Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American series web anthology adapted from the fictional world of the video game franchise Mortal Kombat . It debuted on the YouTube channel Machinima.com on April 11, 2011. The second season was released as a whole on September 26, 2013.
The premise of this show comes from short film director Kevin Tancharoen titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth , which describes the original game's story background in a realistic way. Looking for a green light from the studio for production on the re-imagined Mortal Kombat movie, he submitted the concept to Warner Bros. Pictures after presenting it to Midway Games (Warner purchased Mortal Kombat and other assets from the original owners of the property in 2009) and New Line Cinema (original Mortal Kombat movie rights holder became the division/label of the larger studio in 2008), who refused to support the film, despite the attention and positive fan reception. Instead Tancharoen got the go-ahead for filming the web series.
The first season Mortal Kombat: Legacy is a prequel for the original game, explaining the story background of some characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, where the first game is based. Non-linear episodes with minimal continuity and each is devoted to a particular character or character story. The second season includes the tournament itself.
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Conception
On June 8, 2010, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth appeared on YouTube amid confusion about its origins and intentions. Kevin Tancharoen says he has been thinking about rebooting Mortal Kombat for some time, and when the technology becomes available to him, he feels the time is right to make a short film. Tancharoen wrote and directed the film over the weekend without studio involvement. With the help of friends and colleagues and a $ 7,500 budget, the film finished in two months. Prior to submitting the film to Warner Bros., Tancharoen intends to personally upload it to YouTube briefly to gauge a colleague's response. He deliberately made it available to the general public, who quickly voiced a very positive response.
While a public release might be a mistake, Tancharoen is glad it happened as he did. He sees a positive response coming from fans and realizes the power of social networking in helping small directors gain followers for movie studio executives. Armed with favorable fan recipients, Tancharoen meets Warner Bros. executive, who quits green-lighting a big movie, but agrees to fund the web series based on the Mortal Kombat franchise. The final step is to convince Ed Boon, co-creator of the franchise and executive producer at NetherRealm Studios, who just created the latest video games game, to approve this series. Boon was impressed with Mortal Kombat: Rebirth , but it was not fully sold in the vision Tancharoen imagined. After he met Tancharoen, Boon was surprised by his enthusiasm for the franchise and quickly offered his support.
Development
Season 1
Mortal Kombat: Legacy is produced by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Warner Premiere. Tancharoen, Lance Sloane and Tim Carter serve as producers. It consists of nine episodes of 8-12 minutes, each written by Tancharoen and Spartacus: Blood and Sand writers Todd Helbing and Aaron Helbing, with Tancharoen directing. Larnell Stovall, who works with Tancharoen at Rebirth , is the action coordinator. The series was filmed in Vancouver in February and March, with Tancharoen tweeling daily updates of their progress. Post production begins in March and resumes with the release. Visual effects are handled by the Goldtooth Creative Agency.
When Tancharoen created Mortal Kombat: Rebirth in 2010, he took on the traditional Mortal Kombat story, which for 20 years was based in a supernatural world, and recounted it based on a real-world scenario. The basic character and plot of a tournament persists, but most of the mystical elements such as alternative nature, magic, and character backstories like Baraka and Reptile are tailored to fit the new realistic universe. This new take on the franchise is what prompted Ed Boon to comment that Rebirth "may cross the line" in terms of re-imagining. Warner Bros. received a new style. Despite the changes, Tancharoen promised fans of the web series would apply to franchising, including the mystical and supernatural elements famous for Mortal Kombat . Small budgets force some stories to set in a realistic world to avoid the high costs of creating a fantasy world with visual effects. From Boon's involvement, Tancharoen said he was instrumental in this event following the canon of the series, but that he let Tancharoen incorporate his own ideas.
The first two episodes are largely based on a truly living universe. The following three episodes fit in, but ends with the first clue of a supernatural theme when Shang Tsung seems to freeze time to converse with Johnny Cage. Episodes 4 and 5 reveal the most in the Tancharoen style approach problem to real-world/mysticism debate. Baraka is depicted right into the original backstory of the video game, and ideas like magic and many fields are perfected. Criticism has been made on the production team for ignoring the real-world approach of
Development of season 2
On July 15, 2012, IGN revealed an exclusive video created by Tancharoen directed at fans announcing Season 2, adding that all the scripts are complete. 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 fans who were let down by first season settings. On December 3, 2012, it was announced that the second season of the series has started production in Los Angeles, with its first worldwide debut recording in a trailer on February 17, 2013 at the Streamy Awards. Within 24 hours, the trailer has been seen over 2 million times. Tancharoen also stated that Season 2 will not affect its development of feature films. On March 31, 2013, a TV spot aired during AMC's
Season 2 consists of ten episodes, co-written by Tancharoen, Josh Baizer and Marshall Johnson, directed by Tancharoen, featuring a crew of about 90-100 people, and will continue to be broadcast exclusively on the Machinima YouTube channel by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Bandito Brothers replaces Goldtooth Creative to handle visual effects. Production ends in December 2012.
Development of season 3
At Comic-Con 2013, Tancharoen noted that Ryan will not return as Sonya for the second season due to his commitment to Body of Proof, but hopes to bring him back for a third, where Kabal is also scheduled to appear after Tancharoen can not accommodate the characters in the second season due to budget constraints. Tancharoen left the series in October 2013 due to a lack of progress on the reboot film. However, on March 27, 2014, he told Nerd Reactor that he and Warner Bros were still planning season 3 with him directing. On January 13, 2015, martial arts trainer and action coordinator Garrett Warren confirmed his involvement in the third season of Mortal Kombat Legacy, without revealing his role. Casper Van Dien confirmed his involvement in the new season by posting photos of his martial arts training with fellow second-season star Mark Dacascos. On January 17, 2015, Van Dien posted a script photo for "Mortal Kombat 3," credits John Cabrera as a writer. Garrett Warren confirmed the filming has begun on January 19, 2015. It has been announced that Ron Yuan, Booboo Stewart, Lewis Tan, Ray Park, and Haley Lu Richardson serve as Hanzo, Takeda, Kung Jin, Erron Black, and Cassie Cage. Webseries should be released in 2016, but this is not the case. In January 2018, season 3 of the Legacy has not been announced, confirmed, or posted, and the last posting date of Mortal Kombat Legacy last page back to 2014.
Casting
Casting season 1
Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan, Matt Mullins and Ian Anthony Dale repeat their roles from Mortal Kombat: Rebirth as Jax, Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage and Scorpion. Michael Jai White was offered the role of Jax in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat and his sequel in 1997, but received a lead role in Spawn instead and was replaced by Lynn "Red" Williams. Johnson Phan and Fraser Aitcheson replaced James Lew and Lateef Crowder to portray Shang Tsung and Baraka. The canoe is played by Darren Shahlavi, Tahmoh Penikett plays Kurtis Stryker, and Sam Tjhia plays Kitana. Episode 4 reveals Aleks Paunovic as Shao Kahn, Jolene Tran as Mileena, Kirby Morrow as King Jerrod, and Beatrice Ilg as Sindel. Sub-Zero characters (Kevan Ohtsji), Sector (Peter Shinkoda) and Cyrax (Shane Warren Jones) were revealed in the first official trailer released April 11, 2011. Ryan Robbins was revealed when Raiden and Michael Rogers were revealed to play Quan Chi in Episode 7 credits. Ed Boon made a cameo appearance in Episode 3 as Ed Goodman, a TV producer who previously worked with Cage.
Season 2 tracking
Season 2 featured a breakthrough of players from the first season. Casper Van Dien replaces Matt Mullins as Johnny Cage, while Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who once played Shang Tsung in the 1995 film, took over part of Johnson Phan. Tahmoh Penikett did not return as Stryker and was replaced by Eric Jacobus, Michelle Lee took over from Jolene Tran as Mileena, and David Lee McInnis replaced Ryan Robbins as Raiden. The only relics of the first season are Ian Anthony Dale and Samantha Tjhia, like Scorpion and Kitana, respectively.
The characters that debuted include Harry Shum, Jr. as Kuai Liang (Sub-Zero's sister), Brian Tee as Liu Kang, Mark Dacascos as Kung Lao, Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac, and Daniel Southworth as Kenshi. Jeri Ryan (Sonya), Michael Jai White (Jax), and Darren Shahlavi (Kano) did not return, nor did their characters.
Release
On April 7, 2011, a scene from the series was released on the Machinima YouTube channel as a teaser trailer. The short clip reveals the title of the series being Mortal Kombat: Legacy . On April 11, 2011, the first official footage debuted. It comprises clips of all the nine episodes of the series, confirming Sub-Zero, Sector, and Cyrax characters, and revealing the story to pay attention to the motivation of some characters before the start of the tournament depicted in the first Mortal Kombat video game.
Tancharoen confirmed the premiere of the first episode to occur before the release of the latest installment of the video game. On April 11, 2011, the first full episode of the series was released on Machinima.com and on YouTube, with episode 2 airing one day before the video game release. After episode 2 was released, it was quickly pulled down and replaced with a censored version that eliminated some of the harder and more haphazard images. Episode 3 was released starting with censored versions, indecent words. On April 29th, both episodes were released in an uncensored format. Episode 4 is released without censorship. Tancharoen then explained that censorship is required by YouTube after a large number of inappropriate "flags". An agreement was reached between the studio and YouTube that any episode requiring censorship will be released with offensive material removed, with an uncensored version released a few days later requiring confirmation of age.
In a few tweets in June 2011, Tancharoen stated that the final episode will not be released along the usual midnight Tuesday morning pattern, but will premiere some time during Comic Con 2011 event to be held between 21-24 July 2011. In July 2011, Shock Till You Drop received a tantalizing picture of the last episode of the series with Cyrax and Sector characters, and explained that the episode was being "fine-tuned" prior to debut during the Comic-Con Mortal Kombat: Legacy Panel on Thursday, July 21 between at 13:00. This episode was officially released on the YouTube channel Machinima.com on July 24th. The cast and crew of Season 2 are featured in the panel at Comic-Con 2013 in San Diego, and all season 2 episodes are released simultaneously on 26 September 2013.
DVD and Blu-ray
Tancharoen revealed plans for the release of DVD and Blu-ray without censorship. On August 10, 2011, Warner Premiere revealed the release date of Blu-ray 8 November, with no mention of the DVD release date. The special feature will include "Mortal Kombat Legacy: Fights", a feature that explores how extreme casualties and extreme violence help in Mortal Kombat storytelling, "Mortal Kombat Legacy: Fan Made", a feature with Tancharoen explaining his interest in franchising, as well as the documentary "Mortal Kombat Legacy: Expanding Netherrealm", "Mortal Kombat: Mysticism", and "Mortal Kombat: Gear", which includes the universe of franchises, the strength of his character, and the weapons they use, respectively. Season 2 was released on October 14, 2014.
Reception
Reviews on Mortal Kombat Legacy are generally positive. The first episode became the most watched YouTube video for the week, garnering 5.5 million views, while short Tancharoen, also considered a success, only received a total of 2.1 million on official accounts. President Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, Thomas Gewecke, expressed excitement about the first episode and its prospects for future adaptation, saying, "This is a very powerful, powerful and well-done film.This is a reinterpretation of the franchise in direct action, the form we want to explore as different concepts and see what approach works best. "The second episode aired with much less attention, having only a quarter of the look when compared to the first episode. The release of the fifth episode only garnered 424,000 views in the first 24 hours. One day after the release of episode five, the total views for the entire series to date exceed 30,000,000.
IGN describes Legacy as "the most-produced web series", specifically mentioning episode one for "effective action sequences and some great cinematography". It looked favorable on episode 4 for the first use of "amazingly effective" animation and more "poetic" sound narration, sensor deletion, "interesting character characters and fascinating fantasies [and] beautiful land from Outworld". Episode five is praised for the score, attention is given to the development of characters and stories, editing and visual effects "pretty great". CraveOnline praised the animation style used in episode four, saying the legacy that appears in Mileena and the Tarkatan invasion is the best part of the episode. G4TV praised the third episode in the series because of its change towards character development, while not sacrificing the sequence of actions defined in the first two episodes. It "enables the series to broaden the horizon a bit" by creating a fun Johnny Cage, remarking, "finally liberating and making you appreciate the characters in a completely new way". Houston Press also joined in praise of the devotion series for character development at the release of Raiden episode. They claimed that while the martial arts took the backseat, Raiden's drama "Christlike" was executed well, giving the audience an excuse to identify his character in a way that the franchise could never do. The Escapist calls the Scorpion and Sub-Zero episodes themed 7 "one of the best episodes" in the series, lending emotional weight to the most famous story in the franchise.
The series also received fair criticism, led by the same institution that has praised it. CraveOnline is not happy with the new Johnny Cage, judging episode 4 of 10, claiming Mullin 'Johnny Cage' does not quite have the right look, good submissions or impressive martial arts moves. IGN notes episode one that "the production values ​​do not seem as strict and concise as [ Rebirth ]" in addition to light stories and flat editing and performances.
By far the most criticized are the episodes four and five for their shift from the realistic style of
Feature movie project
On September 29, 2011, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that New Line had hired Tancharoen to direct a long movie based on the franchise. With a budget initially estimated by the head of Warner Bros. digital production. Lance Sloane between 40-50 million dollars, the film will be written by Oren Uziel, who wrote Rebirth , but is not involved in > Inheritance . No actor or crew has been confirmed and the only known story stated that this movie will not be an extension of the game, or from Inheritance . Tancharoen revealed that the film will introduce new characters to the franchise that he hopes will be incorporated into the new game.
New President Line Toby Emmerich said that the success of a video game combined with Tancharoen's vision meant, "You do not have to squint too hard to see how that movie can be a good movie," while Tancharoen said the discussion was only about R- rating, darker self, more brutal. After discussions in 2011 Comic-Con with Uziel and Edcoon's Edward Mortal Kombat, Tancharoen said to expect the origin story in the Rebirth style and Legacy as opposed to from traditional mythology Mortal Kombat . He said, "I've always been a fan of properties like Batman where you can expand the universe in different directions. Mortal Kombat big enough so you can allow for some different types of story telling. "But for his continuity with the web series, he said," You do not have to look at all the ten previous episodes - or have played video games - to understand the movie. " Shooting is expected to begin in March 2012.
The film will have a budget of up to $ 100 million and a September 2015 release date, coordinated with the next installment of the video game series produced by the same studio. On December 4, 2012, Michael Jai White announced that he would not appear in Season 2 of Legacy , but would return for feature films. On October 25, 2013, Tancharoen announced on his Twitter that he would not direct the movie. On August 7, 2015, it was reported that James Wan had signed to produce the film. The movie itself will not be associated with Legacy. In an interview with Cinepop, actress Megan Fox stated that she wanted to describe Kitana when she was asked about playing Superhero. In July 2016, Digital Spy reported rumors that the film will have time travel and Christopher Lambert will repeat his role as Raiden. In August 2016, Wan told IGN that she was confirmed as a film producer and would not rush the movie but wanted to head in the right direction. On November 18, 2016, Variety reported that Simon McQuoid was in talks to direct the reboot.
References
External links
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy on IMDb
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy season 1 on YouTube channel Machinima.com
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy season 2 on YouTube channel Machinima.com
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy on the Mortal Kombat wiki
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