Warner Brothers working on the Mortal Kombat 3 movie

Months before Mortal Kombat 2 arrive at theaters, Warner Bros. and New Line surprised fans by revealing that another movie, Mortal Kombat 3had already been green -lit by the studio. In addition, Mortal Kombat 2 Screenwriter Jeremy Slater told fans at a new convention that he will return to write the script for Mortal Kombat 3.

Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Release Date is pushed back

Mortal Kombat 2 is the upcoming sequel to the 2021 -start film Deadly KombatAnd is the fourth film based on Netherrealm Studios Hit Fighting Video Game Franchise. 2021 Deadly Kombat Film was regarded as a cash office, after collecting over $ 84 million between theater and HBO Max -Flow revenue against a budget of $ 55 million. Some of them Deadly Kombat Franchise's iconic characters will appear in Mortal Kombat 2With actor Karl Urban who joins the role of Johnny Cage. Several role members from the 2021 Deadly Kombat will return for Mortal Kombat 2Including Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade and Josh Lawson as Kano.

Mortal Kombat 3 film is already in the works

Even if Mortal Kombat 2 has been pushed back from its original edition on October 24 to May 15, 2026, which has not stopped Warner Bros. And New Line from expressing confidence in the series. During a New York Comic Con 2025 panel, Slater shared some good news with participants. Slater said that both Warner Bros. and New Line was so convinced that Mortal Kombat 2 would have a “gigantic audience” waiting for its theater premiere that it had already started planning to develop Mortal Kombat 3. Slater also confirmed that WB and New Line wanted him back to write the script for Mortal Kombat 3. From this writing, no further information about Mortal Kombat 3 has been revealed by Slater or Warner Bros.

The news about Mortal Kombat 3the announcement came at a bitter -sweet time for Deadly Kombat franchise. Prolonged Deadly Kombat Sound Director Dan Forden, known as the voice behind the series “Toasty!” Catchphrase, left Netherrealm Studios on October 3 after 37 combined years with Netherrealm and its predecessors, Midway Games. The Ford seemed to have left Netherrealm in friendship and stated that he would use his spare time to strive for other personal interests.

Fixed Mortal Kombat 2 Will not be launched in October as originally planned, fans will not be left empty this month. The digital editions of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollectionthat contains games that Mortal Kombat Anthology: sub-zero and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3will be available on all major platforms from October 30. Physical copies of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection will be sent out from 12 December.