“Mortal Kombat II” Poster
The James Wan–produced reboot of the Mortal Kombat franchise returns with an all-star sequel that arrives in theaters May 8, 2026.
The upcoming follow-up – one again directed by Simon McQuoid – is written by Jeremy Slater, who is best known for penning Marvel/Disney+ series Moon Knight.
The first film followed a MMA fighter who seeks out Earth’s greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
For Mortal Kombat II, the fighters from the first film – now joined by Johnny Cage himself – are pitted against one another in the ultimate battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
The sequel stars Karl Urban (Dredd) as Johnny Cage; Joe Taslim (The Night Comes for Us) as Sub-Zero; Ludi Lin (Black Mirror) as Liu Kang; Hiroyuki Sanada (Royal Warriors) as Scorpion; Lewis Tan (Deadpool 2), Tati Gabrielle (Uncharted) as Jade; Josh Lawson (Bombshell) as Kano; Tadanobu Asano (Ichi The Killer) as Raiden; Damon Herriman (Secret City) as Quan Chi; and Martyn Ford (Boyka: Undisputed IV) as Shao Kahn.
Additional cast members include Jessica McNamee (The Meg) as Sonya Blade; Mehcad Brooks (Glory Road) as Jackson “Jax” Briggs; Adeline Rudolph (Hellboy: The Crooked Man) as Kitana; Chin Han (The Dark Knight) as Shang Tsung; Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride) as King Jerrod; Julian Weeks (Prosper) as Luke; Ana Thu (One Night) Nguyen Sindel; and Max Huang (Police Story: Lockdown) as Kung Lao.
Fight choreography will be handled by Malay Kim (The Continental, Ghani) and Michael Lehr (Day Shift, Extraction).
Mortal Kombat II hits theaters on May 8, 2026.
Watch the New Trailer, followed by the recent Uncaged Fury Teaser:
Let me find out I just got all hyped watching the original movie trailer like I was 10 again. Yeahhhhh….buddy take my money.
Any idea when the official trailer will be release?
Any day, any minute. We’ll be sure to post it here as soon as we spot it!
My home town!!!! I hope they do the subject matter justice.
Great news! I was hoping that Mortal Kombat Legacy would eventually turn into a full length movie, but I’m happy about this.
I remember when it was rumored that Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais were in talks to be Scorpion and Sub Zero. I would’ve been cool with that if the characters were written to be Thai and Indonesian. It would be nice if they brought back some of the cast from Legacy along with more COF favorites.
Awesome for Joe! I would be more excited if Scorpion and Sub Zero are the stars instead of in supporting roles.
Doesn’t need an R. But they’re still hoping for that Deadpool money, I take it.
Doesn’t need an R, just needs to pretend that ‘97 sequel didn’t happen, like Batman Begins, I mean.
Interesting, wasn’t Ludi Lin in consideration for the role of Shang-Chi? It seems like this might be the consolation prize!
It’s a good consolation prize indeed! It’ll be interesting to see who joins the team. Philip Ng, Tom Wu, Amy Johnston, Taemi, Rina Takeda, someone from UFC, etc. The possibilities are endless.
Hope Asano’s practicing for that Baby Cart movie I keep trying to get out of him.
Tadanobu Asano is Raiden
Hiroyuki Sanada Scorpion
That is interesting. Don’t know the other and don’t care.
I wonder if Hiroyuki Sanada regrets passing on ‘John Wick 3’ now…
Well, Liu Kang turned into a dragon & Sonya Blade did her kiss of death to Cyrax in the sequel so… I think what he says about fatalities are wrong. So exited to see Hiroyuki return to a ninja role…
This looks amazing !
Very cool trailer but they spoiled a lot. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s any unannounced characters in the film.
Hiroyuki Sanada and Joe Taslim sure know how to move around in that heavy looking armor!
I. CAN’T. STAND. THIS. AWEFUL. “ZIMMER-ONE-NOTE” THEME. MUSIC. ANYMORE.
I’ll download that movie for free and won’t watch it until the end anyway…SO WHY DO I CARE? Oh yeah, my life sucks almost as much as I do!
This looks promising. I like the the dedication to fifht choreography and the attention to making a good story. Looking forward to it
I risked my well-being watching Mortal Kombat in IMAX, but I was safe and the movie was a lot of fun. It’s kind of bittersweet getting the movie that most people wanted 25 years ago.
At 58 years old, Hiroyuki Sanada can still go! He kept up with Joe Taslim very nicely, and it was cool to see their differing fighting styles mesh well. The fight scenes were a great combination of grounded realism mixed in with appropriate wire-fu and the special effects enhanced the scenes instead of replacing them. It was a great mix of grappling, brawling, classic martial arts and even some wing chun for good measure.
It works as a standalone film and doesn’t force its audience to wait for a sequel to get unanswered questions, but it appropriately makes a sequel more enticing, and I look forward to seeing my favorite characters get brought to life again.
I like the trailer. It looks like Johnny Cage will be the star which is what we should have gotten in the first place.
I feel bad for Lewis Tan as he’s super cool with his love of martial arts, video games, and action films. I’m sure he was living the dream in the previous film, but he was set up to fail. I’m wondering what Cole’s fate is going to be this time.
I personally loved Hiroyuki Sanada yelling out “Get Over Here” and am a little disappointed that we don’t get it again.