With Pokémon Detective Pikachu enjoying a successful launch, Warner Bros.' attention now appears to be set on the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie reboot. A release date has now been scheduled for 5th March 2021.
Despite seemingly being in the works - in one way or another - since at least 2016, the film was only confirmed in an official capacity last week. The news revealed that the film will be shot in South Australia between September and December and is being led by the Malaysian-born Australian producer James Wan (Saw, Furious 7, Aquaman)
Very little is actually known about the reboot at present, especially when it comes to how the plot is expected to unfold, although we do know that Simon McQuoid is the film's director and Greg Russo is on writing duties. Larry Kasanoff, Micahel Clear and Sean Robins have also been named as executive producers.
If you can believe it, the original Mortal Kombat film came out back in 1995. Here's hoping this new reboot will follow in Detective Pikachu's footsteps as a positive example of a modern video game movie - perhaps we're about to see a new trend?
Are you excited for this new Mortal Kombat film? What are your hopes for the movie when it arrives in a couple of years' time? Tell us below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Bring back Christopher Lambert!
Yay Malaysia Boleh
Hope it’s not some direct to DVD piece like that new Doom movie.
Will wait for Detective Pikachu 2: The Great Electric Mouse Detective.
Please dont get political
I'm still gonna give Doom a watch @Mr_Pepperami
@magnumc500 good luck. The best I think you can hope for is a ‘so bad it’s good’ scenario.
Test your might... Test you might... MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!!!
It will suck just as much as Annihilation, I rather watch the home made Ghana version of Mortal Kombat instead.
I hope that the Mortal Kombat movie reboot will be more faithful to the games than the original.
@Mr_Pepperami You're probably right but to be honest with you I tend to be open minded with movies. For example I did like the all female cast Ghostbuster movie, it was funny, modern and the story was original and not a re-wrap of prior films. I also once saw a movie about a sentient spare tire (Rubber is the name if you interested). Pretty weird but entertaining.
@magnumc500 I saw rubber as it’s directed by Mr Ozio a French electronic music producer who’s always interesting. It was fun. Thought ghostbusters was average at best. Really didn’t stand out to me. I don’t mind a B movie at all if it’s done well but Doom doesn’t looks great at all. If there is one genre that you really don’t need a large budget for it’s horror. You can easily produce an excellent horror on a shoestring budget but what you do need is talent, I’m not sold that the director has that. We’ll see though.
@Mr_Pepperami Don't think i've ever run into someone who has seen Rubber, which is pretty cool. I imagine you've seen Beyond The Black Rainbow? Comparing it to 2001 by Stanley Kubrick is setting it up for failure, however it is its own thing and definitely an interesting watch.
@magnumc500 haha yeah I’ve seen that. It’s by the same guy who did Mandy(which is also an interesting watch). I worked at blockbuster for over 10 years. I’ve seen and have an interest in all kinds of stuff. All lot of the time the smaller releases are some of the better ones.
@Kainbrightside my pleasure. Need anymore in different genres just let me know. It used to be my job 😂
March... Doesn't have the balls or the budget to release in the summer or they want it on DVD by July 4th? Just rrmaie enter the dragon but with better special effects.
The thing is, it has to be really good. Because the old one was "meme-bad". It was bad in a good way. So if the new one is "just bad" or even only decent, it will probably just get forgotten.
Personally I think MK is a poor choice for a movie, there isn't the sort of story in MK to make a movie. RPGs or adventure games would make better choices.
Oh lord here we go with all the Detective Pikachu comparisons for video game movies. DP was decent but it wasn’t necessarirly awe inspiring. The plot was basic at best and incredibly predictable. If it was any other movie under a different title, different characters but same story it wouldn’t have done so well. The name sold that movie so let’s stop with the comparisons before it gets too out of hand 😆
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