Latest News About The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Here’s the latest on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

• Release and announcements: Nintendo and Illumination confirmed a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, with a planned release in 2026. The film aims to take Mario on a galaxy-spanning adventure, aligning with Nintendo’s 40th-anniversary celebrations for the Mario franchise. This was officially announced in a Nintendo Direct and subsequent press materials .
• Cast and direction: Chris Pratt is returning as Mario, with Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kevin Michael Richardson among the returning/initially announced voice cast. Directors are Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, who previously helmed The Super Mario Bros. Movie .
• Trailers and marketing: A trailer and final marketing materials surfaced ahead of the release, showing space-themed adventures and new locations inspired by Galaxy, with Universal Pictures handling distribution in many regions .
• Practical notes: The film is positioned as a major event for the Mario universe, expanding beyond the Mushroom Kingdom into space while remaining connected to the broader Mario multimedia ecosystem .

Illustration: a galaxy-spanning Mario adventure would likely feature familiar power-ups and planets reimagined as distinct biomes, similar in scale to other Illumination-Nintendo collaborations.

If you’d like, I can pull a concise timeline with confirmed dates and key cast members, or summarize how the Galaxy concept differs from the first film.