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i think was a good move

Beat me to it!

I was going to go to the movies to see it, now I'm just going to bum it off a friend's HBO Max.

Delayed once.. by THREE months? Fine... I'll bend over and take it.

Delayed twice? Fuck you.

We will have to wait another week. gosoxtim869 first posted notice of this, my source is a writer from The Hollywood Reporter.

As of right now, the official MK Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts reflect this site.

The official site does NOT reflect this new change at this time. For the record, that Web site needs an update.

Also, April 23 is also the anniversary of the release of Mortal Kombat 11.

https://twitter.com/Borys_Kit/status/1377012752116424704

Actually I believe this is the 3rd or 4th time it's been delayed. I remember MLK day being one of them and I think it was also planned for a March release.

wow I'm a bigger bitch than I thought I was.

Probably is but for which movie? Speculation is brewing that GvK is amassing more popularity than originally planned and that could be the reason for this one week day.

yeah pretty much goro

https://deadline.com/2021/03/mortal-kombat-going-a-week-later-in-april-leaving-breathing-room-for-godzilla-vs-kong-1234724859/

it not like this pushed is a big deal i mean mortal kombat doesant have threats until mid may at best

Official Reason Announced: https://deadline.com/2021/03/mortal-kombat-going-a-week-later-in-april-leaving-breathing-room-for-godzilla-vs-kong-1234724859/

Mortal Kombat (2021) is looking to bank big money.

There are 3 reasons for this, 2 of which reflects the date change, I am posting the article in full and highlighting each reason:

Correct. It's not a big deal. Add to the fact Disney moved Black Widow to July and this spells a better success rate for this film, albeit being another "lackluster success."

yeah this really make sense and is good idea

A more official source who first broke the news, their reasoning:

this is a good move by wb

Nooooooooooooooo pleaseeeeeeee!!!!

But honestly, I guess it is okay. It gives things the slightest bit longer to stabilize with the COVID situation. Not that I expect it to do all that much.

It's just that after such a big delay initially, and a herculean wait for any sort of info on the movie, further delays, even by a week hurts.

If there is any delay after this I'm gonna riot.

Some where on social media I seen a cast or crew member say it's good because it makes for a better chance of a sequel.

I know I also seen Todd tell the MK leaker he's always had a sequel in mind the past 7 years but ultimately anything on it is up to execs.

WB definitely banked big with Snyder's Cut then GvK and Mk being real close. I can't think too much what else I want to see on HBOMax after MK.

Hopefully Mk performs well given its the spring. A positive opening sets up a positive summer.

Not surprised at this move. Godzilla VS Kong from what I've been seeing on sites like Rotten Tomatoes and various other sites it is doing very well for itself. Pushing this film back a week is a good idea. It will still be hard to tell how well it will do seeing that it is the only true action flick coming out that week so there is no other action flick to compare it to to see how good it will do. Now if Godzilla VS Kong goes longer than the normal 45 day market in theaters / HBO Max then it could very well dwarf Mortal Kombat still but I believe only 1 other film has done that so far with this WB/HBO Max merger thing and correct me if I am wrong but I believe Wonder Woman 1984 was it. I'll need to do more research to see if I am right on that but I believe Wonder Woman 1984 was out longer than usual in theaters and HBO Max because it was doing pretty good at that time. Then again there might have not been another film to compete with it.

Another reason to hold back its release is also because the film doesn't have the power to beat out another high action franchise like Godzilla VS Kong too.

Just looked it up and it wasn't Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman 84 did not do the studio or HBOMax any favors. However, GvK is the one to watch because the last film, Godzilla: King of Monsters did not perform well at the box office. If in fact this one does well it shows the studios that sometimes banking on sequels when a previously sequel failed isn't a bad move.

If Mortal Kombat succeeds - and no matter the controversy it's been churning on the weekly - it looks like it will indeed succeed, then it shows studios 1) You too can have a successful sequel after a failed sequel 2) People are open to change 3) people are open to diversity 4) that there is a need for a MKCU.

If later films throughout the year are successful it will show WB maybe they should have pushed back MK again to give it more potential for gain. Then again, I have always felt WB put MK on the backburner and with the recent news about other matters at WB I'd say WB is facing the same problem Disney was in the '80s and it's time the execs go.

To elaborate more what I am talking about regarding WB's recent matters, the fans are calling for a reboot of the DCU but as SnyderVerse films. Warner Bros says No despite the success of SynderCut, pretty much the first successful HBOMax film before GvK built momentum. However, it has been revealed that The Rock, playing Black Adam, may actually have more power and pull than these execs and could overturn their decision to move on.

Frankly, myself, I'm sick of seeing these MCU and DCUs and especially all the reboots. This goes back, to my memory, to the 1989 Batman film which was great to watch in theaters (and I even seen it in a drive-thru). After that all the other sequels came out, dominated the '90s superhero film, overshadowing them, and then just after the millennium we started to see the rise of the Marvel CU with Ironman and then it became 3 spiderman movies then eventually those got rebooted. I think we're on the 4th Hulk reboot and I remember the 80s or 90s starting those movies and its series. Not to mention the god-awful 3 or 4 reboots of the TMNT movie franchise.

I've waited 25 years, I can wait another week. No problem. I'm patient.

I think the TMNT movies were only rebooted once or twice. You had the original one in 1990 followed by 2 live action sequels and one animated sequel. Then you had the reboot in 2007 and then they sort of rebooted again in 2014. I do like the 1st three films and then the one with Kang. The one with Kang was closer to the cartoons. LOL

Batman has been rebooted over and over for numerous reasons. Tim Burton's original Batman was great and fine, however when it came to Batman Returns where originally Robin was to appear and be played by one of the Wayans brothers as well as the ideas for the character and other characters at that time the producers did not ask him to do the 3rd film. Then Shumacker came in and the 1st one did better than the one that generally killed a decent Batman franchise. Then Batman was sort of rebooted when we went o Nolan's prequel films so-to-speek. Nolan also had plans for another trilogy set featuring John Blake's character as the main hero but the studio didn't like the ideas. Schumaker wanted to return to the real dark essence of Batman and his other sequel if made was to feature Man-Bat as one of the villains as well as the death of Batgirl's Alicia Silverstone.

If the MKU is looking like it is it will wind up being similar to the DCU where the only way to fix errors the studios, writers, producers or directors made would be to reboot the film/films over and over. I see this happening with this universe. MCU has done pretty well for itself because they try to stick as close to the source material as they can when it comes to their films. When they don't do that their films fail. For cinematic universes to succeed perhaps they need to take a look at the MCU films and try to do what they are doing to make it successful.

Just not another MCU... please! But aside from that, have you ever thought that rebooting is the only way of making movies if you don't have enough source material or if there is a big enough gap between movies so it's pointless to go forward.

Actually what Walter Hamada did was the only logical thing a good CEO could do. "Many movies, one multiverse". This way if there is a chance, someone might connect some dots between movies, but if not - no biggie. They'll just say it's just an alternate universe thing. Brilliant move.

And I think the same thing should happen with MK. Make a movie. It sells, fine. Maybe make a sequel. But someone wants to make a spin-off where Rayden is the baddie and Shao Kahn is fighting with him to protect his empire. You can do it in multiverse but not in the state MCU is now. So no, I don't think going MCU way is the right choice.

Yes, DC made a mistake when they wanted to be second MCU but from this disaster now they can do whatever they want. You got Joker with Phoenix, you have cartoon-ish Aquaman, you have Snyder/Whedon Justice League. All different movies, all in the same multiverse. And this way everybody can find something for themselves.