The Super Mario Bros. movie was a huge success for Nintendo, grossing over a billion dollars at the box office, so producing a follow-up film was an easy decision to make. In a new video, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination Entertainment's Chris Meledandri shared that the the next movie is in developmentwith a release date set for April 3, 2026.
Meledandri says Illumination Studios Paris, which worked on the first film, is storyboarding the film under the direction, once again, of Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. He added that the animation will begin soon. And after the film opens on April 3 in the United States “and many other markets globally,” it will arrive in “select territories” for the rest of the month.
Miyamoto says the film “will have a bright and fun story” that expands on the world established in the first film.
