Underplayed Gems

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie poster
Directed by
Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Genre
comedy film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.3 of 10 from 3,093 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Mario and Luigi travel into outer space with their friends to rescue Princess Rosalina from Bowser and his son Bowser Jr.

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What happens

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 Illumination and Nintendo. In the film, Mario and Luigi and their friends adventure into outer space, where they face off against Bowser and his son Bowser Jr. to save Princess Rosalina. 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. While the critical response was mixed to negative, it was a commercial success, grossing $1.01 billion worldwide against a $110 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2026 and the second-highest-grossing video game film of all time, only behind its predecessor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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