Warner Bros. Shifts ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Launch Date to Summer season 2026

Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) must await showtime just a bit longer than initially anticipated, as Mortal Kombat II will bow out of 2025’s fall film launch schedule, as an alternative opening in Could 2026.

The Warner Bros., New Line, and Atomic Monster manufacturing was originally slated to be released on October 24 of this year, however that’s now not the case. In response to Deadline, it’s not a mirrored image of the movie’s high quality, because the commerce studies the movie has been testing nicely, however relatively a pivot to financial institution on the success of the early summer time window it noticed with Ultimate Vacation spot Bloodlines. The New Line horror flick cultivated a stable field workplace debut of $51.6 million after opening in mid-Could.

With that in thoughts, the sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat will now open on Could 15, 2026.

The movie stars City as Cage—a casting many have been anticipating for the reason that first film—and can function returning stars Lewis Tan (Cole Younger), Ludi Lin (Liu Kang), Jessica McNamee (Sonya Blade), Mehcad Brooks (Jax), Josh Lawson (Kano), Chin Han (Shang Tsung), Joe Taslim (Bi-Han), Tadanobu Asano (Lord Raiden), and Hiroyuki Sanada (Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion). The ensemble is joined by newcomers Tati Gabrielle (Jade) and Adeline Rudolph (Kitana).

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