Universal Pictures has premiered the full trailer for the upcoming animated feature, “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”
A sequel to 2023’s tremendously successful “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” features most of the voice cast from the animated blockbuster reprising their roles, including Chris Pratt as the plumber Mario, Charlie Day as his brother Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Mushroom Kingdom ruler Princess Peach, Jack Black as the Koopa king and main villain Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as the explorer Toad, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Bowser’s advisor Kamek. Notably, Donald Glover was announced Monday as the voice of Yoshi.
As the title suggests, the film will specifically adapt “Super Mario Galaxy,” one of the most popular and acclaimed games in the greater “Mario” franchise. Released on the Wii in 2007, the action platformer saw Mario travel into space to track down Bowser after he kidnapped Princess Peach, enlisting the help of intergalactic princess Rosalina and the star-shaped alien Lumas to help him on his quest. In the movie, Rosaline will be voiced by Brie Larson, famously a Nintendo fan. Also featured in the film is secondary antagonist Bowser Jr., here voiced by “The Smashing Machine” director and “The Curse” star Benny Safdie.
Produced by Illumination, “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” received mixed reviews but was a massive box-office success, grossing $1.3 billion worldwide. It is currently the highest-grossing video game film of all time by a wide margin, with last year’s “A Minecraft Movie” trailing behind with just over $900 million. Its success — along with the over-performance of other titles such as the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movies — has seemed to help kick off a new wave of video game film adaptations: three others (“Mortal Kombat II,” “Resident Evil,” and “Street Fighter”) are scheduled for later this year, and 2027 will see another beloved Nintendo property hit the big screen with the long awaited “Legend of Zelda” movie.
“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” premieres on April 1. Filmmakers Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, also known for creating “Teen Titans Go,” return from the first film to direct a script penned by Matthew Fogel. Illumination founder Chris Meledandri and Mario creator and legendary video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto produced the movie. Watch the full trailer for the film below.
