The
Super
Mario
Bros.
Movie
was
a
huge
hit
for
Nintendo,
raking
in
over
$1
billion
at
the
box
office,
so
producing
a
follow-up
movie
was
an
easy
decision
to
make.
In
a
new
video,
Nintendo’s
Shigeru
Miyamoto
and
Illumination
Entertainment’s
Chris
Meledandri
shared
that
the
next
movie
is
in
development,
with
a
release
date
set
for
April
3rd,
2026.
Meledandri
says
Illumination
Studios
Paris,
which
worked
on
the
first
film,
is
storyboarding
the
movie
under
the
direction,
once
again,
of
Aaron
Horvath
and
Michael
Jelenic.
He
added
that
animation
is
starting
soon.
And
after
the
movie’s
April
3rd
release
in
the
US
“and
many
other
markets
globally,”
it
will
come
to
“select
territories”
throughout
the
rest
of
the
month.
Miyamoto
says
that
the
movie
will
“have
a
bright
and
fun
story”
that
expands
on
the
world
established
in
the
first
movie.
With
the
November
announcement
of
a
live-action
Legend
of
Zelda
film,
we
now
have
not
one,
but
two
confirmed
movies
in
development
based
on
major
Nintendo
intellectual
properties.
There’s
not
much
information
about
the
company’s
theatrical
plans
for
Link.
Wes
Ball,
director
of
the
Maze
Runner
trilogy
and
the
upcoming
Kingdom
of
the
Planet
of
the
Apes,
will
helm
the
movie,
with
Avi
Arad
and
Miyamoto
producing.
Nintendo
also
included
some
gaming
info,
like
that
the
Switch
remake
of
Paper
Mario:
The
Thousand
Year
Door
and
Luigi’s
Mansion
2
HD,
a
remaster
of
the
3DS
Luigi’s
Mansion:
Dark
Moon
will
be
available
on
May
23rd
and
June
27th,
respectively.
And
on
March
12th,
the
Nintendo
Switch
Online
Game
Boy
collection
will
be
expanded
to
include
Dr.
Mario
for
the
original
Game
Boy
and
Mario
Golf
and
Mario
Tennis
for
the
Game
Boy
Color.
Update
March
10th,
2024,
10:20AM
ET:
Added
context
about
the
in-development
Legend
of
Zelda
film.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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