{"id":18303,"date":"2025-09-12T16:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/18303\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:14:06","slug":"the-next-mario-movie-is-officially-called-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/18303\/","title":{"rendered":"The next Mario movie is officially called The Super Mario Galaxy Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has officially confirmed that the next Super Mario film will be called The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.<\/p>\n<p>A short teaser for the movie, premiered during a <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Events &gt; Nintendo Direct [416 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/events\/e3\/e3-2019\/nintendo-direct\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Direct<\/a> on Friday, shows Mario lying outside Peach\u2019s Castle. <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Nintendo [5,562 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo<\/a> also reconfirmed that the film will be released in cinemas in April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we celebrate Mario\u2019s 40th anniversary it\u2019s an opportunity to reflect on the four decades of creativity, imagination and adventure that Mario has brought to life across generations and around the world,\u201d Illumination\u2019s Chris Meledandri said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom its ground-breaking world-building to its iconic characters and unforgettable music, the Super Mario Bros have left a lasting impact on the very fabric of our culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the two companies announced that the returning voice actors for the characters will be Mario (Chris Pratt), Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy), Luigi (Charlie Day), Bowser (Jack Black), Toad (Keegan-Michael Key), and Kamek (Kevin Michael Richardson).<\/p>\n<p>The additional characters and voice cast for\u00a0The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will be announced at a later date, the pair said.<\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy movie\u2019s trailer was shared as part of Nintendo\u2019s Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the trailer, <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/mario-galaxy-2-is-officially-coming-to-nintendo-switch-alongside-amiibo-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2<\/a> was announced for <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Nintendo Switch [5,511 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a>, <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/mario-tennis-fever-coming-next-year-for-nintendo-switch-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mario Tennis Fever for Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>, platformer Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/super-mario-bros-wonder-is-getting-a-switch-2-edition-with-new-multiplayer-modes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has officially confirmed that the next Super Mario film will be called The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-18303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}