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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.”
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.
The trailer for Ti West’s upcoming adaptation of A Christmas Carol raised a lot of eyebrows when it dropped earlier this week. While plenty of folks initially dismissed Ebenezer as a derivative project meant to cash in on the recent wave of unnecessary prequels that expand the backstory of beloved characters (such as 2023’s Wonka), Charles Dickens’ original novel already made a point of exploring Ebenezer Scrooge’s origins in detail – meaning that this new film is likely just a particularly faithful adaptation of the source material under a different name.
Couple that with the fact that the movie is being helmed by a genuine horror auteur and I think it’s safe to say that the latest iteration of the first modern ghost story is in good hands.
That being said, one detail that immediately jumped out at me during the brief teaser (other than a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nod to Johnny Depp’s iconic bedroom death scene from the original A Nightmare on Elm Street) is the fact that many of Ebenezer’s ghosts appear to have been directly lifted from the iconic John Leech illustrations that accompanied the first edition of Dickens’ novel.
Here are a couple of stills from the trailer compared to the original artwork:
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’
The Phantoms in ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Ebenezer’
Marley’s Ghost in ‘Ebenezer’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’
Mainly working with old-school wood and steel engravings that would later be transferred to print, Leech was instrumental in crafting the iconic look of history’s most influential phantoms – especially since Dickens is said to have been deeply involved with the creation of these so-called “comic illustrations.”
And since the novel is commonly said to have popularized spiritualism in Victorian England, much of the ghostly iconography that we still see in genre media to this very day (including some of Ti West’s previous films) can be traced back to the author’s partnership with Leech.
Ebenezer won’t be the first A Christmas Carol adaptation to borrow heavily from these designs, but I can appreciate how Ti West is incorporating an important part of horror history into his latest film.
Ebenezer will be available in theaters starting November 13.
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