Nintendo enjoyed enormous success in the film department with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned more than $1.3 billion worldwide. Now, Nintendo is gearing up to release The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in 2026, with a live-action The Legend of Zelda film to follow in 2027. More films based on Nintendo properties could come next, and Nintendo has now said moviemaking is something Nintendo wants to be “even more actively involved in going forward.”
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in Nintendo’s latest earnings report that Nintendo is keen to pursue moviemaking because it believes films can become long-term assets for the company as it looks to the future beyond games.
Nintendo has an internal unit called Nintendo Pictures, which is conducting experiments in the video space, including the recent Pikmin shorts. But Nintendo Pictures won’t be the team that handles future feature films–that work is being done by established Hollywood studios like Universal and Illumination.
