Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Mortal Kombat: Legacy
DVD cover for the first season
Also known asMortal Kombat: Legacy II (season two)
Genre
Based on
Directed byKevin Tancharoen
Ending theme"It Has Begun"
performed by K^K
(season two)
Composers
  • Tyler Weiss (season one)
  • Dane DeViller (season one)
  • Christopher Alan Lee (season two)
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Japanese
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • John Orlando (season one)
  • Tomas Harlan (season one)
  • Max Leitman (season two)
Producers
  • Kevin Tancharoen
  • Lance Sloane
  • Tim Carter (season one)
Cinematography
  • C. Kim Miles (season one)
  • Scott Kevan (season two)
Editors
  • Paul Furminger (season one)
  • William Yeh (season two)
Running time9–12 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkYouTube
ReleaseApril 11, 2011 (2011-04-11) –
September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
Related
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series adapted from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. It debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011.[1] The second season was released in its entirety on September 26, 2013.

The show's premise originated with director Kevin Tancharoen's short film, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2010), which portrayed the background to the original game's story, albeit in more grounded fashion. Seeking the green-light from the studio for production on a re-imagined Mortal Kombat film,[2] he submitted the concept to Warner Bros. Pictures after having presented it to both Midway Games (Warner purchased Mortal Kombat and other assets from the original owners of the property in 2009) and New Line Cinema (the original Mortal Kombat film rights holder became a division/label of the larger studio in 2008), which declined to back the film, despite the attention and positive fan reception.[3] Instead Tancharoen got the go-ahead to shoot the web series.[4]

  1. ^ "Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Ep. 1 - Jax, Sonya and Kano (Part 1)". YouTube. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  2. ^ "UPDATE: What is Mortal Kombat: Rebirth?". ComingSoon.net. 2010-06-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  3. ^ "Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Short Film To Be Expanded In 10 Webisodes". ComicBookResources. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  4. ^ "How Mortal Kombat's Director Went From Dancing Shoes To Severed Heads". Kotaku. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-05-04.