New Line Reboots Mortal Kombat

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema is coming back Mortal Kombat, creating an energetic action reboot in the fighting styles-heavy franchise which will be put together by Oren Uziel and directed by Kevin Tancharoen. All of people males have acquired the task, since it was their unauthorized viral short that breathed existence into franchise. Uziel written and Tancharoen directed the eight-minute online video Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, which starred Michael Jai White-colored as Jax, Jeri Ryan as Sonya Edge, Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage, Ian Anthony Dale as Scorpion and Lateef Crowder as Baraka. Tancharoen did this with the notion that he is able to be themselves to Warner Bros becoming an action director and reboot the film franchise. Initially, Warner Games, which launched a videogame reboot in April, 2011, wasn’t amused and looked for to seal lower your time and energy. But Tancharoen’s effort created a reasonable demand if the leaked online the studio’s digital division, Warner Premiere, developed a deal with him to produce a ten-episode web series. People episodes began airing online in April 2011. New Line then visited Tancharoen and Uziel and hang together the film. Mortal Kombat opened up in 1995, as well as the original film made $122 million worldwide. Interest decreased while using 1997 follow-up Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which made only $51.3 million worldwide. The studio is keeping the plot under systems.