yeah its a couple months old, thats why i asked if it was posted in the SMB movie trailer.
anyway, i think i read somewhere that Ed Boon and co did eventually find out and have no probs with it being released.
the rights holder to the movie or to the franchise would be total bone heads if they didnt give this movie a go. its a prefect time to milk the franchise because MK fighting series is doing a "reboot" as well; going back to 2d with 3d graphics and all the fatalities goodness... looks pretty cool.
also, the fighting game scene is seeing a huge boom with releases like street fighter, marvel vs capcom 3, blazeblue, mortal kombat 9, just to name a few. and most of them are releasing "professional" arcade fighting sticks that retail for $150 and people are definitely buying them up.