Video games are incredibly difficult to adapt into films and TV series. So, with the latest attempt by a major studio to break the video game film curse coming next week, “Mortal Kombat,” this episode of The Playlist Podcast offers up some ideas for adaptations that should actually get made, including a “Grand Theft Auto” anthology series, a “Dick Tracy”-esque “Punch-Out!!” and a hard-R “Super Mario Bros.”
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