Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Directed by	Kevin Tancharoen
Produced by	Tim Carter Tomas Harlan John Orlando Lance Sloane Aaron Helbing Todd Helbing Kevin Tancharoen Chris Foss Bob Fugger Larnell Stovall Jenny Wolfe-Binder
Written by	Ed Boon Aaron Helbing Todd Helbing Kevin Tancharoen
Starring	Michael Jai White Jeri Ryan Ian Anthony Dale Matt Mullins Darren Shahlavi Ryan Robbins Tahmoh Penikett Shane Warren Jones
Distributed by	Warner Premiere
Release date(s)	April 12,2011
Running time	10 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Preceded by	Mortal Kombat: Rebirth

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. Though a 9-episode Mortal Kombat webseries titled Mortal Kombat: Legacy was. Tancharoen,  Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan, and Matt Mullins will reprise their roles from the short as Jax, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage respectively. There are only between American and Canadian actors.

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.^[1]

Contents 1 About the series 2 Future 3 Confirmed Characters 3.1 Non-game characters 4 Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode List 5 Episodes 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 References 9 External Links

About the seriesEdit

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.

Contrary to the ultra-real, gritty, crime-story tone seen in MK: Rebirth, Legacy is more Tancharoen's take on the established storyline, including much of the east-Asian inspired mysticism and fantasy elements present in the games (except episode 6, where Tancharoen recreated his own vision from Rebirth). The characters also follow the aspects and storylines of their videogame counterparts much more closely than the interpretations seen in Rebirth. ^[2]

FutureEdit

Mortal Kombat Legacy Season 2 Announcement(02:14)
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In an interview with Movieweb, Tancharoen revealed several elements in the future of Mortal Kombat: Legacy. On the  creative agenda, he has spoken to Warner Bros. about a second season, stating he is always working on stories and would prefer to work with the same cast and crew. Season two would concern the tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, as was portrayed in the original video game, but with a different story and outcome to that seen in the game and the first film. Also concerning a second season, he spoke about the prospect of introducing Goro and the method for which he could be portrayed believably, and better than in the film.

The introduction of Kabal was also raised. He also has hopes for a movie, confirming he has a "very detailed treatment, that plots out the entire storyline". Regarding a movie, he told IGN that it would not focus on trying to include as many franchise characters as possible the way the second film did. Warner Premiere’s general manager Eva Semple David mooted television as a possible medium on which the series could continue.

Season 2 has been announced by IGN, with director Kevin Tancharoen stating personally in a video to fans that all of the scripts are done.^[3] The director also confirmed more fight scenes and improved special effects in the upcoming season to focus on the actual Mortal Kombat tournament of the original game, in response to the fans who were let down by the setup of the first season. Characters confirmed for this season are as follows: Kano, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, Kung Lao, Kitana, Mileena, Jax, Baraka, Stryker, Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Ermac and Kenshi. Kevin also stated on twitter that the feature film is still in development and that season 2 would not affect it. On Febuary 17, 2013 a trailer was released showcasing all the confirmed characters.^[4]

Confirmed CharactersEdit

Mortal Kombat Legacy - Season 2 Trailer(02:15)
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• Michael Jai White as Jax Briggs
• Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade
• Ian Anthony Dale as Scorpion
• Matt Mullins and Casper Van Dien as Johnny Cage
• Darren Shahlavi as Kano
• Ryan Robbins and David Lee McInnis as Raiden
• Tahmoh Penikett and Eric Jacobus as Kurtis Stryker
• Shane Warren Jones as Cyrax/Hydro
• Beatrice Ilg as Sindel
• Aleks Paunovic as Shao Kahn
• Peter Shinkoda as Sektor
• Fraser Aitcheson as Baraka
• Kevan Ohtsji and John Wusah as Bi-Han
• Johnson Phan and  Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung
• Michael Rogers as Quan Chi
• Kirby Morrow as King Jerrod
• Sam Tjhia as Kitana
• Jolene Tran and Michelle Lee as Mileena
• Brian Tee as Liu Kang
• Mark Dacascos as Kung Lao^[5]
• Harry Shum Jr. as  Kuai Liang
• Dan Southworth as Kenshi ^[6]
• Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac

Non-game charactersEdit

• Victor Lucas as himself, host of The Electric Playground.
• Ed Boon as Ed Goodman, TV producer.
• Tracy Spiridakos as Blue, a manic-depressive mental patient who befriends Raiden.
• Peter Hall as Dr. Gadsen, a psychiatrist who attempts to treat Raiden.
• Maurissa Tancharoen as Kana, the wife of Scorpion.
• Colin Foo as Lin Kuei Grand Master, current head of the Chinese Lin Kuei clan.
• Serge Houde as The Doctor, the head of the Lin Kuei's Cyber Initiative, and the surgeon who replaces Kano's missing eye with a robotic part. 

Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode ListEdit

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Episodes

EpisodesEdit

TriviaEdit

• Episode 3: Johnny Cage - Ed Boon makes a cameo appereance as Ed Goodman.
• Episodes 7 & 8: Scorpion & Sub-Zero -  Scorpion's Spear appears in the episode, used to pull Sub-Zero to him. He even yelled "GET OVER HERE!" in Japanese when he used it.
• 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).
  • Roughly all of the text on the computer monitor detailing the helmet design is taken in verbatim from this document.

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit

External LinksEdit

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