Mortal Kombat II, a sequel to the 2021 reboot from New Line Cinema that saw Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun) and Joe Taslim (The Raid) battle one another as two of the fighting game franchise’s most popular characters, Scorpion and Sub-Zero, is scheduled to release in the fall of 2025, Warner Bros. has announced. Simon McQuoid, whose credits only include Mortal Kombat and a short titled “The Night-time Economy,” per his IMDb profile, is returning to direct, while Jeremy Slater (Godzilla x Kong) is responsible for the screenplay.
Warner Bros. and New Line’s current slate includes:
- Mortal Kombat II (October 24, 2025)
- Companion (January 10, 2025)
- Weapons (January 16, 2026)
- Margie Claus (November 5, 2027)
- New Line horror title (May 27, 2026)
- Warner Bros. family event film (December 18, 2026)
- New Line movie (December 25, 2026)
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation/Locksmith title (March 26, 2027)
Two featurettes for the 2021 film:
From a report:
Mortal Kombat opened to $23.3M stateside and ended its run at $42.3M domestic, $84.4M WW. Pic stars Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Mehcad Brooks, Ludi Lin, Damon Herriman, Tati Gabrielle, Martyn Ford, with Chin Han, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada. Producers are Todd Garner, James Wan, Simon McQuoid, E. Bennett Walsh, Toby Emmerich. The movie, natch, is based on the videogame by Ed Boon and John Tobias.