‘Mortal Kombat II’ Release Date Moves from October 2025 to May 2026 With New Poster

One of the films featured in our Fall 2025 Horror Preview was Mortal Kombat II, which had been set for theatrical release on October 24 at that time. Tonight, the date has changed.

Mortal Kombat II has officially moved all the way to May 15, 2026.

Simon McQuoid returns to the director’s seat for Mortal Kombat II, which will feature a screenplay by Jeremy Slater (“The Exorcist,” “Moon Knight”).

Mortal Kombat II is rated “R” for “strong bloody violence and gore, and language.”

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.

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.