The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct – 09/03/2026 - Nintendo
Watch this Nintendo Direct presentation, featuring the final trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie releases in cinemas April 1st.
www.nintendo.comHere’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.