The digital series beginning April 12
Our brothers at ComingSoon.net landed a first look at Mortal Kombat: Legacy, the new online series from Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Check it out below with more details.
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution and Machinima.com today announced they have signed an agreement to premiere and distribute the highly anticipated âMortal Kombat: Legacyâ live action digital series produced by Warner Premiere. Directed by Kevin Tancharoen (âFameâ), and starring Jeri Ryan (âStar Trek: Voyagerâ) as âSonya Blade,â Michael Jai White (âThe Dark Knightâ) as âMajor Jackson âJaxâ Briggsâ and Darren Shahlavi (â300â) as âKano,â this series will take gamers deep into the history of the warriors they know and love.
The first action-packed episode of âMortal Kombat: Legacyâ will debut April 12 exclusively on Machinima, the dominant entertainment network for videogamers on YouTube (www.youtube.com/machinima). Fans from around the world will be able to watch and engage with the entire âMortal Kombat: Legacyâ series through Machinimaâs YouTube channel.
“With over 500 million monthly video views and 50 million monthly viewers, Machinima has the worldâs most highly-engaged gaming audience, which makes this agreement with Warner Bros. such a great fit,” said Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and CEO of Machinima, Inc. “Mortal Kombat is an epic franchise with a rich story and characters, weâre truly excited to bring ‘Mortal Kombat: Legacy’ to our community. With our global scale and reach, we can now drive greater engagement and viewership than anyone for entertainment properties that fit our young, male-centric demo. Kevinâs new incarnation of the Mortal Kombat franchise is precisely the type of world-class, high-octane action content that our audience will love.â
Kevin Tancharoen who directed and produced the popular, unofficial âMortal Kombat: Rebirthâ fan short, is bringing the same immersive directing style to this live-action digital series. Kevin Tancharoen who directed and produced the popular, unofficial âMortal Kombat: Rebirthâ fan short, is bringing the same immersive directing style to this live-action digital series. âMachinima is the perfect entertainment destination to premiere the series,â said Kevin Tancharoen, Director, Producer and co-writer of âMortal Kombat: Legacy.â âThey have a massive audience of gamers from around the world. We worked very closely with NetherRealm Studios and Ed Boon, and weâre now putting the finishing touches on the episodes. Iâm confident weâve stayed true to the Mortal Kombat lore and am hoping the fans will be blown away by what they see.â
Also on April 12, in a lead up to the series premiere, Machinima will host Kevin Tancharoen and cast from the series in a special live event. Details will be announced on Machinima.com soon.
Written by Kevin Tancharoen , Aaron Helbing and Todd Helbing, âMortal Kombat: Legacyâ is an anthology of nine live action shorts, and brings to life the motivation behind each characterâs participation in the Mortal Kombat tournament. Each episode will provide never-before-revealed insights into characters featured in the upcoming videogame as well as the gameâs universe.
The latest iteration of the award-winning videogame, âMortal Kombat,” marks a triumphant return to the seriesâ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the fan favorite Fatality is back and presented in more gory detail than ever before. In addition, âMortal Kombatâ introduces a number of new game-play features including tag team and a deep story mode. âMortal Kombatâ is being developed by NetherRealm Studios, led by âMortal Kombatâ creator and creative director Ed Boon.
Source: Coming Soon
