"Bloody Disgusting received word that Warner Bros. Pictures has been looking to redo Mortal Kombat with Oren Uziel in talks to write. Based on Midway's popular 1992 video game, the franchise follows the best fighters from around the globe who are summoned to an island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will determine the fate of the entire planet. Uziel's Shimmer Lake made the 2009 black list, which features the best unproduced screenplays around Hollywood. Johnny Cage was modeled after Jean-Claude Van Damme. No word on the progress of the remake, but we'd like to see a hard "R" version with some actual f*cking fatalities."
yeap you heard me correct. According to my sources some new information will be revealed this week about the new mk 9 or as it is being called at the moment "Mortal Kombat Universe" Can't say for sure how its going to go about but at this point a few sources are out there and about if you can speak German.
Also you might want to know that Warnerbros.com | The Official Site For Warner Bros. is no longer up and about.. if you have tried during the last week or so you will notice it brings you straight to the Warner brothers web site.. I can only assume at this point whatever new info for the new game will be presented there.. Hoepfully something good will come of it..
I will keep this site as up to date with information as I can find out and as quickly as I can figure everything about.. Just keep your eyes open and ready cause the info is coming and it will all be happening rather fast this time..
Ian Fisher - If given the opportunity, would you be interested in using your concepts within a theatrical release of the MK franchise?
Vincent Proce - Yes absolutely! I would love to be involved at any capacity. The previous movies didn’t do the license justice.
What was the main inspiration behind the MK reboot concept art you did?
Was there anything in particular like a film or comic that inspired you to
take that direction or was it all natural and pure brilliance on your end?
Mortal Kombat is a part of history. The MK team is a pretty tight knit group and they have been very successful doing what they do with the MK franchise. I didn’t want to mess with that machine even if I could. Besides, there really wasn’t any opportunity to innovate within that group. So in my pitch I figured I would just take a completely new perspective on the game as a whole.
I had a burning desire to redesign the characters for a long time and finally, I just did it. I looked at it as an alternate view of the same universe, sort of like what the Marvels Ultimate Universe is within Marvels multiverse. I also wanted to reinvent the fighting game genre to possibly expand the MK fan base. I took the characters the way they originally appeared in MK 1. Their color, silhouette and weapons are essentially the same (with a few more deadly weapons added of course) and just redrew them the way I saw them in my head.
What is your favorite Mortal Kombat game to date and why?
MK 2, because when I was going to the arcade when I was a kid I was blown away by the skull and spine being ripped out of a character, it seemed so…taboo. There was always a line at the MK game in the arcade and you would have to stand in that line looking over shoulders waiting to play the guy that has been beating everyone to a pulp with Raiden.
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