Mortal Kombat Video Turns Out To Be Fully Unofficial

This is the biggest disappointment of 2010, I mean look at that 9min's of awesomeness. I watched that short film like 11 times and I was so excited and told everyone about it. Very sad this isn't real =( Might be the saddest fake thing since learning about santa claus =(

If anything, it's going to be the MK movie, based on Scorpion and placed on some alternate time line, much like the old Sub-Zero game way back when on the 64.

I thought the trailer turned out great, and I hope whoever has enough skill to make people excited about a third Mortal Kombat movie despite the first two movies being god awful sticks with the project

DAMN IT. @ any movie studio MAKE THIS FUCKING MOVIE 

" @JokerSmilez said:

" @PenguinDust:  If you do include the international gross for Prince of Persia, the total comes to 219 million. That's profitable. Pretty damn good considering it's the most expensive video game based movie ever made.  Also, any one seen Sin City? Remember the opening scene with Josh Hartnett? That was also shot as a "proof-of-concept" to show to Frank Miller to get him to give them the green light. Worked out well for them. I hope they make this, as I'd like to see it. "

Actually, that's not profitable. It's barely making back what they spent, and they probably did just barely better than breaking even, though DVD sales should help them out. "

" @JokerSmilez said:

" @PenguinDust:  If you do include the international gross for Prince of Persia, the total comes to 219 million. That's profitable. Pretty damn good considering it's the most expensive video game based movie ever made.  Also, any one seen Sin City? Remember the opening scene with Josh Hartnett? That was also shot as a "proof-of-concept" to show to Frank Miller to get him to give them the green light. Worked out well for them. I hope they make this, as I'd like to see it. "

Actually, that's not profitable. It's barely making back what they spent, and they probably did just barely better than breaking even, though DVD sales should help them out. "

There is also a video game coming out as well....as posted on 1up.com.

News Flash, they are making another mortal kombat game.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is33FDaqID0

" @PenguinDust:  If you do include the international gross for Prince of Persia, the total comes to 219 million. That's profitable. Pretty damn good considering it's the most expensive video game based movie ever made.  Also, any one seen Sin City? Remember the opening scene with Josh Hartnett? That was also shot as a "proof-of-concept" to show to Frank Miller to get him to give them the green light. Worked out well for them. I hope they make this, as I'd like to see it. "

Warner would be stupid not to take notice of this and act on it now. Like you say, it's created waves and caught peoples interest in a major way. I don't think I have ever been excited for anything MK related until this. That short film was great and really had potential for either the setting of a new MK game of a film. Exciting stuff, just a shame that it's not played out like that.

so nothing is happening with this anytime soon... all i needed to hear. hype dead, moving on..... disappointing though...

"Along with the movie (that WILL get made), they should do a brand-new, 1080p 2D MK game that uses these actors for their digitized in-game counterparts.  "

that video gets me pumped to play MK9 a least

I'm happy about this.

I figured there was more to it than a teaser for MK9.  This makes sense, but damn that's still some serious cash spent for a pitch-project.  I'm wondering how successful it will be though.  It's not that it wasn't polished and certainly has people buzzing right now, but if we look at what really matters, I think it might have been ill timed.  I'm not sure how long you sit on a reel like this, but releasing it now when so many Hollywood types are looking at the box office receipts for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (2010) does not bode well for a favorable response.  Video game movies are still not bankable properties.  The latest attempt, Prince of Persia cost $200 million to make and has returned $62 million domestically.  It has fared better overseas, but that income should be the gravy, not the meat.  Asking a studio like Warner Brothers to invest in another risky venture like a Mortal Kombat movie when big budget films like Prince of Persia have lackluster returns and smaller movies based off similar properties ( Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li) become embarrassments is a lot today.  I don't expect the forth coming Tekken movie to improve the atmosphere, either.  
 
Perhaps the group that made this will get lucky though and someone at WB will greenlight a movie of a different type for them.  Comic book movies are still popular.  Iron Man 2 made more than twice its production cost to date, Kick-Ass made a profit and The Losers will likely break even.   Since Warner Brothers has the DC license they have that stable of characters to draw upon plus the Vertigo and Wildstorm imprints.  To get the actors and production team some work, this could be successful, but to make a new Mortal Kombat movie, well I have my doubts.  

Alright. So let's take in a few facts here ... 
 
1. Threshold is holding up any Warner Bros. production of further MK films (source) 
2. Oren Uziel has been hired by Warner Bros. as writer of an MK movie set for 2013 (source and source) 
3. Oren Uziel wrote Mortal Kombat Rebirth (source) 
 
Coincidence? I think not. 
 
My theory is that Warner Bros. gave Oren Uziel and Kevin Tancharoen (Rebirth director) under-the-table money to generate this proof of concept. 
The reasons WB cannot be officially attached to this project at this time is obvious considering the legal actions being taken against them. The reason they would need a public "test" of this proof of concept is equally obvious, as I'm sure getting the rights settled would take a serious investment, and as popular as MK has always been, its current relevance had not been a very known quantity until yesterday, and it's going for a hard 'R', so that makes it all the riskier.

And don't even entertain the idea that a household name, billion$+ franchise like MK gets bought by a giant media corporation like Warner Bros. only to produce video games. 
That's silly! 
 

imdb shows that there are lawsuits holding up any chances of Warner making a reboot film. I sure as hell hope they make a Mortal Kombat game with live-action cut scenes though. That would be fucking sweet!

" Aw dang. And for a second there, I was about to start caring about Mortal Kombat. "

Aw dang. And for a second there, I was about to start caring about Mortal Kombat.

" @schizogony said:

" Along with the movie (that WILL get made), they should do a brand-new, 1080p 2D MK game that uses these actors for their digitized in-game counterparts.  "

So...you want another Street Fighter:  The Movie:  The Game? "

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Considering the amount of hype this generated, I am almost certain the movie will get greenlighted.
 
Hopefully this will get a MK game created as well, considering how many people got excited at the chance of a new MK game.

Yup.

I was actually hoping it would be a game.. =/ 

" Along with the movie (that WILL get made), they should do a brand-new, 1080p 2D MK game that uses these actors for their digitized in-game counterparts.  "

total buzzkill after such a sick ass teaser

Along with the movie (that WILL get made), they should do a brand-new, 1080p 2D MK game that uses these actors for their digitized in-game counterparts. 

Well, that's disappointing

Aww, that sucks. It should totally be turned into a full length movie. I'm not so sure it would be fantastic but I do know that 7 minute video entertained me more than the other two MK movies combined.

I won't lie - after seeing that trailer, I hope that WB does pick up this movie and make it.

"No one is more authentic than Scorpion." is the funniest thing I've read all day, with the  pre-req of having listened to the Bombcast earlier.  They were talking about Super Popstar Guitar Band Revolution [with no bass] or whatever. Apparently Kid Rock and Scorpion are quite the authenticity duo.

Dude, that's super awesome that it's not an official project.... talk about weird.

No fucking way

This is such a bummer. I felt that was the direction the MK franchise needed to take.

Owen Wilson should play Stryker 

" i said this yesterday, but in my opinion, this might end up biting the game in the ass. Even tho some people didnt like it, the majority seemed (at least to me) to be really into the new look and direction, if it was for the game. When MK9 is announced, and its just yellow and blue ninjas all over again, people might get really deflated (i know I would be). It just went from amazing marketing to possible mistake very fast :/ "

I would have gone to see it just to see how they spun every character, I loved that "short film". I hope some director sees this and picks it up, it actually looked watchable, unlike the other MK films...

Have to admit, I'm disappointed. I was looking forward to crazy new versions of all the original characters. :(

Hopefully they'll make it happen. I don't want to see them eliminate the supernatural side of MK, though, but they could certainly minimize it. I really loved the concept they had with Reptile.

Huh; that's incredibly weird and unorthodox that "real" actors would pitch in to create something unofficial. I guess they really love MK.

That was a fan project? I am very impressed.

Ryan Davis couldn't have been more wrong.

To be honest, the trailer was a little too Saw inspired for my tastes, although it was definitely an unexpected direction. I guess all this proves is that video game culture continues to be a bit odd!