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UPDATED: WATCH ‘Mortal Kombat’ Episide 1; ‘Scream 4’ Premiere
Update: Both events have come and passed, but right now we’ve just added the embed of the first “Mortal Kombat” episode!!! Enjoy it below and then tell us what you think!
There are two very exciting events happening TONIGHT, with the festivities kicking off at 6:30PST right here on Bloody-Disgusting, courtesy of NowLive.com. Embedded inside this article you’ll be able to watch the red carpet premiere/arrivals of Dimension Films’ Scream 4 as it happens LIVE from the Mann Chinese in Hollywood, CA.
You’ll find the celebrity guest list inside, along with the streaming video feed.
The fun is only beginning as at MIDNIGHT 12am PST Machinima will host a Live Stream of the debut episode of Warner Bros. Pictures “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” web series, says director Kevin Tancharoen. Check out a new look at Scorpion below!!
Based on the iconic gaming franchise, Jeri Ryan, (“Star Trek: Voyager”) will reprise her role as the headstrong “Lieutenant Sonya Blade” from the unofficial fan short. She is joined by Michael Jai White (Spawn, Kill Bill, The Dark Knight) as “Major Jackson `Jax’ Briggs” and Darren Shahlavi (300) as the sly and cunning “Kano.”
Kevin Tancharoen who directed and produced the popular, unofficial “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth” fan short that garnered over 10 million views worldwide, is bringing the same immersive directing style to this live-action digital new media series. Fans will be able to delve deep into the history of the warriors they know and love including “Sub-Zero” and “Scorpion.”
Talent Expected to attend: From the film: Wes Craven (Director), Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody, Nico Tortorella, Rory Culkin, Marley Shelton, Erik Knudsen, Alison Brie, Marielle Jaffe, Aimee Teegarden, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Producer Iya Labunka, Exec Producer Ron Schmidt and Co-producer Carly Feingold.
Celebrity guests: Patricia Arquette, Rosanna Arquette, Eli, Roth, Wayne Brady, David Spade, Joel McHale, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Jason Mewes, Pete Wentz, Shaun White, Balthazar Getty, Busy Philipps, Carla Gugino, Dax Shepard, Freddie Highmore, Isla Fisher, Jack McBrayer, Laura Dern, Seth Green, Tom Green and Tony Hawk.
Universal has been having a hell of a time getting their Universal Monsters brand back on a better path in the wake of the Dark Universe collapsing, with four movies thus far released in the years since The Mummy attempted to get that interconnected universe off the ground.
First was Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, to date the only post-Mummy hit for the Universal Monsters, followed by The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Renfield, and now Abigail. The latter three films have attempted to bring Dracula back to the screen in fresh ways, but both Demeter and Renfield severely underperformed at the box office. And while Abigail is a far better vampire movie than those two, it’s unfortunately also struggling to turn a profit.
Where does the Universal Monsters brand go from here? The good news is that Universal and Blumhouse have once again enlisted the help of Leigh Whannell for their upcoming Wolf Man reboot, which is howling its way into theaters in January 2025. This is good news, of course, because Whannell’s Invisible Man was the best – and certainly most profitable – of the post-Dark Universe movies that Universal has been able to conjure up. The film ended its worldwide run with $144 million back in 2020, a massive win considering the $7 million budget.
Given the film was such a success, you may wondering why The Invisible Man 2 hasn’t come along in these past four years. But the wait for that sequel may be coming to an end.
Speaking with the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, The Invisible Man star Elisabeth Moss notes that she feels “very good” about the sequel’s development at this point in time.
“Blumhouse and my production company [Love & Squalor Pictures]… we are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” Moss updates this week. “And I feel very good about it.”
She adds, “We are very much intent on continuing that story.”
At the end of the 2020 movie, Elisabeth Moss’s heroine Cecilia Kass uses her stalker’s high-tech invisibility suit to kill him, now in possession of the technology that ruined her life.
Stay tuned for more on The Invisible Man 2 as we learn it.
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