Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Adds Donald Glover & More to Cast

Nintendo and Illumination have released the final The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer, while also revealing three new cast members for the movie, including Donald Glover. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is set to release on April 1, 2026.

“Having thwarted Bowser’s previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside companions new and old, the brothers travel across the stars to stop the young heir’s crusade,” reads the film’s official synopsis.

Check out the new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie below (watch other trailers):

Who has joined the cast of The Super Mario Galaxy movie?

During the Nintendo Direct for the movie that took place this week, the company revealed some major casting news. First up, the role of Yoshi will be played by none other than Donald Glover. Alongside him, Luis Guzmán will play the role of Wart, a villain who first debuted in the 1987 Nintendo game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, and was later the main antagonist of Super Mario Bros. 2. Issa Rae will also star in the movie, in the role of Honey Queen.

In addition to the three newly added cast members, the voice cast of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie also includes Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Brie Larson as Rosalina, Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr., and Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek.

The movie is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. The screenplay comes from Matthew Fogel, while Chris Meledandri produces the movie for Illumination, and Shigeru Miyamoto produces for Nintendo. Brian Tyler returns to compose the score.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a massive box office hit, as it made approximately $1.36 billion worldwide. This allowed it to become the first-ever film based on a video game to gross over a billion dollars, which then obviously makes it the highest-grossing film based on a video game of all-time. It was also the third-highest-grossing animated film ever for a time — it now sits in sixth place behind 2025’s Ne Zha 2, 2025’s Zootopia 2, 2024’s Inside Out 2, 2019’s The Lion King, and 2019’s Frozen II —and is currently the 19th highest-grossing movie ever (not adjusted for inflation).

Source: Comingsoon.net