Welcome back for a brand new episode of our flagship show, Collider Movie Talk! TodayPerri Nemiroffis joined byJay WashingtonandGreg Albato talk about some of the hottest movie news stories of the day.
The first story up on this Thursday show is the mighty surprisingnewsthatChris Rockof all people is stepping in to bring theSawfranchise back to the big screen. As described by producersMark BurgandOren Koules, “Chris wants to put his own spin on theSawfranchise in the way Eddie Murphy put a completely fresh perspective on buddy-cop films with48 Hours." This “event film” won’t be a reboot, rather a story that will work with the existing franchise mythology started byJames WanandLeigh Whannell. The Movie Talk panel jumps in to discuss if this is too out-of-left-field to work or if Rock might have something special here.
Sticking with James Wan movie updates, the team also talks about theannouncementthat the long-awaitedMortal Kombatmovie is finally getting off the ground, expected to shoot in Australia later this year. Wan is on board as a producer, supporting the directorial debut of award-winning commercial filmmakerSimon McQuoid. What’s the panel hoping to see in this newMortal Kombatmovie?Oren Uzielwas the first writer on the film andback in 2017when he was promoting his feature debut, the Netflix releaseShimmer Lake, he described his version ofMortal Kombatas “almost like if you took The Avengers, or if you took a storyline like that and set it in a sort of hard-R, over-the-top violence and hard-edged world ofMortal Kombat.” Is there any chance some of his script is still in the mix? Could Wan and Koules be going the R-rated route, following the success ofDeadpoolandLogan? Catch the panel’s thoughts in the brand new episode of Movie Talk at the top of this article.
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