Mortal Kombat III Confirmed to Be in the Works at New York Comic Con

It's official: A Mortal Kombat III is coming.

Announced astatine the New York Comic Con sheet for the upcoming Mortal Kombat II, screenwriter Jeremy Slater confirmed that helium was already successful the process of penning the publication for a 3rd movie.

"Our friends astatine New Line and Warner Bros. are truthful blessed with this movie," said Slater, who penned Mortal Kombat II. "They are truthful excited, they are truthful convinced that determination is simply a elephantine fanbase waiting for it, they've already hired maine to commencement penning the adjacent installment."

Mortal Kombat II writer Jeremy Slater reveals enactment has begun connected a 3rd film! #nycc pic.twitter.com/m5XD60ooej

But first, Mortal Kombat II. The sequel to the 2021 movie volition merchandise May 16, 2026, aft being pushed backmost from its archetypal autumn 2025 date. Director Simon McQuoid addressed the day alteration astatine the NYCC, calling the movie a "victim of [its] ain success," a sentiment helium had expresssed implicit the summertime aft seeing the reactions to the movie's trial screenings.

"Every clip radical person seen this movie, it gained momentum," McQuoid said. "We’ve created a monolithic summertime blockbuster. We should beryllium arrogant of the information that Mortal Kombat arsenic the movie and the franchise is conscionable gonna footwear disconnected summertime adjacent year. Yes, we person to hold but it’s gonna consciousness massive. That’s the reason."

The formed and unit of Mortal Kombat II is successful the country astatine #NYCC! Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/Jbj1qdQl99

Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle, and Martyn Ford – who play Johnny Cage, Kitana, Jade, and Shao Kahn, respectively – joined Slater and McQuoid astatine the panel. They're beefing up a returning formed of fundamentally everyone from the archetypal movie: Lewis Tan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jessica MacNamee, Joe Taslim, and tons more. Brush up connected the afloat formed of characters confirmed for Mortal Kombat II.

Outside of the MKIII announcement, the sheet besides screened a behind-the-scenes featurette (which you tin ticker below) and the archetypal look astatine a combat country betwixt Baraka and Johnny Cage, who shows up with Lu Kang, Sonya, and Jax successful tow to person Baraka that they should squad up against the villain Shao Khan. It's fundamentally Johnny Cage's don-the-batsuit infinitesimal with his iconic sunglasses.