TITLE
How Hollywood Managed To Not Screw Up Mortal Kombat, The Movie
AUTHOR
Jamie Russell
PUBLICATION
Kotaku
YEAR
2012
ARTICLE TYPE
Book Excerpt
FROM THE ARTICLE
It was during a visit to Midway’s offices in Chicago, that [producer Larry] Kasanoff saw the company’s new hot property, the Mortal Kombat coin-op. They took the movie producer down to a local arcade where it was testing off the scale. As kids crowded around the machine, Kasanoff realised they had a hit on their hands. That wasn’t news to Midway. But the producer was also convinced it had potential as a movie. Their response? “Bullshit! There’s no way you can do that. This is an arcade game, there’s no way you can turn it into a movie.” Kasanoff told them, “I don’t just want to just make a movie. I want to make a franchise.”
GAMES MENTIONED
Mortal Kombat (1992)
TOPICS MENTIONED
Adaptations
EXCERPTED FROM
Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood