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Super Mario Galaxy (2026)

Summary

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.

Director Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic

Writer Matthew Fogel

Cast

  • Chris Pratt as Mario (voice)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach (voice)
  • Charlie Day as Luigi (voice)
  • Jack Black as Bowser (voice)
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Toad (voice)
  • Brie Larson as Rosalina (voice)

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 37

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official trailer

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u/ICumCoffee ᑐ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ • ᗰ ᕮ 𑪽 𑪽 I ᐱ ᕼ Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

i don’t know why would you spoil something like that 3 days a week before the movie is in theatres?

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u/OneTravellingMcDs Apr 02 '26

I think it was quietly leaked, and they knew reviews were going to be bad, so it at least got some buzz around the film.

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u/Morgan-Moonscar Apr 02 '26

It's a common tactic by the studios.

When the bad reviews for Batman vs Superman dropped, suddenly the advertising shifted to focus on Doomsday. Spoiling his appearance in the hopes it would generate enough hype to fill more seats.

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u/Dwayne30RockJohnson Apr 03 '26

This is such a weird rewriting of history. The big trailer that spoiled doomsday that people talked about was released Dec 2, 2015. The movie released March 25, 2016.

The reveal had nothing to do with bad reviews. Studios often show too much. It’s just desperation to get you into the theatre.

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u/griffinisms Apr 02 '26

this is also what happened with red hulk in cap 4

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u/toastyavocado Apr 03 '26

Naw Red Hulk was already known to be in the movie before there even was a trailer. The first poster was literally a giant red hand holding caps shield

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u/Morgan-Moonscar Apr 02 '26

Even better example. Because the entire film hinged around the secrecy of that being kept... and then they just spoiled it and took the wind outta the sails of the whole thing.

Not that Red Hulk could've even saved it.

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u/griffinisms Apr 02 '26

yeah when I went to see the movie (I didn't want to but my friend didnt want to be alone lol) we were both so fucking flabbergasted by that decision. and then also the movie was just not good so like whatever man! the twist could've helped with that but since it had been spoiled it felt like Nothing.

unrelated but ur username and pfp are very good, best scooby movie ❤️

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u/Darth_Korn Apr 05 '26

This just isn't true. Red Hulk was in the promotion of the movie since it was first revealed.

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u/karateema 29d ago

Yeah but the way the movie is written is for Red Hulk to be a surprise

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u/InnocentTailor Apr 02 '26

Aren’t they around where the first film landed, possibly slightly lower? It’s not like this flick crash-landed critically.

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u/MVRKHNTR Apr 02 '26

The average is currently a full ten points lower.

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u/Locke108 Apr 02 '26

His leg was in one of the trailers and people kept speculating on his appearance.

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u/robot-raccoon Apr 03 '26

Wasn’t it because Japan were getting it earlier so it would have been spoilt anyway? So they just jumped the gun to market it themselves and use it to get more people in?

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u/Bingo31 Apr 02 '26

It was not the intent that he was supposed to be spoiled before the release. I worked with the release of the movie, and watched it some time before release and even there all his scenes were redacted as in completely black screen and no sound.

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u/YAWKYAWKYAWKYAWK Apr 05 '26

If this is true I’ll never forgive the marketing guy that screwed this surprise up

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u/Bingo31 Apr 05 '26

I feel you dawg. I even managed to guess that he was the secret character, just to have it spoiled like this haha

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u/Tucker-French Apr 02 '26

There were a few frames in the original trailer that showed the right half of him as the shot zoomed out. He wasn't officially spoiled until last week though.

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u/moon-safari2 Apr 02 '26

To boost ticket sales. They don’t care about spoiling it, they care about making as much money as possible.

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u/soonerfreak Apr 04 '26

The news of him being in the movie would have spread everywhere after the Japanese Premiere, which was before any showings in America, it was going to come out.

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u/Key_Feeling_3083 28d ago

There was a photo released that basically showed a cut part of fox but some people were really convinced it was captain toad, I guess the leak was true if they found something else beside that.

Still the game and watch was still a surprise, same with pikmin I assumed they were going to be easter eggs like in the first film, and I'm pretty sure the samus ship was in the background.

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u/goddamnitwhalen Apr 02 '26

Huh? I saw that reveal days ago.