A well-made online game film could make it very straightforward to neglect about what number of extra slapdash and poorly conceived live-action variations there are. For a lot of, 2021’s Mortal Kombat was an enjoyably brainless journey to the theater, and its sequel is among the many most anticipated upcoming online game variations, thanks partly to Karl City’s debut as Johnny Cage.
However as pleasure builds for Mortal Kombat 2 quickly after its first official pictures hit the Web, one other high-profile combating sport film obtained some dangerous information, because the in-the-works Road Fighter remake’s future is now in query. That is why we are able to’t have nice-ish issues.
The Road Fighter Remake Simply Misplaced Its Launch Date To One other Film
Regardless of Sony’s preliminary eagerness to pencil in a super-early launch date for Road Fighter — it was already going for a post-2025 theatrical launch with a date set at March 20, 2026 — the studio’s execs have apparently second-guessed that call. Now, the Legendary-distributed challenge is with no date fully, and it’s unclear what the back-up plan shall be for it.
This unlucky replace is popping out of left area in a method, contemplating it was simply in mid-February when The Eric Andre Present and Unhealthy Journey director Kitao Sakurai was introduced as the sport adaptation’s new director. Additionally one of many Eps behind the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Beef and Daniel Dae Kim’s upcoming streaming sequence Butterfly.
Beforehand, the Australian filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou had been hooked up to direct and produce Road Fighter as a follow-up to their smash hit horror Discuss to Me, however they later backed out. (Their really follow-up would be the pet-resurrecting horror Convey Her Again.)
At this level, it’s unknown why Sony balked on sticking with the unique launch date. No forged members have been revealed for the brand new adaptation so far, so it’s probably there are scheduling points for stars that we simply don’t learn about but.
Additionally price noting: Sony additionally flipped the discharge date script on Tommy Wirkola’s upcoming shark thriller Shiver, which was initially set for August 1, 2025. That movie will now hit theaters practically a 12 months later, solely July 3, 2026.
Mortal Kombat 2 Is Positively Nonetheless On The Approach
With Karl City wanting as fly as ever as Johnny Cage — sorry, not sorry, The Boys‘ Billy Butcher — Mortal Kombat 2 is fortunately nonetheless set to blast its method into theaters this 12 months because the second directorial effort from filmmaker Simon McQuoid, with screenwriter Jeremy Slater (The Umbrella Academy) stepping in to pen the sequel.
Past City, the brand new film co-stars Mehcad Brooks, Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Adeline Rudolph, Tati Gabrielle, Damon Herriman, Chin Han, Ludi Lin, Joe Taslim, Hiroiyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, and Damon Herriman amongst others.
Mortal Kombat II is about to hit theaters on Friday, October 24, 2025.