We’ll have to attend till Could to find the destiny of Earthrealm and Johnny Cage. Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to 2021’s reboot of the online game adaptation, can be pushed again from its authentic October 24 launch date to Could 15, 2026. Based on a submit on X from the film’s official account, the “match calls for a brand new time and place, worthy of its spectacle.”
The delay goes towards the trailer and promotional pictures that Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema already put out, however the studios could also be banking on it as a method to maximize the sequel’s potential success. Based on Deadline, the film may keep away from a crowded field workplace in October and as a substitute carry out higher in a spring debut. The report added {that a} record-breaking red-band trailer that noticed 106 million views within the first 24 hours and a robust efficiency in analysis screenings may have influenced the choice to reschedule.
Impatient followers should wait till subsequent yr for the sequel that stars Karl City as Johnny Cage. The trailer revealed a plot that can revolve closely round Cage as he joins the fight-to-the-death match with the intention to save Earthrealm. As complicated because the Mortal Kombat online game timeline is, the reboot films may very well be a extra approachable various. Beginning with the Mortal Kombat film from 2021 and main into the upcoming Mortal Kombat II, the story may finish with a 3rd movie to shut out a possible trilogy, as hinted by the flicks’ author, Greg Russo.