


Serving as a prequel to the feature film, it follows the protagonists Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade as they travel on a mysterious boat to the Mortal Kombat tournament. On April 11, 1995, New Line Home Video, Turner Home Entertainment and Threshold Entertainment released a tie-in animated film on VHS and Laserdisc, titled Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins. Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995) Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Concerned for the safety of his family, he seeks out a clique of fighters that were chosen to defend Earthrealm against Outworld. After years of development hell, a reboot of the series was released in April 2021.Ī washed-up mixed martial arts fighter named Cole Young is unaware of his hidden lineage or why Lin Kuei assassin Sub-Zero is hunting him down. subject to the intellectual property claims of Threshold Entertainment. On July 1, 2009, the bankruptcy court approved the sale of most of Midway's assets to Warner Bros. In June 2009, Kasanoff and Threshold sued in bankruptcy court, arguing that they owned the copyright to many of the characters from the series. Warner Bros., having become the parent of New Line Cinema in 2008 (after over a decade of both operating as separate divisions of Time Warner), made a bid to purchase most of Midway's assets, including Mortal Kombat.

After the two films, game publisher Midway filed for bankruptcy. The first film, Mortal Kombat, was released in 1995 and its sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, was released in 1997. The first film was produced by Lawrence Kasanoff’s Threshold Entertainment.

Mortal Kombat is an American series of martial arts action films based on the fighting video game series of the same name by Midway Games.
