Question: which came first street fighter or mortal kombat

title: Mortal Kombat
text: In 2010 , director Kevin Tancharoen released an eight - minute Mortal Kombat short film titled Mortal Kombat : Rebirth , made as a proof of concept for Tancharoen 's pitch of a reboot movie franchise to Warner Brothers . Tancharoen later confirmed that while the short is entirely unofficial , it does feature the writing of Oren Uziel , who was rumored to be writing the screenplay for the third Mortal Kombat movie . In 2011 , New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. announced that Tancharoen has signed on to direct the reboot from a screenplay written by Uziel . In October 2013 , however , Tancharoen left the project to pursue `` other creative opportunities '' . In 2015 , James Wan signed - on to produce the reboot film ; Wan said he would not rush it . In 2016 , Simon McQuoid was reported to be in talks to direct the reboot . Literature