The eight-minute clip from a purported Mortal Kombat movie that surfaced earlier today has set the Internet ablaze with speculation as to what exactly the footage could be. A live-action teaser for the next Mortal Kombat videogame? A leaked clip from the "upcoming" stuck-in-development-hell Mortal Kombat film? It's actually neither of those things, according to actress Jeri Ryan, who played the part of Sonya Blade in the video and gave out some background details on her Twitter:
Okay, so... Mortal Kombat. It's not a game trailer. Actually was made for the director to sell WB on his vision for a reimagined MK film. [...] I did it as a favor to a friend. No idea yet what WB's reaction to it was. And I'm not sure how you can contact WB to push them to make it. But you guys are resourceful...! ;-)
She didn't mention who the director might be, so let's all just hope that it isn't Paul W. S. Anderson. And as for letting Warner Bros. -- who, if you remember, obtained the Mortal Kombat license when they bought the remnants of Midway last year -- know that you want this film to get made, we're as clueless as Jeri Ryan is. Do you guys have any ideas?
[Via Jeri Ryan's Twitter account]
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11:00 PM on 06.08.2010
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And we should just go back to watching it a few more times.
I really do hope they continue this project. I will miss the whole supernatural feel the MK series has but it would be interesting to see it as a modern day perspective, just like the Dark Knight.
Holy shit I forgot! Yea that was awesome.
7 of 8, why don't you return my calls?
Maybe sending nuts to WB studios, lawl.*
They absolutely NEED to retain that cast though. If the film doesn't totally match what that teaser showed there will be riots.
Jeri Ryan is so badass.
Furthermore, I would still bone Jeri Ryan.
lol definitely a different direction than his previous work.
I would like to be intimate with her, is what I'm saying.
Me too!
I don't care if this is a proof of concept for a movie, a teaser for a new game, or an advertisement for a new fucking amusement park, I'm still in.
Hey, it's something! >_>
Now, does this mean that it's a tie-in to whatever game that art went on to become?
Or just that they needed an image for Sub Zero and the concept suited their needs?
Either way that was awesome. I'm liking this new fad of creating online shorts (The Modern Warfare shorts, this, the Halo ones)
Hopefully this can do what the Halo shorts did for Blomkampp and actually get something done for the director!
Seems like a brutal world to restart MK, if so.....and I approve!
Fucking bastards. I hate when they release this fan fart crap.
actually the same was done with BSG which actually turned into something big
But yeah, like Xzyliac said, if the cast from this teaser trailer thing aren't retain then I'm out.
Except for that Baraka dreadlocks thing...
As for Baraka having dreads....ummm, it's a RE-IMAGINING of the series people! If it makes sense for him to have dreads (or even if it doesn't) in this, who cares? Would you rather us go back to MK Annihilation? Really? And why is everyone making more of a big deal about Baraka's hair than Reptile having a "skin condition" and "inside-out eyeballs"? Oh, and if Scorpion is Jax and Sonya's attempt to win the MK tournament, should we really expect them to join it AGAINST him? Again, why whine about the hair? All in all, I can't wait to see how they handle the other characters and the overall storyline. Oh, and according to Wiki, Threshold is working on the movie, with or without the backing of WB.
So far we've seen:
Sonya
Jax
Scorpion
Johnny Cage
Baraka
Reptile
Sub-Zero
Shang Tsung
Remaining (Possible) Characters:
MK1:
Kano
Liu Kang
Raiden
Goro
MK2:
Kitana
Kung Lao
Mileena
Jade
Kintaro
Noob Saibot (LOL!)
Shao Kahn (maybe the overall boss with Shang Tsung as a front man?)
Smoke (I'd LOVE to see them work him in)
MK3:
Chameleon/Khameleon (Separate but interchangeable)
Cyrax
Ermac
Kabal
Motaro
Nightwolf (maybe a good filler character for the tournament?)
Rain
Sektor
Sheeva
Sindel
Stryker
...and on and on and on...