Nintendo and Illumination introduced they will make a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, on account of arrive as a theatrical launch set for April 3, 2026, within the U.S. and abroad.

It’s no shock they’re entering into that path, because the 2023 movie set data for a recreation adaptation by producing $1.36 billion in field workplace income worldwide. Nintendo additionally stated it spurred extra gross sales of Nintendo video games and had a worldwide viewers of not less than 168 million. Blissful Mario Day!

Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will direct the movie, and Matthew Fogel is writing the screenplay. A part of the explanation the 2023 movie was so successful was that recreation creators at Nintendo had been intimately concerned in making the movie. The brand new movie will be co-financed by Common Photos and Nintendo and distributed theatrically worldwide by Common.

Illumination founder and CEO Melendantri and Shigeru Miyamoto, consultant director and fellow of Nintendo, will be the producers on the movie.

Illumination made the prior movie and it has additionally created Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch and The Secret Lifetime of Pets.

The corporate stated it’s glad to proceed its partnership with Nintendo, “bringing its signature mixture of pleasure and discovery to worldwide audiences of all ages, permitting them to attach with the beloved characters and tales from one of many world’s hottest franchises.”