Untitled Super Mario Film

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a 2026 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel, it is the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black and Keegan-Michael Key reprise their roles, with Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Glen Powell and Brie Larson joining the cast. It was produced by Universal Pictures, Illumination and Nintendo. In the film, Mario, Luigi and their friends adventure into outer space, where they face off against Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr. (Safdie) to find and save Rosalina (Larson). Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa stated in May 2021 that Nintendo was interested in producing more animated films based on its properties if the then-untitled Mario film was successful. Illumination CEO and producer Chris Meledandri was asked about the possibility of a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie before the film's release in April 2023. Following its box office success, a new animated Mario film was announced to be in development at Illumination in March 2024, with Horvath and Jelenic returning as directors and Fogel as screenwriter. The film takes inspiration from Mario video games such as Super Mario Galaxy (2007) and Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010), among other Nintendo games such as the Star Fox series. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie premiered at Minami-za in Kyoto on March 28, 2026, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 1 by Universal Pictures. The critical response has been variously described as mixed or negative. It was a commercial success, grossing $1.013 billion worldwide against a $110 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2026 and the second-highest-grossing video game film of all time, only behind its predecessor.