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The Essential Video Game Adaptations

January 28, 2023 by Olly Dyche

Olly Dyche on the essential video game adaptations… Video game adaptations have notoriously garnered a reputation of being fairly awful, with the likes of Doom, Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and House the Dead being great examples. However, within the fold of poor video game adaptations there have also been some good – and […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Olly Dyche, Television, Video Games Tagged With: Mortal Kombat, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Rampage, Resident Evil, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the last of us, The Witcher, tomb raider, Uncharted, Werewolves Within, Wreck-It Ralph

Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion, Smoke, Cyrax, and Sektor get new Storm Collectibles action figures

February 17, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Sideshow has revealed promotional images for Storm Collectibles 1:12 scale action figure line for the hit video game franchise Mortal Kombat which includes Scorpion, Smoke, Cyrax, and Sektor; check them out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Scorpion Hanzo Hasashi was once a member of the Japanese Shirai Ryu ninja Clan. Given the name […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Toys, Video Games Tagged With: Cyrax, Mortal Kombat, Scorpion, Sektor, Sideshow Collectibles, Smoke, Storm Collectibles

Injustice 2 adds Hellboy, Raiden and Black Manta with Fighter Pack 2 DLC

August 26, 2017 by Andrew Newton

NetherRealm Studios have announced the upcoming release of the second Fighter Pack DLC for their hit fighter title Injustice 2.  As with Fighter Pack DLC 1, The Fighter Pack 2 DLC will bring three new and familiar characters to the game and will come as part of the Injustice 2 Ulitmate Edition or be able to […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, News, Trailers, Video Games Tagged With: DC, Hellboy, Injustice 2, Mortal Kombat, NetherRealm, netherrealm studios, warner bros. interactive entertainment

Affleck signs on for Batman trilogy, Thanos in Avengers 4, first look at Domino in Deadpool 2 and more – Daily News Roundup

August 1, 2017 by admin

BATFLECK TRILOGY BACK ON THE CARDS? Just prior to San Diego Comic Con, the trade papers began to report that Warner Bros. and DC were having concerns with Ben Affleck as Batman in their DC Extended Universe, but the actor himself dismissed the rumours. According to a new – and very dubious – report, Fortress […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Avengers 4, Batman, Bumblebee, DC, DC Extended Universe, Deadpool 2, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mortal Kombat, The Batman

How do video game movies get made?

August 1, 2017 by admin

It’s been a question on the mind of video game fans around the world for many years: why are most video game movies the way they are? Well a new book titled Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made from Flickering Myth’s Luke Owen looks behind the scenes of some of the […]

Filed Under: Books, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros., tomb raider

Exclusive – Mortal Kombat: Annihilation director talks about the James Wan reboot

July 31, 2017 by admin

James Wan is currently in Australia and England shooting DC Extended Universe outing Aquaman, but another adaptation on his plate is the live-action reboot of Mortal Kombat. Wan was announced as the producer on the movie in August 2015, with Simon McQuoid in talks to direct. Not a lot has been said on the movie […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: James Wan, John R. Leonetti, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Vin Diesel, Megan Fox, Jason Momoa, Ronda Rousey and Liam Neeson rumoured for Mortal Kombat reboot

June 30, 2016 by admin

Take this bit of news with a pinch of salt, but there are some rumours floating around the Internet that the Mortal Kombat reboot has a cast in place – and it’s pretty star studded. According to website Frag Hero – who claim this story to be confirmed – Vin Diesel (Guardians of the Galaxy), Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Daniel Wu, Iko Uwais, Jason Momoa, Liam Neeson, Manu Bennett, Megan Fox, Michael Jai White, Mortal Kombat, Robin Shou, Ronda Rousey, Scott Adkins, Tony Jaa, Video game movie, Vin Diesel

The Highest Grossing Video Game Movies of All-Time

February 2, 2017 by admin

Luke Owen keeps track of the biggest video game movies… To go along with our Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time list, I felt we should also keep tabs on the video game movie adaptation. Since their debut in 1993, they’ve mostly come with a bad reputation, bad reviews and often bad box office results. […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Max Payne, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, pokemon, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Street Fighter, The Angry Birds Movie, Warcraft

What film will get you back to the cinema?

May 20, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe ponders what will get you back to cinemas, and what he will be triumphantly returning for… Cinema has taken a hell of a beating in the last year. Early signs of recovery have been promising in the US, as studios cope with readjusted expectations, and attempt to build a new model that may […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: F9, Fast 9, Mortal Kombat, No Time to Die, Spiral, Stalker, Taxi Driver, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Total Recall

Mortal Kombat: Onslaught coming to mobile in 2023

October 19, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have announced that the Mortal Kombat is heading to mobile devices once more in 2023 with Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a collection RPG which promises “the first mobile-exclusive cinematic story experience for the franchise.” In Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, players will have to build a team of kombatants from a vast […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Video Games Tagged With: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, netherrealm studios, Warner Bros Games

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