With Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm studios made a bold move by resetting the franchise’s reality. It proved a little divisive and now series co-creator Ed Boon has explained just why it had to happen.

The team spent months developing the signature fight between Baraka and Johnny Cage — including the stunt team re-creating ...

Tati Gabrielle as Jade in 'Mortal Kombat' Warner Bros. New Line’s Mortal Kombat II hit tracking late last week for what’s shaping up to be a domestic opening in the $40M-$50M range when it opens on ...

Warner Bros. is gearing up for battle as the release date for Mortal Kombat II looms ever closer. The studio shared a pretty sweet clip of Johnny Cage squaring off against Baraka at CinemaCon, but ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lewis Tan is confirmed to reprise Cole in the sequel, but unless he pops up with ...

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who played evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the “Mortal Kombat” franchise and appeared in “The Last Emperor,” “Licence to Kill” and “The Man in the High Castle,” died Thursday in ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In September, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema unexpectedly delayed Mortal Kombat 2 until next year. The sequel to the 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot had ...

At New York Comic Con, director Simon McQuoid announced Mortal Kombat 2 will release on May 16, 2026. He explained the shift occurred because the first film’s success turned the sequel into “a massive ...

Courtesy of Mark Rogers/Warner Bros. “Mortal Kombat II” hasn’t yet made it to theaters, but fans can expect that “Mortal Kombat III” is also in the works, it was announced at New York Comic Con on ...