As summer winds down, the intrigue surrounding upcoming movie releases this fall continues to grow by the week. On the surface, this makes the decision by Warner Bros. to push back the release date of the highly anticipated Mortal Kombat II film by nearly seven months seem surprising.

Karl Urban stars as Johnny Cage in Warner Bros.' video game adaptation that was previously slated for this fall.

Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are pushing back the sequels' release to May 2026, following some early positive signs.