Nintendo has announced that it will be hosting a new Direct on November 12 at 6am PT/9am ET/11pm JST. The Direct will revolve entirely around the upcoming sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – and Nintendo has confirmed that there will be no games discussed during the show.
“Join us on Wednesday, Nov 12, at 6am PT for the Nintendo Direct featuring the world premiere of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie official trailer,” wrote the company in the description of its Direct. “Please note that no game information will be included in this presentation.”
The company had officially unveiled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie back in September, where it also confirmed that it would be getting a theatrical release on April 3, 2026. The official title of the movie was confirmed with a trailer, which you can check out here. The movie is being co-financed by Nintendo and Universal Pictures, and is being published by the latter.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will see Aaron Horwath and Michael Jelenic returning from The Super Mario Bros. Movie as directors, with the screenplay handled by Matthew Fogel and Bryan Tyler returning to handle the composition of the film’s score.
The film will also see actors Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key and Kevin Michael Richardson to reprise their roles of Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Toad, and Kamek respectively. Along with this, there will also be a host of new characters thanks to the game tapping into the critically-acclaimed Super Mario Galaxy games which were originally released on the Nintendo Wii.
While not too many details about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie have been revealed so far, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto had spoken about the upcoming film in a recent interview. He spoke about the collaborative effort behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and how many of the same people will also be involved in the production of the sequel.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie was possible because so many people took action and worked together,” said Miyamoto. “As a producer, I tried to make sure the team functioned smoothly. Many of the people involved said they’d like to work on the next project as well, so I guess that means we succeeded to some extent?”
“The setting for the next movie is, just as the title says, the galaxy — that’s all I can really say. We’re in the final stages of production now, but I think it’s going to be fun. I usually just say, ‘I’ll keep working on it until it becomes fun,’ so that alone should tell you how confident I am (laughs).”
In the meantime, several people from Nintendo, including Miyamoto, executive officer Takashi Tezuka, composer Koji Kondo and SRD president Toshihiko Nakago had spoken about Nintendo expanding its IPs beyond the confines of video games, as well as the future of the Mario franchise while celebrating the plumber’s 40th anniversary. They also discussed the potential for Mario to still be relevant during the character’s 100th anniversary.
