🎬 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
Part of The Super Mario
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) is the animated sequel to Illumination's massively successful The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), sending Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad hurtling into outer space for a cosmic adventure. Directed once again by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel, the film takes its primary inspiration from the 2007 Nintendo Wii classic Super Mario Galaxy, borrowing its celestial setting, gravity-defying platforming logic, and key characters like Rosalina and Bowser Jr. The film also weaves in nods to other Nintendo properties, including a cameo from Star Fox's Fox McCloud.
The original Super Mario Galaxy video game was a landmark release for Nintendo, introducing gravity mechanics that allowed players to run across the surfaces of miniature planets and asteroids. The film adapts this core concept into a sprawling animated adventure, expanding the scope of the Mario cinematic universe far beyond the Mushroom Kingdom. The voice cast sees Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, and Keegan-Michael Key reprise their roles, while Brie Larson joins as Rosalina, Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr., Donald Glover as Yoshi, and Glen Powell as Fox McCloud.
As the second theatrical entry in Illumination and Nintendo's expanding Mario film franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is part of The Super Mario Collection, which began with the 2023 original. The film incorporates elements from both Super Mario Galaxy and its 2010 sequel Super Mario Galaxy 2, as well as other Mario-era deep cuts, offering fans a visually dazzling, Easter egg-packed continuation of the plumber's big-screen journey.
Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD Tokyo and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. It is the third 3D platformer in the Super Mario series and marked a bold creative leap for the franchise, sending Mario into outer space. The game was directed by Yoshiaki Koizumi, produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takao Shimizu, and features a celebrated orchestral score by Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo — the first symphony orchestra soundtrack in Mario history.
The game's defining innovation was its gravity-based gameplay. Players navigate spherical planets, asteroids, and pocket galaxies, each with its own gravitational pull, allowing Mario to run upside down, leap between worlds, and explore fully 3D environments in ways never before possible in the series. The story follows Mario as he embarks on an intergalactic mission to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, aided by star-like creatures called Lumas and a mysterious woman named Rosalina. The game features over 40 galaxies to explore, with players collecting Power Stars to progress.
Upon release, Super Mario Galaxy received universal acclaim and is widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time. It holds a landmark aggregate score on Metacritic and was the first Nintendo title to win the BAFTA Award for Best Game. It sold over 12.8 million copies worldwide, making it the ninth best-selling Wii game. A direct sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, followed in 2010, and the game has been re-released on Nvidia Shield TV and Nintendo Switch as part of the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection.
The Super Mario film series brings Nintendo's iconic video game franchise to the big screen, translating the colorful world of the Mushroom Kingdom into animated feature films. Based on one of the most beloved and enduring properties in gaming history, the series follows the adventures of Mario, Luigi, and their friends as they navigate fantastical landscapes filled with power-ups, castles, and memorable characters. The series draws from over four decades of video game lore, adapting elements from classic platformers, kart racers, and galaxy-spanning adventures. The films capture the whimsical tone and visual style that have made the games a cultural touchstone across multiple generations, featuring familiar locations like the Mushroom Kingdom and recognizable power-ups such as Super Mushrooms and Fire Flowers. As a collaboration between Nintendo and Illumination, the film series represents a significant expansion of the Mario brand into theatrical animation, bringing together Hollywood filmmaking resources with Nintendo's direct creative involvement to ensure authenticity to the source material.
