Deze week zagen een verrassend goede korte film / lange teaser voorbijkomen voor een mogelijke reboot van de Mortal Kombat franchise. De donkere en "R-Rated" video duurde ongeveer zeven minuten en beloofde veel goeds voor de meeste fans. De website Collider heeft Kevin Tancharoen, de regisseur van het filmpje, te pakken gekregen en hem uitgehoord over zijn drijfveer en ambities bij dit project.
Tegenover Collider vertelt Tancharoen dat de film afgelopen april in slechts twee dagen is opgenomen. Hij heeft gebruik gemaakt van twee RED camera's en de productie kostte slechts $7.500, mede omdat de meeste acteurs hun bijdrage als vriendendienst leverden. Het script werd geschreven door Oren Uziel en de post-productie duurde twee maanden. De gevechten waren in handen van fighting choreographer Larnell Stovall, die betrokken was en is bij films als Undisputed III (2009), The Other Guys (2010) en Green Lantern (2011). Al die tijd heeft Tancharoen het geheim gehouden tegenover Warner Bros., dat al geruime tijd zoekende is naar een nieuwe MC film.
Hieronder een passage uit het interview:
Its one of those passion projects that lived in my head. The technology is so accessible now. Theres was no reason why I shouldnt do it, so I did it. Im very, very happy that people are responding well to it. My heart has always been deeply immersed in fanboy culture. As a kid, all I wanted to do was be a Ninja Turtle who morphed to a Power Ranger. As long as I was in the suit, I was going to be happy, because I just wanted to be in the suit. I think, of course, for the people that know me, this is not really a shock. Because they know that this is my love. And I do understand that its crazy to see such a shift in genre. But this is what I want to do, and this is what Ive always wanted to do, and am very passionate about. And I knew that because Ive always been in the performance world, if I ever wanted to make a genre picture, I had to do it myself first. So that was another reason why I felt like I should do this. And I went for it. this is my take on what I would want to do with Mortal Kombat. I would love it if Warner Bros. wanted to do it this way. the short so far is really designed like a prologue to the movie. Now, in a movie version, I am going to have that mysticism there, but it has to be done in a very tasteful way. I wouldnt like it too campy or too cheesy. I know this is a weird analogy, but its the best one I can think of right now. Its kind of like when in Harry Potter, theres two universes that coexist with each other. Theres the real world, and then you get on the train and then you go to Hogwarts, and thats where all the magic is. It was actually kind of similar in the first Mortal Kombat, too. They had to get on the ship and go to the island, and thats where all the crazy stuff happened.
Lees hier eventueel verder. Hieronder zie je nogmaals de testvideo: