Illumination Announces ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Arriving 2026
by Alex Billington
September 12, 2025
Source: YouTube
The Brothers are back! Universal Pictures + Illumination have just announced the official title for the next Super Mario Bros movie animated sequel – it will be called The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and arrives in theaters April 2026 around the world. This follow-up sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 2023 is a continuation of this story and these characters. But it sounds like they’re mixing things up just like the original video games. The first NES game was called Super Mario Bros. (1986) with two sequels – it wasn’t until 2007 that Nintendo released a game called Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie features the same co-directors from the first film back again. The voice actors include Chris Pratt as Mario again, 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. With more characters to be revealed before the release next year. Hopefully this turns out even better than the other movie! Crossing my fingers.
Yippee! The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros., and follows The Super Mario Bros. Movie, released in 2023 which earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Illumination’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is co-directed by filmmakers Aaron Horvath (director of Teen Titans GO! To the Movies) and Michael Jelenic (a producer on Teen Titans Go!, ThunderCats Roar and other animated series) both of the first Super Mario Bros Movie. The screenplay is again written by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru). Based on the video game series from Nintendo, originally created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi in 1983 as an arcade game. Produced by Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto. Made by Illumination Animation. Universal debuts The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in theaters worldwide on April 3rd, 2026 next spring. Excited to watch?
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