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"They think it will be the biggest movie they've ever released." Those are the words of producer Larry Kasanoff speaking in early 1995 about "Mortal Kombat" to Electronic Gaming Monthly . "The studio feels that the MK movie will be a summer smash." At the time, the New Line Cinema adaptation of the wildly popular, controversial fighting game was shrouded in mystery and rumor. Kasanoff was trying to set the record straight; they didn't have a stinker on their hands — they had a hit. 30 years later, this is a prime example of how two things can be true at once.

New Line, dubbed "the house that Freddy built" thanks

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