Mortal Kombat III: Bayou Beatdown?

When Mortal Kombat was released in theaters in 1995, the movie's impact went beyond Johnny Cage delivering a roundhouse to Scorpion. The film, based on Midway's brutally graphic fighting game, beat down competitors at the box office, greatly exceeding expectations and giving game-based flicks credence.

Threshold Entertainment, the franchise's production company, is hoping to cash in on some fatalities again. The third feature in the series is currently in production and will be titled Mortal Kombat 3: Devastation.

Information on the movie is limited. The company has not released any information on the movie's cast, crew, or release date. A blurb on the series' Web site merely reads, "Are there enemies still burning with hatred, possessing an unquenchable thirst for revenge? For now our planet remains a precious gateway between realms, inhabited not by gods or sorcerers, but only by humans. Will Earth Realm be challenged again?"

Fans of the series who want to know more can try hanging out in Louisiana, a new hotbed of film production, thanks to a statewide tax break for movie companies. A Baton Rouge Web site, 2theadvocate.com, reports that Threshold is planning on filming Devastation in The Pelican State.

But that's not all. Threshold, who is also working on a live-action version of the anime Ninja Scroll, is scoping out turf in the state to build a theme park/movie studio, a la Universal Studios.

"I believe there's an extraordinary opportunity to build a state-of-the-art production studio-slash-Hollywood theme park and training facility right in the middle of town," Threshold CEO Larry Kasanoff told the Web site.

The proposed park would allow guests to actually witness movies being made, rather than having them carted through empty soundstages.