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Clive Barker Responds to ‘Meat Train’ Massacre
Back on August 1st, Lionsgate dumped the Clive Barker adaptation of The Midnight Meat Train in only 100 (discount) theaters. It created an uproar (especially here on BD) and is still the subject of strict scrutiny. This weekend MTV posted an interview they ran with Barker, who punches out his thoughts on the events of this past month. Read on for the skinny.
“There’s room for everything,” Barker tells MTV. “You don’t have to sh- on somebody else’s work to advance your own material.” Barker is referring to Lionsgate president Joe Drake, a man who has been the center of blame from many perspectives.
“This is all about ego, and though I mourn the fact that `Midnight Meat Train’ was never given its chance in theaters, it’s a beautifully stylish, scary movie, and it isn’t going anywhere. People will find it, and whether they find it in midnight shows or they find it on DVD, they’ll find it, and in the end the Joe Drakes of the world will disappear.”
In the interview with MTV News he calls Drake “small-minded” and a “nobody.” Ouch.
We’ll bring you our own report soon enough, once we find some time to pull all the material together.
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Big screen movie sequel Mortal Kombat II is bringing its fatalities to the small screen next week as it heads to streaming.
The sequel will make its global streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max on July 24. The film will debut on HBO linear on July 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid returns to the helm from a script by Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight,” Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), based on the popular video game franchise.
This time, the fan favorite champions — now joined by Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) himself — are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada also star.
A version of MORTAL KOMBAT II with American Sign Language (ASL)will also stream exclusively on HBO Max the same day, performed by ASL Dubber Justin Perez and directed by Rosa Lee Timm (“Sinners with BASL,” “Minecraft with ASL”). The interpretation for this film will feature Visual Vernacular, a unique sign language form that combines elements of ASL, mime, facial expressions and body movements to convey highly visual stories.
From New Line Cinema, James Wan’s Atomic Monster, Broken Road Productions, and Fireside Films, Mortal Kombat II is rated R for “strong bloody violence and gore, and language.”
Look for Mortal Kombat II to arrive on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on July 28.
Mortal Kombat III is already in development with Slater returning to pen the script.
(L-R) LUDI LIN as Liu Kang and MAX HUANG as Kung Lao in New Line Cinema’s “Mortal Kombat II,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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