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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.

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Comment by Steven Smith on July 9, 2009 at 9:35pm: The only way this will work is if you give this project to an edgy director and push the limits of gore and the R-rating. If you make another PG-13 piece of crap you will fail.

Comment by Maverick-Farenheit on July 9, 2009 at 8:34pm: Without a doubt reboot. And I agree with afg zack snyder would be perfect to direct this thing.

Comment by Andrew Snyder on July 9, 2009 at 7:47pm: Formerly number 10 Worldwide at MK vs DC. until water pulled a fatality on my xbox. But fuck yea to a movie

Comment by Austin II on July 9, 2009 at 4:22pm: Reboot I hope. There's still potential for a good film.

Comment by afg1988 on July 9, 2009 at 4:05pm: I think Warners should reboot the franchise. If they was to pick a director for this movie, I can't imagine anyone better than Zack Synder to direct this movie. It's definitely his style and he'd do a great job with it in my opinion. There's really no need to continue the films after part 2 becuz part 2 left no way for it to continue and it was over. This movie just needs to be rated R and over the top like 300 and Watchmen with all the bone breakin that happened in that movie!

Comment by david chalker on July 9, 2009 at 2:26pm: ps im dyslexic so if its not perfect sorry

Comment by david chalker on July 9, 2009 at 2:23pm: my big issue with these movies is there all fight scenes very little story.....its almost like watching a porno. you have 10 mins of weak story then a porno/fight scene they do it all the way till just before the final battle where its a bit of a mixture of story and fighting...i actually think the guy they put of the new crow film would have been great for this. 1st he shot blade which has great action and at the same time is a solid story. 2nd mortal kombat so low it the gutter that i think the studio would be willing to give him freedom to do what he wanted with it because unlike the crow MK 1 or 2 wernt seen as hits where as the crow was a big deal and still is and people have expectation of it needing to be better then the original or not to bother where as with mk people just dont want it made cause they think it will be average at best. so that said you get a guy that makes a mk movie to the level of blade you will get people reinterested in franchise and give hope to a full reboot

Comment by AtomicComicNerd on July 9, 2009 at 1:42pm: F*ck it don't even think about continuing it or niegther just leave it as a great game. Most video game films tend tgo suck anyway.

Comment by Razmere on July 9, 2009 at 1:11pm: Well I say reboot. Or at least make the sequel set up so that none up us ever have to remember the 2nd flick.

Comment by jeremiah galembush on July 9, 2009 at 12:18pm: The original was a good movie for the time it came out. Nowadays i think a reboot would be alright but at the sametime i agree with C.H. it being promised is probably as far as it wil go.