: Olivia Wilde
Kano: Jason Statham or Vin Diesel
Jax: Terry Crews
Johnny Cage: Keanu Reeves
Kung Lao: Jet Li
Shang Tsung: Ken Watanabe

Directed by: those Wily Wachowski Brothers
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Pretty please.
 
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bad idea,warner took over midway and already screw up some MK things ,like mk game for iphone and they removed raw vids from making mk1 game,its pathetic what they do,everything ooposite.Like if they trying hard to screw things up.ITs just pathetic.
 
bwwd said:
bad idea,warner took over midway and already screw up some MK things ,like mk game for iphone and they removed raw vids from making mk1 game,its pathetic what they do,everything ooposite.Like if they trying hard to screw things up.ITs just pathetic.
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The new Mortal Kombat game that will be coming to PS3 and XB360 in April actually looks pretty good. It seems like a return to the classic roots of the series. What puzzles me is that they are supporting this Mortal Kombat Rebirth project, which has a completely different take on it the series when compared to the classic Mortal Kombat mythology and storyline. It is very contradictory, which seems like a bizarre way to promote the game and the overall brand.

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Probably as long as they're done with individuals that have the cred like Kevin Tancharoen.
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True, a fan film will get more high profile attention if it is done by someone who already has some foothold in the industry, but just about every week or two some new fan film or project hits the net and gets loads of attention. If they are any good, they usually lead to interviews or representation for the people that make the film or video or game mod, etc.

Actually, over the past year or so, there seem to have been quite a lot of video game fan films hitting the web. They get tons of attention if they are even decent, let alone really well done.

As for this Kevin Tancharoen, I've never heard of him before this, so he is not a big name director but he does have a directing credit under his belt. Which begs the question, why do a fan film? It is one thing for a complete unknown to do one for the fun of it, and maybe to get noticed, but now we have pro directors doing them. Look at stuff like Alien vs. Predator or last summer's Predators. A lot of the word of mouth on Predators stated that it felt like a studio funded fan film. I have to sort of agree, and I did enjoy the film, so not trying to start a fight with anyone who liked it as well.

Now even Darren Aronofsky is doing a Wolverine film. I was really surprised when that one was announced.

It is not only fan films either. There was a sort of fan-related spec script called Blockhead, that got its writer attention and launched her career. Blockhead explores what it would it be like if the real-world Peanuts Gang grew up and lived together in New York City. A sort of piss take on the Charlie Brown gang, that is a great premise, and I'm not surprised that it got the writer attention. So what if if can't be produced due to rights issues? Most specs aren't ever purchased anymore, and even if they are, they are almost never made.

To me, the reality is that we live in a world where if your name isn't James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, or Christopher Nolan... that if you want to do a science fiction, fantasy, or action film without being restricted by a tiny budget you are pretty much stuck with doing a sequel, reboot, or maybe an adaptation. If you want to get noticed, I think that maybe a well done fan film or fan spec script is not a horrible idea as long as you have other original work to fill out your demo reel or resume.

Sure, a rare little gem like Alive in Joburg comes along every once in a while. People like Neill Blomkamp, who then, while very very talented, benefit from getting taken under the wing of mega-moguls like Peter Jackson. Would his career have even taken off to District 9 if he didn't have Peter Jackson in his corner? Probably, but not as fast. Bottom line is that the end result is the same. Whether a filmmaker or writer does a fan film, short, or feature, it is all about getting noticed.

I bet in five to ten years, the majority of new filmmakers, at least those in the studio system/mainstream (those that will be making money as directors), will be up and coming filmmakers that were noticed by doing a bold adaptation or by doing a fan film, regardless of whether or not they gained permission to make said fan project from the IP's copyright holders.
 
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Nektonic said:
True, a fan film will get more high profile attention if it is done by someone who already has some foothold in the industry, but just about every week or two some new fan film or project hits the net and gets loads of attention. If they are any good, they usually lead to interviews or representation for the people that make the film or video or game mod, etc.
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Has this ever happened?
 
Gary Huff said:
Has this ever happened?
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Well, there are instances of fan-projects getting attention for the people who make them.

There were a couple Star Wars ones that lead to the director getting a deal for an original film or web series (can't remember exact details at the moment). Actually, I think there have been multiple Star Wars fan films that have helped propel the filmmakers to professional status, or at least got the filmmakers' feet in the doors.

There was the Blockhead spec script that I mentioned above.

A Half-Life fan film, Beyond Black Mesa, that was put on You Tube a few days ago apparently got some film industry attention, even garnering interviews for the film's makers.

About five or six years ago, there was that crazy and ambitious Batman vs. Aliens vs. Predator short film that got it's director a lot of attention. Granted, this was a while back, when it was easier to stand out by doing something like this.

As for industry-connected filmmakers doing this and attaining some measure of success, look no further than the Tron 2 teaser that showed at Comic Con in 2009. While it was backed by Disney, same idea, which was basically to garner attention and buzz for a Tron sequel by making a shorter work to gauge the project's viability.

Also, it is possible that all the Neill Blomkamp directed Halo 3 short films that Microsoft used to promote the game were in fact tests to help get the Peter Jackson produced Halo movie project going again.

Also, for TV writers, breaking into the TV writing world means writing a spec episode of an already existing TV series. These "writing samples" will never get produced, but are meant to show producers that the aspiring writer can take already existing characters and concepts and properly execute a professional script based on those parameters. Seems that since Hollywood studios are so intent on remakes and sequels these days, a spec sequel script or a fan film seem like legitimate ways to judge a person's talent. As long as said writer or filmmaker is realistic and admits to themselves that if they do something like this to show their skills, that they have to just enjoy it and the best they can hope for is that it will possibly get them noticed, but will not be something they can sell due to copyright issues.
 
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The short reminds of the way Batman was rebooted by Nolan. It's as if the director is trying to make it more "real world" (at least, as much as Mortal Kombat can be). Still, it looks absolutely sick and needs to be picked up and developed into a feature. The first Mortal Kombat movie was great, the second, well, let's not mention...
 
Nektonic said:
I bet in five to ten years, the majority of new filmmakers, at least those in the studio system/mainstream (those that will be making money as directors), will be up and coming filmmakers that were noticed by doing a bold adaptation or by doing a fan film, regardless of whether or not they gained permission to make said fan project from the IP's copyright holders.
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I hope not.
 
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