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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a 2026 animated adventure comedy film based on the 2007 video game Super Mario Galaxy and its 2010 sequel, as well as Nintendo's broader Mario franchise. The sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), it was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel. Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kevin Michael Richardson reprise their roles, with Benny Safdie, Brie Larson, Donald Glover, Luis Guzmán, and Issa Rae joining the cast. It is being produced by Illumination and Nintendo. In the film, Mario, Luigi and their new friend, Yoshi, join Princess Peach and Toad on an adventure into outer space where they meet Princess Rosalina and face off against Bowser and his son, Bowser Jr.

Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa stated in May 2021 that Nintendo was interested in producing more animated films based on its properties if the then-untitled Mario film was successful. Illumination CEO and producer Chris Meledandri was asked about the possibility of a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie before the film's release in April 2023. Following its box office success, a new animated Mario film was announced to be in development at Illumination in March 2024, with Horvath and Jelenic returning as directors and Fogel as screenwriter.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on April 1, 2026, by Universal Pictures.