
I love the shit out of Mortal Kombat - and the films, okay maybe not Annihilation, but could a new film redeem it? Yes / No - who cares, give me a straight to DVD Mortal Kombat film I don't mind just give it to me. Read on as Christopher 'mink' Morrison, director of the Steven Seagal epic
Into the Sun, explains where this new Mortal Kombat film is at.
“Mortal Kombat is still in the money stage", mink told Moviehole. "As I have said in the past inquires independent films need to be financed before you start making money based creative decisions and as you may have noticed the economy in general is a little sluggish at the moment especially in Hollywood. Indy investors are more cautious at this particular time then recently so it takes longer than ever. MK more than likely will be an Indy film. The film's projected budget will be between 50& 60 mill so it is a bit more tricky than just running down to the ATM or writing a cashiers check (maybe one of those Jumbo checks like Publisher Clearing House winners). Currently Threshold is working out the financing through a studio and or equity situation. This will take as long as needs to take. I know the frustration this causes the awesome MK fans but that's the fact Jack....”
“In regards to the casting, the director traditionally has a say in any ideas and suggests who she or he feels is best. But again in this situation MK3 is a work for hire under Threshold (who are the creatives on most of the non MK game products) and they have final say along with Midway as far as the cast goes. So they will make that call. In regards to the past cast they and myself have met with a lot of the previous cast and they are all in the mix but as the money must come first so casting is a still a few steps away. So for now efforts are best spent on the non money creative for someone like myself in regards to visual style, locations, photography style and concept art ideas. So while we wait for the green light as they say I am prepping and developing my movie 13 Chambers (based on a comic book written by mink) with Lawrence Bender Productions.”
So is anyone else excited about a new Mortal Kombat film? Or am I just a sucker for bad movies based on fighting games? Everyone liked D.O.A. right?