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During Nintendo Direct, sequel to Super Mario Bros. Movie announced for April 3, 2026 as The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
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Teaser reveals new cosmic setting with familiar faces and same voice cast from original film.
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Nintendo partners with Universal Pictures for distribution, following success of first movie grossing $1.36 billion globally.
During Friday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed that the sequel to 2023’s record-breaking The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it’s scheduled to open in theaters on April 3, 2026.
The announcement arrived with a short teaser. Mario, voiced again by Chris Pratt, is seen asleep under a tree outside Princess Peach’s castle as a butterfly drifts past. The camera then pans upward from the Mushroom Kingdom toward space, hinting at a new cosmic setting. Quick flashes of Monty Mole, Cheep Cheeps, and Toads offered fans a glimpse of familiar faces before the action shifted beyond the planet. The title draws directly from Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy, the acclaimed 2007 Wii game that took the plumber into orbit and remains a fan favorite.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. April 2026. pic.twitter.com/371PRFePNV
— The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (@supermariomovie) September 12, 2025
Directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic are returning alongside screenwriter Matthew Fogel and composer Brian Tyler. The voice cast will also remain intact, with Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek.
Universal Pictures will distribute the film as part of its ongoing collaboration with Nintendo, following the enormous success of their first outing.
That original film, released in April 2023, grossed $1.36 billion globally, making it the highest-earning video game adaptation ever and the fifth-highest-grossing animated movie of all time, behind Frozen 2, The Lion King (2019), Inside Out 2, and Ne Zha 2. Its storyline followed Mario and Luigi from Brooklyn to the Mushroom Kingdom, where they joined forces with Peach, Toad and Donkey Kong to stop Bowser’s plans.
With the sequel’s title now official, expectations are high that Illumination will expand the Mushroom Kingdom into the galactic adventures that defined the original game.
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The news comes as Nintendo continues to deepen its push into film. Beyond Mario, the company is partnering with Sony Pictures on a live-action Legend of Zelda movie, directed by Wes Ball and slated for release in March 2027. Together, the projects position Nintendo as a growing force in entertainment well beyond gaming.
