Whereas the second film within the current Mortal Kombat movie adaptation sequence has been pushed again to getting its theatrical launch in Might 2026 as an alternative of the originally-planned October 2025 launch, a report signifies that the choice was made resulting from field workplace issues. In keeping with Deadline, the choice was made as a result of crowded launch schedule in October 2025.
Might 2026, then again, has little in the best way of competitors for Mortal Kombat 2, for the reason that main competitors for New Line and Warner Bros. within the month can be Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines. Different corporations’ productions with the same launch window embrace Is God Is by Amazon MGM Studios, and an untitled film by Neon.
This determination additionally comes all the way down to the truth that the upcoming sequel is hotly-anticipated, having gotten greater than 107 views globally for its red-band trailer. Regardless of these views, nevertheless, the October launch window would have been troublesome for the movie owing to films like Springsteen Ship Me From Nowhere and Regretting You.
Mortal Kombat 2 is about to choose up the plot the place its predecessor left off, and can characteristic Karl City within the position of Johnny Storm. The film may even star Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcard Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin han, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
The primary film within the revival sequence got here out again in 2021, and regardless of middling important reception, ended up being extremely well-liked. The film made its theatrical debut by making $23.3 million in its opening weekend alone.
Whereas a brand new Mortal Kombat film is on the best way, NetherRealm Studios can also be trying in the direction of the historical past of the combating sport sequence due to the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection developed by Digital Eclipse and printed by Atari. The gathering will embrace a bunch of basic Mortal Kombat video games, with a trailer from final month additionally confirming that Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Particular Forces may even be included.
Digital Eclipse has beforehand confirmed a few of the different titles that can be out there within the assortment. The listing features a host of classics and their spin-offs, together with Mortal Kombat (1992), Mortal Kombat 2 (1993), Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Final Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Mortal Kombat 4 (1997), Mortal Kombat Advance (2001), Mortal Kombat: Lethal Alliance (2002), and Mortal Kombat: Match Version (2003).
The trailer confirming the return of Mythologies additionally gave us a glimpse at a few of the extra historic content material that can be out there within the assortment, together with full 3D fashions of the arcade machines that lots of the basic titles have been initially made for. There may even be high-quality scans of idea artwork and design paperwork, in addition to interviews with varied members of the video games’ improvement groups through the years.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X/S, Nintendo Swap and the Swap 2. The title doesn’t but have a launch date, nevertheless. Rumours have indicated that it would come out by the tip of September.
