Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Mortal Kombat: Legacy
DVD cover for the first season
Also known as	Mortal Kombat: Legacy II (season two)
Genre	Action Anthology Fantasy Martial arts
Based on	Mortal Kombat by Ed Boon John Tobias
Directed by	Kevin Tancharoen
Ending theme	"It Has Begun" performed by K^K (S2)
Composers	Tyler Weiss (S1) Dane DeViller (S1) Christopher Alan Lee (S2)
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English Japanese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	19 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	John Orlando (S1) Tomas Harlan (S1) Max Leitman (S2)
Producers	Kevin Tancharoen Lance Sloane Tim Carter (S1)
Cinematography	C. Kim Miles (S1) Scott Kevan (S2)
Editors	Paul Furminger (S1) William Yeh (S2)
Running time	9–12 minutes
Production companies	NetherRealm Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Warner Premiere Digital
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11) – September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)
Related
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series adapted from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. It debuted on Machinima.com's YouTube channel on April 11, 2011.^[1] The second season was released in its entirety on September 26, 2013.

The show's premise originated with director Kevin Tancharoen's short film, Mortal Kombat: Rebirth (2010), which portrayed the background to the original game's story, albeit in more grounded fashion. Seeking the green-light from the studio for production on a re-imagined Mortal Kombat film,^[2] he submitted the concept to Warner Bros. Pictures after having presented it to both Midway Games (Warner purchased Mortal Kombat and other assets from the original owners of the property in 2009) and New Line Cinema (the original Mortal Kombat film rights holder became a division/label of the larger studio in 2008), which declined to back the film, despite the attention and positive fan reception.^[3] Instead Tancharoen got the go-ahead to shoot the web series.^[4]