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Mortal Kombat returning to theaters, web series creator to direct, coincide with next game launch
- Warner Bros.' New Line Cinema label is partnering with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- producing the film next year
- getting to theaters come 2013
"It's really important that we show we can bring our game properties to movies instead of just the other way around." - Warner home entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara
- Kevin Tancharoen, creator of the Mortal Kombat web-series, is set to direct
- written by his partner Oren Uziel
"The new game and the online shorts prompted us to consider a reboot of a brand we hadn’t been actively thinking about." - New Line president Toby Emmerich
- will be produced for well under $100 million
- expect a more realistic take on the Mortal Kombat characters
- film’s release is expected to be coordinated with the next gam
- next Mortal Kombat game will come out when the movie hits theaters
- may potentially come in a single package along with the DVD and Blu-ray
- legal issues with the producer of the first two films are not yet wrapped, but the two sides are close enough to a resolution to move ahead on the project
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- producing the film next year
- getting to theaters come 2013
"It's really important that we show we can bring our game properties to movies instead of just the other way around." - Warner home entertainment President Kevin Tsujihara
- Kevin Tancharoen, creator of the Mortal Kombat web-series, is set to direct
- written by his partner Oren Uziel
"The new game and the online shorts prompted us to consider a reboot of a brand we hadn’t been actively thinking about." - New Line president Toby Emmerich
- will be produced for well under $100 million
- expect a more realistic take on the Mortal Kombat characters
- film’s release is expected to be coordinated with the next gam
- next Mortal Kombat game will come out when the movie hits theaters
- may potentially come in a single package along with the DVD and Blu-ray
- legal issues with the producer of the first two films are not yet wrapped, but the two sides are close enough to a resolution to move ahead on the project
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