No doubt about it, The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a massive hit, boasting the kind of success where fans were instantly clamouring for sequels. We know that a follow-up movie is in development, but what we don’t know is…literally anything else about it. Very few details about The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 have come to light, but Illumination and Nintendo recently spoke out about the project, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto got my attention.
Nintendo recently held its 2025 Shareholders’ meeting, and the topic of the next Mario movie came up during the presentation. Illumination Animation studio head Chris Meledandri was on hand and said (via GamesRadar) that teams are currently working on a sequel that is aiming to capture an even bigger audience than the first film. According to Meledandri:
We are currently working hard on the next title. First of all, we are aiming to create a title that will please our core fans, and at the same time, one that will captivate new consumers who have never experienced Super Mario or the world of Nintendo.
Super Mario Bros. Movie could captivate consumers who have not previously embraced Mario and Nintendo is honestly a pretty aggressive goal, considering the first movie made $1.3 billion at the global box office. The original film certainly found a quite significant audience, it’s almost hard to believe that there’s anybody who didn’t see the first film.
recent opening of Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort, which included Super Nintendo World, which may be the single most popular part of the brand-new theme park. Likely, new people are experiencing Nintendo for the first time, who might check out the new movie when it arrives.
Of course, fans are likely still curious just what the next Super Mario Bros. Movie will actually be about. Nobody is saying anything yet, but Mario’s daddy, Shigeru Miyamoto, is teasing fans with whatever the story is saying:
We have a good idea of how the new Super Mario movie will turn out to be an interesting one.
There isn’t a lot that we know for sure about the new movie. Voice of Toad, Keegan-Michael Key, has called the sequel “broader in scope,” which fits with the sequel’s rumored title being Super Mario World. The only hint that the first movie gave us was a post-credits scene that included a Yoshi egg, seemingly confirming Mario’s dinosaur pal will play a role in the next movie.
With a release date in April of 2026 on the horizon, it likely won’t be too much longer before we start to get some official details about the Mario Bros. movie sequel. We’ll likely even see our first trailer before the end of the year.