Following the massive success of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo / Illumination were quick to announce that a sequel was in the works, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie officially arriving 3 years later – launching in cinemas this past April. Given the success of its successor, it comes as little surprise that a 3rd film is seemingly in the works, with the voice actor for Toad claiming a planned release year of 2029.

Taking part in an interview with the publication ScreenRant in anticipation of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s digital release, the voice actor for Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) teased that a 3rd film is on the way, stating:

“We want to get it right. We want to get everything right. We want to get all the details right. And Michael and Aaron, who are our directors, have a real passion for this. I think they're as passionate about these projects as the audience is. And so we got to get it right, we got to get it right. So I apologize. But it'll be worth the wait.”

While the confirmation of a 3rd film is far from surprising, Key also suggested that the next entry could likewise arrive 3 years on from the last, adding: “It'll be worth the wait…'29 is better than sometime, right?”

Released at the start of April, the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was met with far harsher criticism than the first, with professional reviews giving the sequel a Rotten Tomato score of just 42% (compared to 59% for the first). That said, fans were much kinder to both projects, receiving overall scores of 88% (Galaxy Movie) and 95% (Mario Movie) respectively.

Regardless, with the first film going on to make over $1.3 Billion, and its sequel currently nearing the $1 Billion mark, it was always safe to assume that a 3rd film would be greenlit. It will be interesting to see whether The Super Mario Odyssey Movie (or whatever it winds up being called) chooses to focus more on plot and character development, or if it will once again double down on nostalgia and ‘member berries.

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Nintendo has struck theatrical gold with 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, that's for sure. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and produced by Universal's award-winning animation studio Illumination, the film leveraged an ensemble cast featuring renowned actors like Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, and Seth Rogen to set new box office records, quickly becoming the biggest gaming adaptation ever with a final tally of $1.36 billion gross. Eventually, the movie was only barely surpassed by Barbie as 2023's highest-grossing film. As you'd expect, Nintendo and Illumination immediately began work on a sequel, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, […]

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While reception surrounding the recently-released Super Mario Galaxy Movie may have been less-than-stellar, the sequel film developed by Nintendo and Illumination Entertainment is an undeniable hit – currently sitting as the highest grossing film of the year with over $830 million and counting. As such, it comes as little surprise that a 3rd film seems to have been greenlit, with an untitled Nintendo/Illumination project set to arrive in 2028.

As discovered by ResetEra user ‘ContractHolder’ Universal Pictures International Spain recently published a chart breaking down all of the distributor’s upcoming releases.

Though details so far are light, one of the projects listed is said to be an “untitled Illumination/Nintendo Event Film” with a release date currently scheduled for the 12th of April 2028.

Whether this will be a direct sequel to the Super Mario Galaxy Movie or not is currently unknown, especially with the second film introducing a wider variety of Nintendo characters.

Regardless, unless the film in question winds up being an obscure Pikmin movie or something similar, expect whatever Nintendo has planned to once again easily make a Billion at the box office.

KitGuru says: Have you seen the Mario Galaxy film? How does it compare to the original? What do you think this untitled film is going to be? Let us know down below.

We're not even a calendar month away from the release of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and it looks like Nintendo and Illumination already have a third movie set for 2028, according to an updated version of Universal's schedule on its Spanish website. Spotted by VGC, the updated schedule now lists "Untitled Illumination/Nintendo Event Film (April 2028)" on April 12, 2028. That could, of course, be the next Super Mario movie after Galaxy, or it could be the start of a new series like the rumoured Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and Metroid films. While we've not yet seen Samus appear […]

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Like its predecessor, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie seems destined to go down as one of this year's most divisive films, which is kind of odd when you think about it. These generally inoffensive crowd-pleasing movies based on a near-universally-beloved IP, carefully shepherded by Shigeru Miyamoto himself, probably shouldn't be getting folks so riled up, and yet! Following in the footsteps of 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, professional reviews for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie have been witheringly negative, and to listen to some folks, the flick represents nothing less than the demise of cinema. An egregious example of […]

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is officially out and in theatres across the globe, and unsurprisingly, fans have flooded theatres in droves to see it over its opening weekend. As reported by Deadline, the film brought in a whopping $372.5 million at the global box office, which, you might recall, is actually a bit behind the first movie, which reached $387.8M in its opening weekend. But it's still good enough to make the Super Mario Bros movie franchise the biggest box office hits for film adaptations of video games. That's just one of the records that has been broken by […]

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Nintendo hosted its fifth Nintendo Direct event of 2026, which was an event dedicated to the Super Mario Galaxy Movie ahead of its premiere this coming April 1, 2026. The event showed off the final trailer for the film, and revealed some of Nintendo's plans for Mario Day tomorrow, and the lead-up to the film's premiere. The trailer for the film showed off a couple of the characters the recent poster revealed, like the character Wart, who is being played by Luis Guzmán. We also learned that Honey Queen will be in the film, and voiced by Issa Rae. The […]

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