Excitement is building for the upcoming animated sequel, \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d set to enthrall fans once again. Donald Glover joins the cast as the beloved green dinosaur, Yoshi. This announcement was made by Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination, during a Nintendo Direct livestream. <\/p>\n
New Cast Additions<\/p>\n
Alongside Glover, several notable actors are set to lend their voices to key characters:\n<\/p>\n
Luis Guzman as Wart
\nIssa Rae as Honey Queen
\nBenny Safdie as Bowser Jr.
\nBrie Larson as Princess Rosalina, the character first introduced in the 2007 original game<\/p>\n
Returning Characters<\/p>\n
The sequel also sees the return of familiar voices from the first film:\n<\/p>\n
Chris Pratt as Mario
\nAnya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
\nCharlie Day as Luigi
\nJack Black as Bowser
\nKeegan-Michael Key as Toad
\nKevin Michael Richardson as Kamek<\/p>\n
Plot Overview<\/p>\n
Following the defeat of Bowser in the previous installment, Mario, Luigi, and Peach embark on a new adventure. This time, they face off against both Bowser and his son in an outer space setting. The heroes will travel through various unique planets, including:\n<\/p>\n
A fiery volcano world
\nAn underwater planet
\nA high-tech realm with neon, gravity-defying obstacles<\/p>\n
In this sequel, Yoshi will team up with Rosalina to tackle new challenges. The heroes will also confront new enemies, such as Wart and Honey Queen, along with the fan-favorite, Birdo. <\/p>\n
Key Details<\/p>\n
The film is co-directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie\u201d is scheduled to hit theaters on April 1, under the banners of Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo. A new trailer has been released, offering a glimpse into this exciting adventure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Excitement is building for the upcoming animated sequel, \u201cThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie,\u201d set to enthrall fans once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18920,2178,156,5434,172992,12120,435,409,111,139,69,313,89088],"class_list":["post-321672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-cast","tag-donald","tag-entertainment","tag-galaxy","tag-glover","tag-mario","tag-movie","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-super","tag-yoshi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321672","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=321672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}