Universal has now updated its movie schedule with an "Untitled Illumination/Nintendo event film" that's set to launch on April 12, 2028. Illumination, of course, is the animation studio behind the Minions franchise, as well as The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its just-launched sequel.
A 2028 return for Nintendo's animated movie franchise comes as no shock. Rumors have persisted for some time that the company is mounting a Donkey Kong spinoff film, something that the character's absence in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie made even more obvious.
Nintendo also already has a 2027 movie on the books — its highly-anticipated live-action The Legend of Zelda film, which just finished shooting in New Zealand. Meanwhile, Bowser film actor Jack Black has suggested he'll be back for a third Mario animated movie in 2029.