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Article: New venue for 'Kombat': WBDTD and co-owned New Line team on live action weekly.(Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, New Line Television, to produce Mortal Kombat television series)(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- December 22, 1997
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Mortal Kombat has grossed more than $4 billion worldwide as a video game, animated TV series, music CD, live-event action tour and two feature films. Now you can add live-action weekly syndicated series to that list.
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and New Line Television, both Time Warner entities, are combining their efforts for the Mortal Kombat series, slated for fall 1998 launch. Larry Kasanoff, creator of the Mortal Kombat video games and the franchise that has followed, is the show's executive producer. Kasanoff and his production company, Threshold Entertainment, produced the Mortal Kombat games and feature films.
"This ...