Let’s a-go! Following the bob-ombshell confirmation that The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s sequel is officially The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Nintendo has used its Direct event today to drop a fresh, full trailer for the return of Chris Pratt’s Mario, Charlie Day’s Luigi, and the rest of the gang in Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic’s hotly anticipated, Illumination animated sequel. And this time, Brie Larson is joining the line-up as Super Mario Galaxy heroine Princess Rosalina, while Benny Safdie is going from directing The Smashing Machine to playing one — namely, Bowser Jr., the maniacal son of Jack Black’s big-bad balladeer. Check out their grand reveal below;
Now there is a fun teaser trailer if ever we saw one. Sure, this first proper look at The Super Mario Galaxy Movie doesn’t offer too much by way of plot reveals or indicators as to how closely the film is set to follow Nintendo’s feted games, but it’s a lot of easter egg-filled fun all the same. From a pint-sized Bowser, still trapped in his miniature prison, singing and pining over his ‘beloved’ Princess Peach, to visually dazzling glimpses at the biodiverse worlds awaiting as the franchise leaves the Mushroom Kingdom behind, to the double-whammy reveal of Safdie’s flail-wielding Bowser Jr. and Larson’s ethereal fan-favourite Princess Rosalina, there’s plenty here to appreciate. (Also, who clocked Bowser singing his Super Mario 64 theme? Just us? Oh, okay…)
Following the billion-dollar grossing success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, there’s a lot of pressure on its space-bound sequel to live up to its predecessor. But with two of the greatest games of all time as source material, a seriously stacked ensemble cast revved up and ready to go, and no shortage of new worlds to dive into, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is already showing signs that it’s destined to take the rainbow road to box-office success while giving die-hard Mario stans something to really “Wahoo!” for. Roll on 3 April, 2026!