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But as for its continuity with the web series, Tancharoen said "you won't have to have seen all ten episodes previously - or have played the videogame - to understand the movie."<ref name="The Fan Carpet"/> Shooting was expected to begin in March 2012<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/> with a budget of well under $100 million and a release date of 2013, coordinated with the next installment of the video game series being produced by the same studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/mortal-kombat-movie-coming-as-warner-video-game-and-new-line-units-partner.html |title=New 'Mortal Kombat' movie coming via partnership of Warner units|publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=2011-09-29 |accessdate=2011-09-30}}</ref> It was later delayed due to budget constraints. The director started working on the second season of ''Legacy'' until problems with the movie had been sorted out. In late 2012, Warner Bros executive Lance Sloan revealed that the ''Mortal Kombat'' movie would have a budget of between $40–50 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/11/07/warner-bros-confirms-mortal-kombat-movie-reboot|title=Warner Bros Confirms Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot|author=Luke Karmali|publisher=IGN|date=2012-11-07|accessdate=2014-12-10}}</ref>
In October 2013, Tancharoen announced that he would not direct the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KTANCH/statuses/393872867852435456?screen_name=KTANCH |title=Twitter / KTANCH: After 3 years of Kombat,I've |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2013-10-25 |accessdate=2014-01-26}}</ref> In August 2015, it was reported that [[James Wan]] had signed on to produce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/469707-mortal-kombat-movie-james-wan-to-produce|title=Mortal Kombat Movie: James Wan to Produce|publisher=comingsoon.net|date=2015-08-07 |accessdate=2015-08-07}}</ref> In an interview with Cinepop, actress [[Megan Fox]] stated that she wanted to portray Kitana when she was asked about playing a Superhero.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/2016/05/25/megan-fox-wants-to-play-kitana-in-a-mortal-kombat-movie/|title=Megan Fox Wants To Play Kitana In A Mortal Kombat Movie|publisher=comicbook.com|date=2016-05-25 |accessdate=2016-05-25}}</ref> In July 2016, Digital Spy reported rumors that the film will have Time travel and Lambert will be reprising his role as Raiden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a800912/mortal-kombat-3-film-in-the-works-time-travel-christopher-lambert/|title=Mortal Kombat 3 film is in the works...with time travel, says Christopher Lambert|publisher=Digital Spy|last=Warner|first=Sam|date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>
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