Nintendo's next Mario movie gets official 2028 release date in leaked schedule

Illumination and Nintendo have an unannounced follow-up to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in the works Nintendo and Illumination have made more than $2 billion at the box office with The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, so a third collaboration between the two entertainment giants was inevitable. Now, thanks to a release schedule from Universal Pictures, we have a sense of when Nintendo and Illumination's next movie will arrive. According to Universal Pictures International Spain, via ResetEra, a new Untitled Illumination/Nintendo Event Film is scheduled to hit movie theaters on April 12, 2028. That's two years after the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which sets up a third adventure for Mario, Luigi, Peach, and new characters introduced to the Mario Cinematic Universe. Nintendo and Illumination haven't officially announced a third Super Mario movie, though Galaxy hints at further interplanetary exploits for the Mushroom Kingdom crew. But the next project from Nintendo and Illumination may not necessarily star Mario. It might star Donkey Kong instead. In 2025, Nintendo Studios and Universal Pictures registered a copyright for an Untitled Donkey Kong