WB pulls a Friendship and drops a Mortal Kombat II trailer

For Karl Urban's Johnny Cage, it's lights, camera, and a lot of action in the trailer for Mortal Kombat II.

By Matt Schimkowitz  |  February 25, 2026 | 3:32pm
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WB pulls a Friendship and drops a Mortal Kombat II trailer

The tournament is about to begin. Mortal Kombat II, the follow-up to 2021’s reboot, is nearly ready to leave Outworld and hit theaters. After being bumped from its original October release date to a big-time summer release—perhaps revealing WB’s confidence—the sequel is looking so bright, Johnny Cage has got to wear shades. Speaking of which, Karl Urban’s Cage finally leaves his sad table at Comic Con to join the fray, enter the tournament, and save the Earthrealm from Mortal Kombat Annihilation. He’s not the only new character making his way to the ring: Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), Jade (Tati Gabrielle), Quan Chi (Damon Herriman), Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), Baraka (CJ Bloomfield), and more will be doling out Fatalities and, presumably, Babalities and Friendships in the upcoming movie. 

Here’s the synopsis: 

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 dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

With Mortal Kombat II and a new Street Fighter adaptation on the way, we can only hope that the next ’90s fighting game to get the movie treatment is Eternal Champions.

Mortal Kombat II opens on May 8. 

 
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