Everything We Know About ‘Mortal Kombat 3,’ Including A Resurrection

InnovationGamingEverything We Know About ‘Mortal Kombat 3,’ Including A ResurrectionByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 12, 2026, 11:27am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Mortal Kombat 2WBI did not realize this happened all the way back in October of 2025, but Warner Bros. was so confident in both Mortal Kombat 2 and the game adaptation’s potential as an ongoing franchise that it greenlit Mortal Kombat 3. That was about seven months before Mortal Kombat 2 came to theaters, and it appears its confidence was well placed.Mortal Kombat 2 is on its way to outperforming the total gross of the first film, earning $60 million globally in just a week, compared to the $84 million lifetime gross of the first one. And now, things are in motion for a sequel, and writer Jeremy Slater is already talking about major plot points. Spoilers for the second film follow.In a new interview with Variety, he’s talking about how one fan-favorite character, Liu Kang, will return after his apparent death:“We always had planned to kill him in this movie, but Ludi Lin is so goddamned good. We didn’t expect how much even the casual audience would fall in love with Liu Kang. We always knew that we would be bringing Liu Kang back in some regard in the third movie. But we did wind up altering his death a little bit to make it more of a choice. So we’re not sure if he actually died or did he ascend to some other plane? What actually happened to hit to him in that moment is absolutely a mystery that’s going to be explored in “Mortal Kombat III.”Mortal Kombat 2WBMORE FOR YOUThe “other plane” bit seems to be the idea that we will see Liu Kang in full fire god mode if they’re following the lore, as Variety had asked that directly. One other death that Slater addres...