The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel is coming in 2026

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was an enormous hit for Nintendo, raking in over $1 billion on the field workplace, so producing a follow-up film was a simple resolution to make. In a brand new video, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination Entertainment’s Chris Meledandri shared that the subsequent film is in growth, with a launch date set for April third, 2026.

Meledandri says Illumination Studios Paris, which labored on the primary movie, is storyboarding the film underneath the route, as soon as once more, of Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. He added that animation is beginning quickly. And after the film’s April third launch in the US “and many other markets globally,” it should come to “select territories” all through the remainder of the month.

Miyamoto says that the film will “have a bright and fun story” that expands on the world established in the primary film.

With the November announcement of a live-action Legend of Zelda movie, we now haven’t one, however two confirmed films in growth primarily based on main Nintendo mental properties. There’s not a lot details about the corporate’s theatrical plans for Link. Wes Ball, director of the Maze Runner trilogy and the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, will helm the film, with Avi Arad and Miyamoto producing.

Update March tenth, 2024, 10:20AM ET: Added context in regards to the in-development Legend of Zelda movie.