In an article boasting the whopping 5 million views on “Mortal Kombat: Legacy,” the first episode in a 10 part web series, Variety confirms that Warner Bros. is hoping the popularity will lead to a new fatality in theaters:
“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,” reports Variety.
Within two days of its bow on April 12, the first installment of Web series “Mortal Kombat: Legacy” had already been viewed more than 3.6 million times and had become the most viewed YouTube video in Australia, U.K., Australia, Russia and Sweden at the time. Through Saturday, the webisode had crossed the 5 million mark, based on 3.4 million uniques, on Machinima.com’s YouTube channel, which is exclusively rolling out the series.