The nine-part digital series Mortal Kombat: Legacy premiered earlier today, and we had a chance to talk to the creative team about this gritty new take on the long-running franchise, including a promise that more fantastical elements are coming soon.

Remember that realism-tinged Mortal Kombat pitch film that wowed the internet last summer? It's not going to be a feature-length movie, but Warner Premiere has green-lit a 10-episode web series starring Michael Jai White as Major Jackson "Jax" Briggs.