Mortal Kombat II
Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line have moved up the release of its sequel to the 2021 “Mortal Kombat” film adaptation by one week – shifting the title from May 15th 2026 to May 8th 2026.
The move gives the film two weeks free and clear from other blockbusters before the arrival of “The Mandalorian and Grogu” on May 22nd. It’s only competition will be the Hugh Jackman-led comedy “The Sheep Detectives” opening on the 8th, and the second weekends of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and animated feature “Animal Friends”. [Source: WB]
Set it Off
Steven Caple (“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”) is reportedly set to direct a reboot of the 1996 heist action thriller “Set It Off”. Issa Rae (“Insecure”) will star in and produce the project being penned by Syreeta Singleton and Nina Gloster.
The F. Gary Gray-directed original starred Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise and followed four female friends who execute a bank robbery. It earned $41 million at the box office and had a hit soundtrack. [Source: The InSneider]
Samo Lives
Jeffrey Wright, Danny Ramirez, Dane DeHaan, Antony Starr, Kathryn Newton, Thomas Kretschmann, Lukas Gage, Chase Sui Wonders, Lucy Fry, Priah Ferguson, Yolonda Ross, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Michael Angelo Covino, and Samiya Allen-Graham have all been announced for Julius Onah‘s “Samo Lives” which has just wrapped shooting.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. stars as iconic neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died from a heroin overdose at the age of 27 in 1988. Onah co-wrote the script with Peter Glanz. Wright previously played Basquiat in the biopic “Basquiat”. [Source: The Playlist]
Rian Johnson
“Knives Out” filmmaker has teased his next directorial effort and his first in years outside the “Knives Out” trilogy and “Poker Face” TV series. He tells Empire that it “harkens back to the ’70s paranoid thrillers” and “its got a light sci-fi element to it” but won’t go into specifics beyond it being an original work he’s been considering ever since wrapping “Looper”.
Reminders of Him
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for “Reminders of Him,” the film adaptation of “It Ends with Us” author Colleen Hoover’s novel. Vanessa Caswill directs the film which opens March 13th 2026.
After a perfect outing with her boyfriend (Tyriq Withers), Kenna (Maika Monroe) makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison. Seven years later, Kenna returns to her hometown to rebuild her life and earn the chance to reunite with her young daughter, Diem, whom she has never known. Rudy Pankow, Lauren Graham, Bradley Whitford, Lainey Wilson, and Nicholas Duvernay co-star.
