Mortal Kombat movie test shoot and it looks... awesome?

[quote name='batman1939']I agree. How the hell are they going to do Raiden? "He is a former electrician that went crazy after getting too much power at the electric company." Goro "He was born a siamese twin till his brother stole his cookie. He killed him but kept his arms." Liu Kang "Our agents tell us he is Asian."[/QUOTE]

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Also, Scorpion has a mean five o'clock shadow in that video, if you pay close attention to it. I suppose maybe he could rub his chin on opponents and use the friction to set them on fire for his fatality.;):lol:
 
[quote name='yesiamaplant']I think if anyone involved does actually get to make the rest of this, they need to either cut the creatures and nicknames or go full on with them. A doctor who sharpened his teeth and put swords in his arms, then "codenamed" himself Baraka? Get real, folks. You're either doing silly mutant creatures with funny names, or you're not. Stop trying to make them something they're not.
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I assumed it was the police who "codenamed" these serial killers, similar to how we "codename" serial killers in real life. I don't think they gave themselves the names.
 
Hm.. turns out it was a personal project afterall? It certainly wasn't funded, produced, or even has the consent of WB, prior to previous sources. An interview with the director himself is on Kotaku via Collider.

While confirming that it was a personal project, and had zero involvement or blessing from Warner Bros. (who now own the Mortal Kombat rights), Tancharoen does say it was made with the intent of getting a Mortal Kombat movie off the ground, with him as director (he's had experience with...Fame).
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http://kotaku.com/5559726/how-the-mortal-kombat-short-was-made-and-what-happens-next


This is direct from the source, Collider (and it's also mentioned a few more times that WB had no involvement in this short of any kind):

  • Knew if he was going to get a chance at a genre picture, he’d have to show he could do it on his own. This is a calling card for a chance at making the next Mortal Kombat feature film and it’s his vision for how he’d do it.
  • No one at any studio knew he was doing the short

So the big question is, did the studio, or anybody involved with the video game or anybody know you were doing this?


KT: No. They did not. (Laughs) This was something I did completely on my own.
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Well, that's neat. So, alright, Warner Bros didn't order the short. But even then, this is not uncommon Hollywood practice.

It's still not a "fan film."
 
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