Mortal Kombat Legends Movie Sequel Coming This Year

A sequel to the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, titled Battle of the Realms, is in the works and will be released sooner than you think. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new film will be released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital this summer.

The new Mortal Kombat Legends will see much of the original movie's cast return, including Joel McHale as Johnny Cage, Jennifer Carpenter as Sonya Blade, Jordan Rodrigues as Liu Kang, and Patrick Seitz as Scorpion, among many others. Additionally, Bayardo De Murguia will be taking over the role of Sub-Zero, with a number of other characters being introduced--Kung Lao, Jade, and D'Vorah to name a few.

The project hails from the same creative team as Scorpion's Revenge--screenwriter Jeremy Adams, producers Jim Krieg and Rick Morales, and director Ethan Spaulding, with franchise co-creator Ed Boon serving as a consultant.

The news of a new Mortal Kombat Legends movie comes on the heels of the R-rated live-action film, which debuted in April in theaters and on HBO Max. GameSpot's Chris E. Hayner wrote of the film in his Mortal Kombat review, "This new take on Mortal Kombat is one of the most successful video game adaptations yet--by a long shot. While not perfect, it wonderfully captures the essence of the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. These are vicious fights with huge world-ending stakes, but at no point do you stop having fun watching them unfold, thanks to the colorful characters, the impressive bouts, the borderline ridiculous special moves, an abundance of nods to the various catchphrases in the games, and the world-building that is clearly setting us all up to demand a sequel."

While a release date has not been announced, THR notes that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is expected to release Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms in the late summer.