Now the studio hopes the edgy new series and grittier game, developed by NetherRealm Studios and led by "Mortal Kombat"-creator and creative director Ed Boon, will eventually lead to a bigscreen adaptation and relaunch a film franchise whose last outing was New Line's cartoony "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" in 1997.
"We're incredibly excited about the creative product," Gewecke said. "It's an incredibly powerful, strong and well done piece of filmmaking. It's a reinterpretation of the franchise in live-action form that we'd like to explore as different concepts and see what approach works best."