MTV has introduced plans to revamp the favored Movie star Deathmatch sequence. In line with a press launch, Ice Dice has signed on to government produce the present alongside sequence creator Eric Fogel and his Dice Imaginative and prescient accomplice Jeff Kwatinetz.
Dice Imaginative and prescient at present produces Hip Hop Squares for MTV’s sister model VH1.
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“We’re excited to develop our partnership with Ice Dice and Dice Imaginative and prescient to reimagine this fan favourite,” President MTV, VH1 and CMT Chris McCarthy mentioned. “Deathmatch was the meme earlier than memes, stays a scorching matter on social media and can be a wise, humorous method to deal with the over-the-top rhetoric right this moment’s popular culture the place it belongs – within the wrestling ring.”
Dice added, “Blissful to as soon as once more be working with Viacom and MTV on a fan favourite like Movie star Deathmatch and to proceed our success collectively.”
Movie star Deathmatch initially premiered on MTV in 1998. The idea pits two clay variations celebrities towards one another in a wrestling ring the place they’re compelled to combat one another. The present ran till 2002 after 75 episodes.
In 2015, MTV2 introduced a reboot the sequence however Fogel later revealed on Twitter that MTV didn’t decide up the pilot.
The reimagined Movie star Deathmatch can be obtainable as a weekly sequence for an unique SVOD or premium broadcast accomplice in 2019. Dice may also lend his vocal skills to the present.