The Mortal Kombat 2 movie was set to hit cinemas on October 24th, but it has now been delayed by several months to May 15th, 2026.
According to Deadline, test screenings have been “strong”, but a busy October schedule is likely behind the decision to push back the release date to a more favourable mid-year position.
A follow-up to 2021’s live-action Mortal Kombat movie was announced back in January 2021, with Jeremy Slater – head writer on Disney+’s Moon Knight series – confirmed to be handling the script. Simon McQuoid remains on directing duties after helming the first movie. To date, New Line’s three Mortal Kombat-flavoured movies have generated $257.8m (£190.9m) collectively, with its Red Band trailer – embedded above – racking up a record-breaking 106.8m views in just 24 hours.
Mortal Kombat 2 stars the likes of The Boys star Karl Urban, who’s stepping into the high-kicking boots of series icon Johnny Cage. This time around, it’s Cage who’s sucked through a portal and into the world of Mortal Kombat (Lewis Tan’s Cole Young, who had a similar experience in the first movie, is back too).
It also 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.
