Super Mario Star Reveals Why Galaxy Fans Will Love the Next Sequel
Bowser voice actor Jack Black teases that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will be crammed with deep-cut nods, promising a constellation of Easter eggs pulled straight from the 2007 classic for diehard Galaxy fans.
Mario is heading back to space, and Jack Black is promising the kind of nerdy detail-dump that will have longtime players freeze-framing trailers. If you spent any time slingshotting between planetoids in 2007, this one sounds built for you.
What Jack Black is teasing
"There's tons of Easter eggs, and anyone who loves that universe will be very pleased with the way that it's been brought to the big screen."
That's Black (Bowser himself) talking to GamesRadar+ in London about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. He specifically calls out the volume of nods to both the 2007 Galaxy game and the broader Mario world. Translation: expect deep cuts layered on top of the obvious stuff.
Where this picks up and what's new
This is the direct follow-up to 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which quietly made $1.3 billion worldwide. The sequel rockets the core crew — Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad — into outer space. Their big problem this time: Bowser Jr., stepping up while dad deals with being, well, travel-sized.
If you forgot how we left things: Peach shrank Bowser and stuck him in a jar in the last movie. The new trailer one-ups that visual — tiny Bowser is now ranting from a bite-size fortress parked inside one of the rooms of Peach's castle. Subtle? No. Funny? Yes.
Cast you know, plus a couple of very specific additions
- Chris Pratt as Mario
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
- Charlie Day as Luigi
- Jack Black as Bowser
- Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
- Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer) as Bowser Jr.
- Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) as Rosalina
Release dates and who's making it
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie lands in North American theaters on April 3, 2026, and opens in Japan on April 24, 2026.
Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath are back directing, with a screenplay by Matthew Fogel. So, same creative brain trust that steered the first one, now with gravity wells.