The third film in the Mortal Kombat series

New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have decided to revive the battle film franchise [Mortal Kombat](/games?search=Mortal Kombat) in a full-length format. Production is set to begin in 2012, with the film's release scheduled for 2013, roughly around the same time as the new game.

"It’s important that we can use our rights to the games in movies, not the other way around," said Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Home Entertainment.

"We hadn’t planned to reboot the series," says New Line Cinema president Toby Emmerich.

They hadn’t planned it only because all attempts to shoot a third installment until recently ended up in court. The producer of the first two films, Lawrence Kasanoff, was against it. It seems the filmmakers have finally managed to reach an agreement with him.

Back in 2009, Warner Bros. acquired the bankrupt company Midway Games, which owned the rights to [Mortal Kombat](/games?search=Mortal Kombat), for $49million\mathrm{.}InApril,WarnerBros\mathrm{.}releasedtheninthgame[MortalKombat](\mathrm{/}games?search=MortalKombat),oneofthemostsuccessfulintheseries,selling3millioncopies\mathrm{.}Beforeitsrelease,aseriesofninegamevideosfor[MortalKombat](\mathrm{/}games?search=MortalKombat)appearedonline,whichthecompanyspent49\; million.\; In\; April,\; Warner\; Bros.\; released\; the\; ninth\; game\; [Mortal\; Kombat](/games?search=Mortal\; Kombat),\; one\; of\; the\; most\; successful\; in\; the\; series,\; selling\; 3\; million\; copies.\; Before\; its\; release,\; a\; series\; of\; nine\; game\; videos\; for\; [Mortal\; Kombat](/games?search=Mortal\; Kombat)\; appeared\; online,\; which\; the\; company\; spent$2 million on.

According to director Kevin Tancharoen, the film's budget will not exceed $100million\mathrm{.}On[IMDb](http:\mathrm{/}\mathrm{/}www\mathrm{.}imdb\mathrm{.}com\mathrm{/}title\mathrm{/}tt0293429\mathrm{/}),thebudgetisreportedly100\; million.\; On\; [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293429/),\; the\; budget\; is\; reportedly$35 million. The script will be worked on by Oren Uziel.

source L.A. Times

It all began in 2010 when Uziel crafted a storyline for an eight-minute short film [Mortal Kombat](/games?search=Mortal Kombat): Rebirth, directed by Tancharoen. This demonstrated that he was capable of directing action. It featured Michael Jai White, Jeri Ryan, Matt Mullins, Ian Anthony Dale, and Latif Crowder.

"Mortal Kombat: Rebirth" is an amateur short film by director Kevin Tancharoen, created to attract the attention of Warner Bros. and gain their approval for filming a full-length movie in the Mortal Kombat universe.

P.S. Well then, we await the official announcement and trailer (although a teaser will do)