Driving the success of 2023’s The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, Nintendo and Illumination are releasing a second animated movie within the franchise that’s anticipated to come back out April 3, 2026. The information comes from sequence creator Shigeru Miyamoto himself, who tweeted it from the Nintendo of America X account on Sunday as a part of the continuing Mario Day celebrations. Particulars are to date scant, however Miyamoto says the crew is “excited about broadening Mario’s world additional, and it will have a brilliant and enjoyable story.”
That is Miyamoto. We at the moment are creating a brand new animated movie based mostly on the world of Tremendous Mario Bros. This movie is deliberate for launch in theaters on April third, 2026 within the US and plenty of different markets, and all through the month of April in different territories. [1/2]
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 10, 2024
Primarily based on his description, it doesn’t appear to be will probably be a direct sequel to the primary, although that continues to be to be seen. In an announcement video additionally that includes Miyamoto, Chris Meledandri from Illumination mentioned the crew is already “storyboarding scenes and creating set designs for brand new environments.” Animations are attributable to start quickly. The subsequent film set within the Tremendous Mario Bros. world can be launched within the US and different areas on April 3, 2026 earlier than coming to different areas later that month.
The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film completely crushed on the field workplace when it was launched final April, turning into the highest-grossing online game film at opening. It hit $1.3 billion worldwide by the start of June, Selection reported. In the event you didn’t get an opportunity to catch it in theaters then — otherwise you’re simply dying to see it on the massive display once more — AMC Theaters is bringing The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film again to theaters this yr on June 28, as noticed by GoNintendo.
