Quick Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Out Next Summer

Quick Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Out Next Summer

by Alex Billington
October 12, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Filmmaking doesn’t get much bigger than this… This is the way Mortal Kombat is meant to be seen.” WB has unveiled a quick making of featurette during New York Comic-Con for action sequel Mortal Kombat II (MK2), based on the popular video game series. This is a follow-up to the most recent live-action Mortal Kombat movie in 2021, returning again for another martial arts showdown. Fan fave champions—joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the murky rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders. Let them fight! “We had up the ante on every aspect,” says the actor playing Shao Kahn. Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage (and his movie his movie Uncaged Fury), alongside Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, and Damon Herriman, with Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han, & Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion. This is just a very brief promo video – and a reminder they’ve delayed the release of this movie from October (it would be out now!) until May 2026 kicking off the summer season next year.

Here’s the New York Comic-Con featurette for Simon McQuoid’s sequel Mortal Kombat II, via YouTube:

You can also view the teaser for Johnny Cage’s Uncaged Fury phony movie here + the first official trailer here.

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 murky rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of Earthrealm & its defenders. Mortal Kombat II, also known as Mortal Kombat 2 or MK2, is once again directed by Australian filmmaker Simon McQuoid, his second movie following Mortal Kombat and many years working in the video game industry (on Call of Duty & Playstation ads, etc). The screenplay is written by Jeremy Slater. Based on the successful video game series originally created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Produced by Todd Garner, Toby Emmerich, Simon McQuoid, E. Bennett Walsh, and James Wan. Warner Bros will release McQuoid’s Mortal Kombat II sequel in theaters nationwide starting May 15th, 2026 next summer. Everyone still excited to watch this sequel?

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