The reboot comes after the success of "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth", a short film that Tancharoen directed. The film generated over 10 million hits on YouTube, and spawned a ten episode series titled "Mortal Kombat: Legacy". That, too was a success with over 15 million visitors.
The film will be written by Oren Uziel. Uziel wrote "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth". It is said that this film will be going in a different direction that the digital shorts.
There are no actors signed on for the project yet.
