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The Movie We Wanted Isn't Happening... But There's Still Good News (For Once)

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (18)

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About six months ago, we ran the promo trailer for Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, starring Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan. It wasn’t actually a trailer, but rather a short film from director Kevin Tancharoen (Fame… no, seriously. He directed Fame), who had hoped someone would pick it up for feature length one. That didn’t happen, which is a shame because if you don’t remember, the short was fucking fantastic. It was a gritty, hard-edged, real-world adaptation of the Mortal Kombat universe, and it was seriously badass.

Well, good news kiddies — Tancharoen (read an interview with him here) has been tapped to turn the concept into a series of webisodes — 10 in all. He’s writing the script along with Todd and Aaron Helbing (“Spartacus: Blood and Sand”), and Michael Jai White is set to return to the role of Major Jackson “Jax” Briggs. Casting for Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Sub Zero, Durak, Kabal, Kitana/Mileena and Scorpion is ongoing, with no names announced yet. Shooting takes place next month in Vancouver.

For those who didn’t catch it the first time around, here’s the original short film:

Sweet.

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Comments

First Lady, I'm sorry I pimp-slapped you into that china cabinet.

Posted by: zeke the pig at January 18, 2011 9:14 AM

Kung Fu Treachery! \m/

Posted by: Chickaboom at January 18, 2011 9:37 AM

I threw that before I walked in the room!

Posted by: KatSings at January 18, 2011 9:39 AM

that short was great...coulda done without that douche at the end

Posted by: RomeoCranberry at January 18, 2011 9:39 AM

I never realized how damned creepy the backstories probably were on those games. A general lack of skill and pixilated bloodbaths were enough to turn me off o_O

Posted by: anitra_larae at January 18, 2011 10:20 AM

I'm happy we'll get more but I want to see that on the big screen. Dammit Hollywood! You give me lame shit all the time! How about something cool?

Posted by: Fredo at January 18, 2011 10:25 AM

My only problem with this..
Donuts don't wear alligator shoes. This needs to be fixed immediately.

Posted by: schrome at January 18, 2011 12:42 PM

sXephil? Boo.

Posted by: Scott at January 18, 2011 12:53 PM

Phil DeFranco: douchebag. Proof that a completely free market yields no redeeming value. The worst of the YouTube famous people, and I am going to take legal action that Pajiba caused me to watch one of his videos.

Mortal Combat web series? Why can't SyFy pick up something that good?

Posted by: Hater from Siloam Springs at January 18, 2011 1:07 PM

I was hoping to see this on the big screen. What the hell's wrong with the Hollywood Execs? NONE of them picked this one up? Idiots. I have to put up with shite like X-Men 3, Eat, Pray, Love and Jennifer's Body, but I can't get this one in the theatres?

I call foul!

Posted by: Four Eyes at January 18, 2011 2:20 PM

A frickin' Justin Bieber movie is coming out! Step Up 3D!!!!

Yes, I'm pissed! Shit.

Posted by: Four Eyes at January 18, 2011 2:23 PM

1) Phil De Franco is a funny guy. almost as funny as Zero Punctuation or Movie Bob at Escapist. or Confused Matthew at Youtube.

2) I loved the originals. I think this remake should go big screen. I'd say that the way this starts out, would be perfect for the title sequence, then the title that says Mortal Kombat: Vengence. and then goes off from there.

By all honest rights to God, this should be on the Sci-Fi channel. (yes, I refer to it still as that, and not it's nom de jure.)

Posted by: Lordninja at January 18, 2011 2:37 PM

"1) Phil De Franco is a funny guy. almost as funny as Zero Punctuation"
So he's a pretentious egoist that has one joke that he runs into the ground?

Posted by: Ben at January 18, 2011 7:58 PM

Praise God for You All! Nova McNeal's Newest Ebook http://tinyurl.com/Just-Moms

Posted by: Laurine Wellington at January 18, 2011 11:42 PM

YES.

YES.

YES.

.. I'm a sucker for all things MK. :/

Posted by: duckandcover at January 18, 2011 11:58 PM

Awesome. And a webseries means no bullshit censoring, no 'softening' or anything, just all-around crazy, gritty and badass.

Posted by: Figgy at January 19, 2011 1:03 AM

This has yet to get old, and I love Michael Jai White. He was perfect for Spawn and he's perfect for Jax. God dammit it to hell, this needs to be on the big screen uncensored, unsoftened, crazy, gritty, and bad-ass just like Figgy said!

Posted by: Kris at January 19, 2011 2:22 AM

Oh, my. Ian Anthony Dale! Swoon.

Posted by: noonoo at January 19, 2011 2:50 AM