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. Instead, Bloody Disgusting reports that Tancharoen will be directing an official, Warner Bros. produced, 9-episode Mortal Kombat webseries titled Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Tancharoen, Todd Helbing and Aaron Helbing will write the webseries, while Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan, and Matt Mullins will reprise their roles from the short as Jax, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage respectively.

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."

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.

The last episode in the season, episode 9, was revealed at their panel at 2011's Comic-Con.

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

Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Brothers Digital Distribution has announced that MK: Legacy will be available on Blu-Ray and DVD once the series has played out online.

Confirmed Characters
250px|right|Official Mortal Kombat: Legacy trailer
 * Michael Jai White as Jax Briggs
 * Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade
 * Ian Anthony Dale as Scorpion
 * Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage
 * Darren Shahlavi as Kano
 * Ryan Robbins as Raiden
 * Tahmoh Penikett as Kurtis Stryker
 * Shane Warren Jones as Cyrax/Hydro
 * Beatrice Ilg as Sindel
 * Aleks Paunovic as Shao Kahn
 * Peter Shinkoda as Sektor
 * Tracy Spiridakos as Blue
 * Fraser Aitcheson as Baraka
 * Kevan Ohtsji as Sub-Zero
 * Johnson Phan as Shang Tsung
 * Michael Rogers as Quan Chi
 * Kirby Morrow as King Jerrod
 * Sam Tjhia as Kitana
 * Jolene Tran as Mileena

Additional Confirmed Characters

 * Kabal (Season 2 only)
 * Liu Kang (Season 2 only)
 * Kung Lao (Season 2 only)
 * Reptile (Season 2 only)
 * Smoke (Season 2 only)
 * Jade (Season 2 only)
 * Nightwolf (Season 2 only)

Episodes
Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 1 - Jax, Sonya and Kano (Part 1)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 2 - Jax, Sonya and Kano (Part 2)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 3 - Johnny Cage

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 4 - Kitana & Mileena (Part 1)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 5 - Kitana & Mileena (Part 2)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 6 - Raiden

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 7: Scorpion and Sub Zero (Part 1)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 8: Scorpion and Sub Zero (Part 2)

Video:Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 9: Cyrax & Sektor

Trivia

 * Ed Boon makes a cameo appereance in Episode 3: Johnny Cage as Ed Goodman.
 * 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).