Director Kevin Tancharoen Leaves MORTAL KOMBAT Franchise

Director Kevin Tancharoen was instrumental in reviving interest in a live-action adaptation of the video game series Mortal Kombat.  His test film, Mortal Kombat Rebirth, was a grittier take on the material than the 1995 adaptation, and when the footage when viral it eventually led to the Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries.  In 2011, New Line Cinema hired Tancharoen to direct a new MK feature film, but that was made somewhat difficult by the rights being in legal limbo. If a Mortal Kombat film reboot ever does get off the ground, it will be without Tancharoen.  Today, he tweeted, "After …