Debuting in
Fall '98, MK Conquest is a weekly live-action television series
that will make its pilot sometime this fall as a joint venture between
New Line
Television (which will
produce the series with Larry Kasanoff and his Threshold
Entertainment team) and Warner Bros. Domestic
Television Distribution (which will distribute and market the series.)
The show will air in the Saturday
morning slot and that the contract calls for 22 episodes with a 4 year option. Kasanoff will act as Krusades' executive producer.
What is it about???
Conquest will center around Kung Lao--the
great Shaolin warrior and Liu
Kang's predecessor. The show will
reflect upon Lao and his quest to retain his position as MK champion some five hundred years ago. The storyline
will follow the adventures of Kung Lao and his companions as they defend
the Earth realm against the dark forces of the Outworld in Mortal Kombat--a tournament
of honor and tradition shrouded in mystery. Each match is a struggle
for survival as
each warrior gains a sense of Kombat's ancient creed: "Mortal
Kombat is a
competition which stresses life, not death, as its most crucial element."
Professionally choreographed martial arts sequences will enrich the
series as
well as awe-inspiring special effects by Threshold Digital Research
Labs.
Conquest will incorporate new characters to accompany Lao as the season
progresses. It is rumored that some of the regulars will include
Earth's
guardian Lord Raiden, the shape-shifting
Shang Tsung, and the menacing Shao
Kahn!!! Cast regulars for MK Krusades is said to include
a professional wrestlers from Orlando, FL. And in the first two shows Shang
Tsung will "create" Scorpion with his sorcery.
Who is making it??
New Line Television
and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution,
both
owned and operated by Time
Warner, will participate in their first ever combined efforts with
the production of Krusades. Warner Bros.
International Television Distribution will distribute Conquest internationally
as "a dazzling visual
spectacle ideally suited to stand out in the world of weekly television."*
Brent Friedman, the writer for MK
Annihilation will play a big part in the show.
Larry Kasanoff, the executive producer of Conquest will be starting
up a chain
of Mortal Kombat Martial Arts schools nationwide!!!
Where will it be on??
Currently, Conquest has been purchased in
90 different television markets
making it a fast-growing commodity. The series has already been
cleared into
all the top 40 markets.
Where will it be filmed at?
MK Conquest is currently filming in Florida's illustrious
theme park--Florida Splendid
China. General admission
to the filming and picture taking (believe it or not) on the set will is
allowed. For those of you interested in attending a live show, visit Splendid
China's website for info on admission price and directions. Handling
of all exterior shots for the show will be conducted inside the park itself;
all interior shots will be filmed at Disney's
MGM Sound Studios. And Currently if you go to MGM you can get a look at the sets used on the Show!!! Contrary to wide speculation, no filming will be
done in New Zealand.
Added note: Splendid
China is located at 3000 Splendid China Blvd,
Kissimmee, Fl. (on Hwy 192 west of Disney.)
More info to come...........
Article put togther by PHOENIX
This Qoute taken from MKN
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