Nintendo Drops Surprise Trailer for New ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’

Mario is returning to nan large screen. Following nan massive success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which made much than $1.3 cardinal worldwide successful 2023, animation workplace Illumination and Nintendo are releasing a sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, successful April 2026. Nintendo dropped a teaser trailer during its Direct position connected Friday.

The teaser doesn’t connection overmuch astir nan movie, which takes its sanction from nan 2007 platformer. Mario dozes successful a section earlier title credits appear, that’s astir it. But nan trailer still signifies that Nintendo will proceed to churn retired films aimed astatine turning Mario into a megafranchise.

It’s nary coincidence that nan trailer and accompanying announcement travel conscionable 1 time earlier nan 40th day of nan original Super Mario Bros. video game. In nan 4 decades since that game’s release, Mario—and Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, and different type characters—have go taste icons.

In 1993, Super Mario Bros. became 1 of nan earliest videogame movie adaptations. It was panned by critics and fans, but successful nan years since, games ranging from Mortal Kombat to Tomb Raider person been turned into movies. Now, arsenic superhero fatigue sets successful and ’90s nostalgia peaks, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which will see nods to nan full Mario series, stands poised to proceed Mario’s domination.

Considered nan astir successful video crippled adjustment ever made, The Super Mario Bros. Movie was nan 2nd highest-grossing movie of 2023, second only to Barbie. The original cast, including Chris Pratt arsenic Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy arsenic Peach, Charlie Day arsenic Luigi, and Jack Black arsenic Bowser, will return for nan sequel.

Alongside nan news, Nintendo besides announced it will merchandise remastered versions of Super Mario Galaxy and its sequel connected October 2.