Animated film2023Illumination · NintendoUniversal Pictures$1.36 billion worldwide The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) Illumination and Nintendo’s animated adventure sends two Brooklyn plumbers through a Warp Pipe – and became the first video game film to earn more than $1 billion worldwide. Directed by:Aaron Horvath · Michael Jelenic Written by:Matthew Fogel Produced by:Chris Meledandri · Shigeru … Read more
Animated film2026Illumination · NintendoUniversal PicturesSequel$1 billion+ worldwide The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Illumination and Nintendo’s 2026 sequel sends Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad into space to stop Bowser Jr., with Rosalina, Yoshi and Fox McCloud joining the adventure. Directed by:Aaron Horvath · Michael Jelenic Written by:Matthew Fogel Produced by:Chris Meledandri · Shigeru Miyamoto Starring:Chris … Read more
Mario Cartoons & Movies Every Mario film and TV series on Super Luigi Bros, from the 1986 anime that gave Mario his first film role, through the three DiC cartoons of 1989 to 1991 and the 1993 live-action movie, to Illumination’s record-breaking animated films. Each page has the cast, release dates, box office or broadcast … Read more
Fan filmLive-action short2013 KickstarterRelease unconfirmed Living Legend: A Super Mario Bros. Fan Film (2013) A crowdfunded live-action fan film pitched in 2013, imagining a gritty Brooklyn story about Mario’s son more than 20 years after the Princess was rescued. Directed by:Dan Clifton Written by:Jonathan Grace Produced by:Jonathan Grace · Dan Clifton Concept art:Vivian Quaid Format:Live-action … Read more
Live-action film1989Universal PicturesSuper Mario Bros. 3 debut The Wizard (1989) Universal’s 1989 road movie about a gifted young gamer, best remembered for giving North American audiences their first proper look at Super Mario Bros. 3 two months before it reached the shops. Directed by:Todd Holland Written by:David Chisholm Produced by:David Chisholm · Ken Topolsky Starring:Fred … Read more
Anime film1986Grouper ProductionsJapan only Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach! (1986) Mario’s first film: an hour-long 1986 Japanese anime in which Mario and Luigi tumble out of a Famicom and into the Mushroom Kingdom to save Princess Peach from a marriage-minded King Koopa. Japanese title:スーパーマリオブラザーズ ピーチ姫救出大作戦! (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu: Pīchi-hime Kyūshutsu … Read more
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 26 – Super Koopa First Aired 01-Dec-1990 Written by Doug Booth In his laboratory in Koopa Kastle, Kooky von Koopa, with assistance from Hip and Hop Koopa, is in the midst of creating another invention. Telling Hip and Hop to pull a switch, Kooky watches as energy … Read more
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 25 – The Venice Menace First Aired 01-Dec-1990 Written by Matt Uitz Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad are walking through Desert Land, when a gondola comes flying out of a Warp Pipe and lands nearby. When they approach the gondolier, he exclaims that a sea monster … Read more
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 24 – Recycled Koopa First Aired 24-Nov-1990 Written by David Ehrman & Sean Roche The episode begins at Kastle Koopa, as King Koopa marches Bully, Kootie Pie, Big Mouth, Hop, and Hip Koopa outside his castle, instructing them to clean up the assorted trash and garbage surrounding … Read more
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Episode 23 – True Colours First Aired 24-Nov-1990 Written by Steven Fischer The Doomship comes hovering over the Mushroom Kingdom at midnight. However, King Koopa cannot stay awake for the sneak attack, so Kooky and Cheatsy have to pull it off themselves. They send out swarms of Para-Goombas … Read more
