It’s no surprise, but one of the biggest animated movies of all time is getting a sequel.
The only interesting thing is that this news was confirmed by Nintendo themselves.The company’s official account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a message purportedly from super mario bros. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto confirms second anime mario The movie will be released in theaters around the world in April 2026.
These things take time!
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For now, that’s all the reports on the matter.
A subsequent tweet clarified that Nintendo will be working more closely with Illumination, the studio behind the hit 2023 game super mario bros. movie, this time, but it’s hard to tell what that means at the moment. It’s safe to say, though, that it probably won’t be anything like the live-action movies of the early 1990s.
Nintendo shared the news because today is technically “Mario Day.” For example, “March 10” looks like “Mario” when abbreviated. get it? Considering how much money last year’s animated comedy made, the only real surprise is that a sequel wouldn’t come sooner.