2026's 'Mario Adjacent' Film Is A Spin-Off, Plus Luigi's Mansion Scoops.



Happy Belated Mario Day to all of you out there in the Mushroom Kingdom. 

We had quite a few Mario announcements over the weekend, including LEGO Mario Kart, and release date announcements for Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion 2. 

Obviously, the biggest deal was the announcement of a brand new film "Based Around The World Of Super Mario Bros." 

Essentially meaning, this is NOT a sequel to the Super Mario Bros. movie, if you were wondering. 

I can confirm from my own sources that is indeed the case. This movie is a spinoff. 

Here's where it gets crazy:

I'm hearing that this film is either Luigi's Mansion OR the Donkey Kong film. Both of which are in development at Illumination. 

I DO NOT KNOW which film has taken the April 2026 date, but I DO know a few things that point to it being the former:



I'm also hearing that Next Level Games' Switch 2 debut, Luigi Mansion 4, Is set to release in the first half of 2026. 

The game is sounding incredibly ambitious, and this is easily the biggest and most expensive game Next Level has ever made. 

Expect absolutely mind-blowing visuals, animation and a game that is TWICE the size of Luigi's Mansion 3. Thought Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart looked good? This blows it out of the water. That's a guarantee. 


That leads me to believe that Nintendo wants both products to release around the same time to keep the brand synergy going. It makes perfect sense to me. 

Another thing that's interesting is that the movie is only about to *start* animation, meaning this movie is only going to have roughly about 22-23 months of production, which is astoundingly low, even for illumination standards. It also means a *LOT* of things from the previous film are going to be re-used.

That also falls in line with what I've heard. Universal wants more Mario related films in the theatres, as soon as possible, and as quickly as they can make them. Whether that's a good or bad thing is entirely up to you to decide. 


So that's all for now. We will be waiting a bit for official details, but big things are indeed coming. Stay tuned. 

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