{"id":1355829,"date":"2025-10-12T22:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9peaUD8ExqmHFv9xqhcPwf"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:17:20","slug":"the-mortal-kombat-2-movie-doesnt-come-out-until-next-year-but-mortal-kombat-3-is-already-confirmed-because-the-studios-are-convinced-theres-a-giant-fanbase-waiting-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-mortal-kombat-2-movie-doesnt-come-out-until-next-year-but-mortal-kombat-3-is-already-confirmed-because-the-studios-are-convinced-theres-a-giant-fanbase-waiting-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn&#8217;t come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are &#8216;convinced there&#8217;s a giant fanbase waiting for it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As reported by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-kombat-3-movie-confirmed-before-the-release-of-mortal-kombat-2\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer <\/a>and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/mortal-kombat-iii-jeremy-slater-writing-new-line-1236582473\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been announced at the New York Comic-Con. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/movies-tv\/karl-urban-has-no-powers-in-the-first-trailer-for-mortal-kombat-2-hes-just-incredibly-handsome\/\" target=\"_blank\">The second film<\/a>, originally scheduled to release this month, is now slated for May 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our friends at New Line and Warner Bros. are so happy with this movie,&#8221; series screenwriter Jeremy Slater said at a Mortal Kombat 2 panel at the New York Comic-Con. &#8220;They are so excited, they&#8217;re so convinced there is a giant fanbase waiting for it, that they&#8217;ve already hired me to start writing the next instalment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A Mortal Kombat III movie is already confirmed with Jeremy Slater writing the script! #NYCC pic.twitter.com\/QZaq5mWeip<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1977131154877649143\">October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Deadline, Warner Bros. and New Line have greenlit the third movie in anticipation of a massive success with Mortal Kombat 2. The studios are reportedly basing this optimism on positive test screenings, as well as the red band trailer for Mortal Kombat 2 getting an impressive 107 million views on YouTube within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 film centered on an original character played by Lewis Tan, but also featured plenty of returning characters from the games, like Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion. Mortal Kombat 2 looks to be bringing back even more favorites from the games, including Karl Urban as Hollywood action star Johnny Cage.<\/p>\n<p>That success extends to the games too: Mortal Kombat 1 (not to be confused with the first Mortal Kombat) was apparently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fighting\/mortal-kombat-1-has-cemented-itself-as-the-best-selling-fighting-game-of-this-generation-despite-ending-support-after-just-20-months-were-still-committed-to-refining-mk1-to-be-our-most-balanced-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">the best-selling fighting game of the generation<\/a>. All is not well, though: Dan Forden, the guy who says &#8220;Toasty&#8221; in Mortal Kombat, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fighting\/the-guy-who-says-toasty-in-mortal-kombat-has-left-netherrealm-after-more-than-30-years-with-the-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">has left NetherRealm after over 30 years<\/a>. Honestly it seemed perfectly amicable, but still: No more &#8220;Toasty&#8221; guy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"7afdc24b-67b7-4aa1-8f3e-9c346f766324\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/the-mortal-kombat-2-movie-doesnt-come-out-until-next-year-but-mortal-kombat-3-is-already-confirmed-because-the-studios-are-convinced-theres-a-giant-fanbase-waiting-for-it.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"7afdc24b-67b7-4aa1-8f3e-9c346f766324\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/the-mortal-kombat-2-movie-doesnt-come-out-until-next-year-but-mortal-kombat-3-is-already-confirmed-because-the-studios-are-convinced-theres-a-giant-fanbase-waiting-for-it\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by Eurogamer and Deadline, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been announced at the New York Comic-Con. The second film, originally scheduled to release this month, is now slated for May 15, 2026. &#8220;Our friends at New Line and Warner Bros. are so happy with this movie,&#8221; series screenwriter Jeremy Slater said at a Mortal Kombat 2 panel at the New York Comic-Con. &#8220;They are so excited, they&#8217;re so convinced there is a giant fanbase waiting for it, that they&#8217;ve already hired me to start writing the next instalment.&#8221; BREAKING: A Mortal Kombat III movie is already confirmed with Jeremy Slater writing the script! #NYCC pic.twitter.com\/QZaq5mWeipOctober 11, 2025 According to Deadline, Warner Bros. and New Line have&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-mortal-kombat-2-movie-doesnt-come-out-until-next-year-but-mortal-kombat-3-is-already-confirmed-because-the-studios-are-convinced-theres-a-giant-fanbase-waiting-for-it\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1355830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1355829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn&#039;t come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are &#039;convinced there&#039;s a giant fanbase waiting for it&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As reported by Eurogamer and Deadline, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been announced at the New York Comic-Con. 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