MORTAL KOMBAT Suit Halts Third Film’s Development

Oh, the sweet, sweet arm (in this case four arms?) of litigation.

Development on a third MORTAL KOMBAT film has been halted due to a lawsuit from Threshold Entertainment against Warner Brothers.  Variety is reporting Threshold filed the suit on Tuesday claiming WB failed to respond to Threshold and  sought to cut them out entirely.

This latest lawsuit makes the third such case Threshold has brought against Warner Brothers.  The two, previous suits were filed in 2008 and 2009 against WB and New Line over accounting issues from the first MORTAL KOMBAT film in 1995.

Threshold Entertainment feels they have property ownership over a third MORTAL KOMBAT film based on agreements the company made with Midway Games.  Midway Games filed for bankruptcy last year, and, at that time, WB picked up the rights to most of the gaming company’s properties, including MORTAL KOMBAT.

In the end, this will be a bunch of hullabaloo over very little.  A settlement will take place.  Threshold and WB will come to some sort of deal, and production will begin again on a third travesty of cinematic justice.

What do you think?  Does the MORTAL KOMBAT franchise warrant a third film?  Does Threshold have a case against WB here?  Wouldn’t it be better to just have Johnny Cage and Sub-Zero fight it out in a courtroom, each of them representing a company?  Let us know your thoughts by shooting us a comment below.