If you’re a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, or even action movies/games in general, you’ll probably be familiar with the 8-minute short movie Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, featuring Michael Jai White and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and directed by Kevin Tancharoen. You can check it out below, and if that’s not enough Mortal Kombat goodness you can check out the webseries that followed.
Tancharoen and writer Oren Uziel made the films as an example of how Mortal Kombat could be rebooted for the screen, and in an attempt to convince the studios that they could do it. Whilst at first things didn’t work out – Warners tried to shut it down – the clip leaked online and the buzz was huge. The webseries was commissioned and now Deadline confirm that New Line, now a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, have made a deal with the duo to write and direct a new feature Mortal Kombat.
This is AMAZING news. The Rebirth film and webseries are both brilliant, and I think a lot of fans are going to be very happy with the development. No other details as of now, but watch this space!
