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Bruce Campbell casts doubt on the Ash/Mortal Kombat 11 rumors
The rumor of Ash from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness making his way to Mortal Kombat 11 has been quite the long-running story. The rumor first came out with datamining, then actor Bruce Campbell made it seem like the info was false. Then a Mortal Kombat 11 newsletter was sent out from Warner Bros., and it included trademarks for Ash/Army of Darkness at the bottom. That had fans more sure than ever that the character was coming, but now Campbell has once again made it seem like it's not happening.
Campbell was asked by Fansided about the rumor, and you can see his full response below.
The reason why it may not happen, just so you and the readers can know this, a lot of time for legal purposes, that character cannot appear in other things because of the license. If you can’t make a deal, that character is not going to show up. So, we may have been talked to about it.
But I do know with MGM that handles the Army of Darkness licensing that they’re hasn’t been a discussion with them about it. They’re pretty touchy. We have to be careful of ownership.
I honestly don’t know. I think I would have heard something. It’s not like my agent books me without consulting with me.
Even if Mortal Kombat came to me and said they want to put me in it, you still have to make a deal. If my agent says, “Bruce Campbell wants a hundred billion dollars,” and then they say no, the deal is dead.
The answer is we don’t know. No point in beating around about that.