For reasons known only to the harsh and meaningless universe, which deems it necessary to punish all living things with an existence that is barren of hope, decency, or reason, another Mortal Kombat film is being made, thanks to the good folks over at Warner Games, who are hoping that if there’s one thing moviegoers want to see in 2013, it’s a film in which a hearty young lad by the name of Johnny Cage rips out the spine of a strange chap named Noob Saibot and then chokes him to death with said spine as that wacky Noob proceeds to violently vomit out his own entrails before spasmodically dying.

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Once again, it’s time for the News Roundup, in which we gather all the little news items we don’t care enough about to actually flesh out in a full post (just kidding, little news nuggets, we love you, too—and we’re sorry we told you that we loved our movie reviews and news posts more, we just had a lot to drink that night and work’s been really rough, lately).   From new buzz about Mortal Kombat to Untitled Religious Drama to whatever the hell is happening over at NBC, here’s today’s news in brief:

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So today’s the day–April Fool’s Day, when you can put itching power in your friend’s underwear (John Leguizamo did), or redesign your entire website for the Windows ’95 crowd (Hulu did it).  Here’s our roundup of today’s best and funniest (so far).

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The Mortal Kombat web series is coming along nicely. A couple weeks ago we learned that Warner Bros plans on turning the Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short into a series after its monumental online success and today the first casting briefs have been announced. It turns out that two of the primary actors will reprise their roles for the web series — Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan.

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Last summer the internet was buzzing with the possibility of a new feature film based on the video game Mortal Kombat. The last installment in the franchise debuted in 1997 under the title Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. It’s been over 10 years since its release and people are still hungry for a follow up. Back in June, Kevin Tancharoen directed a video treatment called Mortal Kombat Rebirth, which got over 10 million views on YouTube. The short caught the attention of Warner Bros, who’ve decided to give the property another shot.

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What is Mortal Kombat Rebirth? The trailer for it has popped up online and we’re not sure if it’s a promo for a new game or a live action film. The last time we saw MK in theaters it was 1997 with Annihilation the second of two lackluster adaptations by Paul WS Anderson.

Over at Latino Review, they’ve learned that this new video is being used as “test” to show studios what they can do if given the funds to produce a legit R-rated version. The actors used in the trailer are Michael Jai White (Jax), Jeri Ryan (Sonya Blade), Matt Mullins (Johnny Cage), Lateef Crowder (Baraka) and Ian Anthony Dale (Scorpion) with fight choreography by LarnellStovall . Check it out…

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Get over here! It sounds like Warner Bros’ is channeling the inner chi of Scorpion one of Mortal Kombat‘s most well known characters. The studio picked up the film franchise rights last summer, and it sounds like they’re ready to do something with them. It’s been 13 years since the last MK flick hit the big screen, and they already have a writer in mind to bring it back.

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We heard that Warner Bros had bought most of Midway Games’ assets, including the hit game Mortal Kombat, but are they already moving forward with it? Last night, Firstshowing was sent a random link, from a small California newspaper SGV Tribune saying that the former actor and karate teacher Chris Casamassa, who played Scorpion in the original two Mortal Kombat movies was getting ready to start filming a third movies by the end of this year. What?!

Check out what the SGV newspaper said below…

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