The new Mortal Kombat II preview embraces the franchise’s video game roots with fighter introductions, gory fatalities, and the iconic theme music.
The sequel will have IMAX early fan event screenings on May 6 before opening nationwide on May 8 via Warner Bros.
Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid returns to the helm from a script by Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight,” Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire).
The fan-favorite champions — now joined by Johnny Cage — 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.
Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle, Lewis Tan, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Tadanobu Asano, Joe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada star.
From New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, Broken Road Productions, and Fireside Films, Mortal Kombat II is rated R for “strong bloody violence and gore, and language.”
McQuoid, James Wan, Todd Garner, Toby Emmerich, and E. Bennett Walsh produce. Executive producers include Slater, Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Lawrence Kasanoff.
Mortal Kombat III is already in development with Slater returning to pen the script.
