It looks like we’ll have to wait just a bit longer to see Mortal Kombat 2 on the big screen. The movie is moving from its previous October 24th, 2025 theatrical release date to May 15th, 2026. What gives?
It looks like competition from other movies this October is the reason behind the change. Movies like Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere. Regretting You, and others look like they could take away from the box office draw. There’s also the problem of Halloween being the next weekend. That isn’t the most insane time for the box office after all.
The mid-May slot that its taking up now should be a better time overall. It saw Final Destination: Bloodlines make a franchise record of $51.6 million. Mortal Kombat has been a bit of a box office draw between the two 90s movies and the 2020 film.
From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage, alongside Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, with Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han, and Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion.
Director Simon McQuoid returns to helm the follow up to his explosive 2021 cinematic adventure, from a screenplay by Jeremy Slater, based on the videogame created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. The film is produced by Todd Garner, James Wan, Toby Emmerich, E. Bennett Walsh and McQuoid, and executive produced by Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Slater and Lawrence Kasanoff.
Joining McQuoid behind the camera are director of photography Stephen F. Windon, production designer Yohei Taneda, editor Stuart Levy and costume designer Cappi Ireland, with casting by Rich Delia and music by Benjamin Wallfisch.
New Line Cinema Presents an Atomic Monster/Broken Road Production, a Fireside Films Production, Mortal Kombat II. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
For more on Movies, make sure to check back to That Hashtag Show.
That Hashtag Show
