Mortal Kombat: Legacy

With the "concept trailer," Mortal Kombat: Rebirth director Kevin Tancharoen, who, without the studio's participation in the making of the short, showed Warner Bros. (who holds the rights to Mortal Kombat) what he would do, if given the chance to make a new Mortal Kombat feature film.

Warner Bros. took notice of Tancharoen's work and the positive attention it got, though a movie is not the result. Though a 9-episode Mortal Kombat webseries titled Mortal Kombat: Legacy was. Tancharoen,  Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan, and Matt Mullins will reprise their roles from the short as Jax, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage respectively. There are only between American and Canadian actors.

Bloody Disgusting writes, "The only plot details we could conjure up is that a few Earthlings will fight to save the planet from Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung, two Gods ruling over parallel universes, or something to that effect.

About the series
The series features one or two-part episodes focusing on one character or a group of characters each. The episodes detail the origin stories of many popular MK characters, the events more or less following the established canon, with dramatic changes to some details.

Contrary to the ultra-real, gritty, crime-story tone seen in MK: Rebirth, Legacy is more Tancharoen's take on the established storyline, including much of the east-Asian inspired mysticism and fantasy elements present in the games (except episode 6, where Tancharoen recreated his own vision from Rebirth). The characters also follow the aspects and storylines of their videogame counterparts much more closely than the interpretations seen in Rebirth.

Future
In an interview with Movieweb, Tancharoen revealed several elements in the future of Mortal Kombat: Legacy. On the creative agenda, he has spoken to Warner Bros. about a second season, stating he is always working on stories and would prefer to work with the same cast and crew. Season two would concern the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, as was portrayed in the original video game, but with a different story and outcome to that seen in the game and the first film. Also concerning a second season, he spoke about the prospect of introducing Goro and the method for which he could be portrayed believably, and better than in the film.

The introduction of Kabal was also raised. He also has hopes for a movie, confirming he has a "very detailed treatment, that plots out the entire storyline". Regarding a movie, he told IGN that it would not focus on trying to include as many franchise characters as possible the way the second film did. Warner Premiere’s general manager Eva Semple David mooted television as a possible medium on which the series could continue.

Season 2 has been announced by IGN, with director Kevin Tancharoen stating personally in a video to fans that all of the scripts are done. The director also confirmed more fight scenes and improved special effects in the upcoming season to focus on the actual Mortal Kombat tournament of the original game, in response to the fans who were let down by the setup of the first season. Characters confirmed for this season are as follows: Kano, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Jax, Baraka, Stryker, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Ermac and Kenshi. Kevin also stated on twitter that the feature film is still in development and that season 2 would not affect it. On Febuary 17, 2013 a trailer was released showcasing all the confirmed characters.

Confirmed Characters
250px|right|Official Mortal Kombat: Legacy trailer

Tony Jaa as Liu Kang

Jet Li as Kung Lao

Michael Jai White as Jax Briggs

Ian Anthony Dale as Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion)

Johnson Phan as Shang Tsung (Younger Version)

Jon Foo as Kuai Liang (Younger Sub-Zero)

Kevin Ohtsji as Bi-Han (Noob Saibot/Elder Sub-Zero)

Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage

Michael Rogers as Quan Chi

Hassan Masood as Ermac

Darren Shalavi as Kano

Jeri Ryan as Lieutenent Sonya Blade

Roger Huerta as Smoke

Dan Southworth as Kenshi

Beatrice illg as Sindel (Young form)

Lateef Crowder as Baraka

Ray Park as Reptile

Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode List
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episodes

Trivia

 * Episode 3: Johnny Cage - Ed Boon makes a cameo appereance as Ed Goodman.
 * Episodes 7 & 8: Scorpion & Sub-Zero -  Scorpion's Spear appears in the episode, used to pull Sub-Zero to him. He even yelled "GET OVER HERE!" in Japanese when he used it.
 * Episode 9: Cyrax and Sektor - In the first trailer, Cyrax and Sektor were shown without CGI graphic effects, but later, on July 24, 2011, the scene appeared with computer graphics.
 * Kano also makes an appearance without his cybernetic eye implant, suggesting this episode precedes episode one.
 * The cyborgs Hydro, Cyrax, and Sektor all share Cyrax's primary design from Mortal Kombat (2011).
 * Roughly all of the text on the computer monitor detailing the helmet design is taken in verbatim from this document.