The Mortal Kombat 2 film was set to hit cinemas on October twenty fourth, but it surely has now been delayed by a number of months to Could fifteenth, 2026.
Based on Deadline, take a look at screenings have been “sturdy”, however a busy October schedule is probably going behind the choice to push again the discharge date to a extra beneficial mid-year place.
A follow-up to 2021’s live-action Mortal Kombat film was introduced again in January 2021, with Jeremy Slater – head author on Disney+’s Moon Knight collection – confirmed to be dealing with the script. Simon McQuoid stays on directing duties after helming the primary film. Up to now, New Line’s three Mortal Kombat-flavoured motion pictures have generated $257.8m (£190.9m) collectively, with its Purple Band trailer – embedded above – racking up a record-breaking 106.8m views in simply 24 hours.
Mortal Kombat 2 stars the likes of The Boys star Karl City, who’s moving into the high-kicking boots of collection icon Johnny Cage. This time round, it is Cage who’s sucked by means of a portal and into the world of Mortal Kombat (Lewis Tan’s Cole Younger, who had the same expertise within the first film, is again too).
It additionally stars Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Adeline Rudolph as Kitana, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Mehcad Brooks as Jackson “Jax” Briggs, CJ Bloomfield as Baraka, Tati Gabrielle as Jade, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion, and Max Huang as Kung Lao.
