New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Could Begin Shooting in September

Hard to believe it’s been 16 years since The Immortals released their theme song to ‘Mortal Kombat.’   Arcades across America were filled with teens and pre-teens screaming ‘MORTAL KOMBAT!’ at the top of their lungs just before they knocked Johnny Cage’s head literally off his shoulders.   Now, after two theatrical feature films, an animated feature film released straight to VHS, a short-lived TV series, and even an animated series, a third film in the ‘Mortal Kombat’ franchise is looking to get underway.   What’s more, it seems production is set to begin as soon as this coming September.The news comes as a short snippet from an article in the SGV Tribune based out of San Gabriel Valley, California.   The article is about Chris Casamassa, a Karate instructor who played Scorpion in the 1995 first feature film and the 1997 sequel.   As an FYI, and just to put the cap on this guy’s crap films list, he was George Clooney’s stunt double for ‘Batman & Robin.’

However, Casamassa claims that work on a third ‘Mortal Kombat’ film is set to begin in September and that he is, once again, set to play Scorpion.

I guess 12 years is a long enough period of time to forget that a film tanked.   ‘Mortal Kombat,’ upon its release in August of 1995 made $122 million worldwide.   ‘Mortal Kombat: Annihilation’ made $51 million worldwide when it was released in November of 1997.   That’s quite a dropoff between films, but, you never know, time may have created a bit of nostalgia in some fans of the video game, and a third film could, potentially, make some coin.

A third film in the franchise has been talked about since before ‘Annihilation’ even came out, but plans to make ‘Mortal Kombat: Devastation’ were quickly swept under the carpet after that film tanked.   It appears Threshold Entertainment, the company behind all past incarnations of the franchise, are still dead set on getting this third film done.   Whether it actually comes to pass or not will have to be seen come September.   We’ll let you know.

Source: SGV Tribune