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Is Warner Brothers going to reboot or continue Mortal Kombat?
I'm sure this probably went under the radar this last week. But with so many people focused on Michael Jackson, Cumonass, and Transformers 2 debates, I think you all missed something that should be noted as interesting. Warner Brothers recently purchased the rights to Midway's collection of video-games, that includes the "Mortal Kombat" franchise, the "Spy Hunter" rights, as well as "Joust" and several other games for the low price of only $33 Million.
Wait, did I just say that Midway Games sold off their biggest names for only $33 Million? Yes, I did.
It seems that Midway Games was in some rather deep trouble with their financial decisions and ended up in Bankruptcy court. Something that a lot of us didn't see coming, because OF the popularity of their titles. But, it happened to be something that could be seen if you looked into it.
Midway itself has been gobbling up a lot of smaller companies over the last few years, turning them into empty shells and loosing money when they can't produce anything rememberable. Then of course, there's the fact that Midway itself has been loosing money over the last few years by anticipating a better return on their marketing campaigns, and games. Then you look at the games themselves and they started to feel both unfinished and rough-edged at their release, which upset a lot of players to either avoid the games or give them a bad reputation that prevented future sales. But the biggest thing, is that Midway has been slowly dieing for years because they can't seem to be able to really provide anything new in the video-game market. Their games tend to feel the same after the first 30-45mins, and of course are almost nothing BUT sequels to each other. How many different Mortal Kombat titles are there? ( So far, at least 8. There are "special editions" that push it to around 12-15, with Mortal Kombat 9 in development)
So, when Midway filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, it was a sign of troubles for the company. It became even more troublesome when Sumner Redstone sold off his stake in the company (87% by some counts), with an "assumption of debt" ($70 Million). Meaning , he ran off with only $100,000 cash on the hopes that someone else would buy his stake in the company if they can also pay off the debt for him.
While Warner Brothers has declined to comment on its plans for Midway, they decided NOT to buy two development companies in San Diego and Newcastle, England. So, it should be clear that Warner Brothers is going after the rights to the games ONLY, since they can get them at dirt cheap prices while Midway tries to stay in business. I'm sure that they really did appreciate WB's purchasing some of their games, but would have been happier if Warner Brothers wanted them to stay ALIVE by putting some money in their future.
But, this bit of news came out today from San Gabriel Tribune.
It appears that Chris Casamassa, who portrayed Scorpion in the first Mortal Kombat film, revealed he's coming back for a third film. Casamassa also revealed that filming was set to start in September. We'll be sure to keep you posted on any and all details regarding a third Mortal Kombat film. (Click here for Full Story)
So, will Warner Brothers try to reboot the Mortal Kombat franchise? After all, Mortal Kombat:Annihilation still leaves a bad taste in your mouth after watching it. (Mostly a coppery taste from biting through your own tongue to get out).
Or, will Warner Brothers try to do a sequel to the movies with a 3rd installment?
And, do we really CARE anymore or even WANT them to do another Mortal Kombat movie? Because this is the group I'm in. Let the franchise die in obscurity, I'll go watch Bloodsport again instead.
Wait, did I just say that Midway Games sold off their biggest names for only $33 Million? Yes, I did.
It seems that Midway Games was in some rather deep trouble with their financial decisions and ended up in Bankruptcy court. Something that a lot of us didn't see coming, because OF the popularity of their titles. But, it happened to be something that could be seen if you looked into it.
Midway itself has been gobbling up a lot of smaller companies over the last few years, turning them into empty shells and loosing money when they can't produce anything rememberable. Then of course, there's the fact that Midway itself has been loosing money over the last few years by anticipating a better return on their marketing campaigns, and games. Then you look at the games themselves and they started to feel both unfinished and rough-edged at their release, which upset a lot of players to either avoid the games or give them a bad reputation that prevented future sales. But the biggest thing, is that Midway has been slowly dieing for years because they can't seem to be able to really provide anything new in the video-game market. Their games tend to feel the same after the first 30-45mins, and of course are almost nothing BUT sequels to each other. How many different Mortal Kombat titles are there? ( So far, at least 8. There are "special editions" that push it to around 12-15, with Mortal Kombat 9 in development)
So, when Midway filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, it was a sign of troubles for the company. It became even more troublesome when Sumner Redstone sold off his stake in the company (87% by some counts), with an "assumption of debt" ($70 Million). Meaning , he ran off with only $100,000 cash on the hopes that someone else would buy his stake in the company if they can also pay off the debt for him.
While Warner Brothers has declined to comment on its plans for Midway, they decided NOT to buy two development companies in San Diego and Newcastle, England. So, it should be clear that Warner Brothers is going after the rights to the games ONLY, since they can get them at dirt cheap prices while Midway tries to stay in business. I'm sure that they really did appreciate WB's purchasing some of their games, but would have been happier if Warner Brothers wanted them to stay ALIVE by putting some money in their future.
But, this bit of news came out today from San Gabriel Tribune.
It appears that Chris Casamassa, who portrayed Scorpion in the first Mortal Kombat film, revealed he's coming back for a third film. Casamassa also revealed that filming was set to start in September. We'll be sure to keep you posted on any and all details regarding a third Mortal Kombat film. (Click here for Full Story)
So, will Warner Brothers try to reboot the Mortal Kombat franchise? After all, Mortal Kombat:Annihilation still leaves a bad taste in your mouth after watching it. (Mostly a coppery taste from biting through your own tongue to get out).
Or, will Warner Brothers try to do a sequel to the movies with a 3rd installment?
And, do we really CARE anymore or even WANT them to do another Mortal Kombat movie? Because this is the group I'm in. Let the franchise die in obscurity, I'll go watch Bloodsport again instead.
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Comment by HardcoreSouma on July 11, 2009 at 11:31pm -
I had been following the Midway Financial Saga for a while on Kotaku... Apparently their management was stupendously asstastic and just threw away money. I mean, MK vs. DCU screams "little to no return" sales-wise.
I also enjoyed the first MK movie. The casting was near perfect, and it's the best game-to-movie adaptation so far IMO. But fighting game movies are always a toss-up.
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Comment by Lord Tzeentch on July 10, 2009 at 9:53pm - At least the first Mortal Kombat film was good, far better than that god-awfull street fighter.
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Comment by Iffy on July 10, 2009 at 3:50pm -
Mortal Kombat the 1990s equivalent to the Michael Bay Transformers movies. Take that for what you will.
In hindsight, the MK movies don't hold up so well when you consider the fact the movie is a knock off of Enter the Dragon, with its Sci-Fi Channel Special Effects. And why even bother starting on MK: A? Bottomline, it's the definition of a cluster fuck.
As for the new films, I don't care. They rebooted Street Figher, and it sucked. It'll be no different with a reboot to MK. I think I'll just go watch Bloodsport with MDS. Followed by Enter the Dragon.
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Comment by King Sexy on July 10, 2009 at 11:45am -
Better be rated R, thats all I ask for.
Though, I personally love the first MK movie, but the other one.....I don't want to talk about it.
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Comment by Cev on July 10, 2009 at 11:43am - Even though the first Mortal Kombat movie is one of my all-time favorite movies (yeah...), I'd rather they left the series alone, at least movie-wise.
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Comment by ColinZero on July 10, 2009 at 8:57am -
Truthfully I'd love for them to make a new Mortal Kombat movie. While the second may have sucked ass, the first film is really all I could have asked for from an action film and actually managed to maintain a reasonable feel of the video games.
That being said, at this point I'd have to say just do a reboot. If for anything else to just try and not even draw ANY attention to the second film.
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Comment by Gsolid on July 10, 2009 at 6:35am - Also I read like year ago that the third MK3 was coming with orginal Scorp and Radian on board
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Comment by Gsolid on July 10, 2009 at 6:34am
- I loved the first MK Movie, still love it watched it about 10 times atleast.
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Comment by MetalVirgin™ on July 10, 2009 at 5:21am - Yes...This just made my weekend.
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Comment by DanTheHitman on July 10, 2009 at 5:11am - FINISH HIM...But not the series lol
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