Deadline.com is reporting that New Line Cinema is rebooting the long-dormant “Mortal Kombat” franchise, and has hired on the team that put together those amazing “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” webisodes. Writer Oren Uziel and director Kevin Tancharoen’s dark, brooding and gory take on the incredibly popular (and incredibly controversial) Midway fighting game shed the B-movie aesthetic of the 1995 adaptation and went for a far grim and grislier view of the otherworldly contestants in a ruthless Martial Arts tournament, in a comparatively “Se7en”-style tone.
No word yet on any casting, but fans of the web series are crossing their fingers that Michael Jai White as “Jax” and Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade will be on board.
By Jason Marsiglia
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