Mortal Kombat 2 was originally scheduled for October 24, positioning the film a week before Halloween, but Warner Bros. delayed the release by nearly seven months to May 15, 2026. The studio cited strong research screenings and a desire to avoid a crowded late-October release window that included Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere and Regretting You. Avengers: Doomsday moved out of May to December, leaving The Mandalorian and Grogu as primary competition at the end of next May. Karl Urban joins the cast as Johnny Cage. The July trailer looked decent, and the sequel could boost spectacle fight sequences missing from the 2021 reboot.
Mortal Kombat 2 was set to hit theaters on October 24, just a week before Halloween. It seemed like good timing for a hyper-violent video game classic about warriors fighting horrors from other dimensions. Apparently Warner Bros. disagreed. The studio has now delayed the sequel by nearly seven months because it thinks the corny fist-fest can make more money in the spring.
The sequel brings in The Boys ' Karl Urban as the shade-wearing, split-kicking Johnny Cage and its July trailer looked decent. If it has the budget to double-down on some of the big spectacle fight sequences the 2021 reboot was missing it could be fun. Though I still think its cheesy gore-fest sensibility was a great fit for Halloween. I don't usually like slasher movies but I'll make an exception if Scorpion's the one doing the impaling.
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