Sequel
Production on a second sequel, titled Mortal Kombat: Devastation, was initially scheduled to commence shortly after the release of Annihilation, but it was shelved due to Annihilation's poor box-office performance. It consequently has remained stagnant in preproduction for over a decade, including being mired in development hell for a number of years with numerous script rewrites and story changes, along with the destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, which greatly affected one of the shooting locations. In June 2009, a bankruptcy court lawsuit saw Lawrence Kasanoff suing Midway, mentioning that a third film was in the works. Warner Bros. (which became the parent of New Line in 2008, after over a decade of both operating as separate divisions of Time Warner) ended up purchasing most of Midway's assets, including Mortal Kombat, the next month.
Actor Chris Casamassa reported in July 2009 that he was reprising his role as Scorpion and claimed that filming would begin in September of the same year, while Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage in the first film) said on Soap Talk that he read the script and planned on returning to the role. However, the film still has yet to officially go into production, and no information about the project exists on the official MK website produced by Threshold Entertainment, which has not been updated since 2004. Bloody Disgusting reported in January 2010 that Warner Bros. had hired Oren Uziel to write a new script of the reboot, but in a May interview with G4, Uziel denied having had any contact with the studio or even being attached to the project. That same month, G4 also interviewed Paul W.S. Anderson, who had directed the original; he expressed interest in returning to the franchise, though he is not currently under consideration to do so.
Although a true sequel was never produced, director Kevin Tancharoen released a seven-minute short film titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth in June 2010 to pitch a reboot of the franchise. The short film resulted in a web series called Mortal Kombat: Legacy and in September 2011 Tancharoen signed on to direct a full length film reboot.
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