Mortal Kombat: Legacy

With the "concept trailer," Mortal Kombat: Rebirth the 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, 10-episode Mortal Kombat webseries. 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, and Johnny Cage respectively.

Bloody Disgusting said they hear Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Durak {sic}, Kabal, Kitana, Mileena, and Scorpion will also appear, with casting underway. . Its currently shooting in Vancouver.

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." This is the a curious part of the story, given how the trailer was much more rooted in a real world take on the Mortal Kombat story.

Confirmed Cast

 * 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

Additional Confirmed Characters

 * Durac
 * Kabal
 * Kitana
 * Liu Kang
 * Mileena
 * Shang Tsung
 * Shao Kahn
 * Sindel
 * Sub-Zero