The release date for Mortal Kombat 2 has changed again, with the film now set to arrive in theaters on May 8, 2026. The date was moved up by one week from its previous May 15 schedule.
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema had originally planned to release the movie on October 24, 2025. The studio later shifted it to spring, believing the sequel would perform better in the early summer market after the strong reaction to the trailer.
This new date moves the film further from the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, which opens on May 22.
New Line Cinema calls the upcoming sequel “the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory.” Actor Adeline Rudolph said her character, Kitana, will have as much screen time and impact as Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage.
“Especially when I first read the script, it felt very much like the intertwining of two worlds. You have Earthrealm and then you have Edenia and Outworld,” Rudolph said. “Kitana’s storyline feels very much interwoven into Johnny Cage’s story, and they go in and out of each other throughout the movie.”
Meanwhile, the game series continues to expand beyond films. Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, created by Digital Eclipse and published by Atari, will launch at the end of October. During New York Comic-Con, developers also confirmed that Mortal Kombat III is now in early production.
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Todd Fisher
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