As rumored yesterday, the sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie from Nintendo and Illumination has been announced by Nintendo during the September Nintendo Direct. Featuring all the original actors from the previous movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is set to release in spring 2026, picking up on the theme of the 2007 Super Mario Galaxy Wii game. The footage shown so far is brief, oddly not showing anything of Mario and chums actually in space, but rather just a very pretty view of rolling green hills in the Mushroom Kingdom. But there will be months of trailers to come.
Nintendo confirmed the entire original cast is back for the sequel, and yes, that means Chris Pratt is once more going to give us his generic performance as Mario. Sigh. But it also means the glorious return of Jack Black as Bowser, along with Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad.
There’s still no signs of life at the registered supermariogalaxy.movie URL, which is how people were tipped off to the movie’s title yesterday. That means there’s also no more information than Miyamoto’s declaration that the characters will be visiting space for the film, presumably across a series of teeny-tiny planets to match the nature of the classic games. It should offer a chance for a huge array of silly escapades, and ideally Mario dressing up as a bee. Because that is the cutest thing that has ever happened.
You can find the brief footage of the new movie right near the start of the ongoing Direct: