Donald Glover is set to play Yoshi in the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. A Nintendo Direct livestream revealed Glover as the iconic green dinosaur on Monday (March 9), along with a handful of star-studded casting decisions.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie serves as the follow-up to 2023’s blockbuster The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Nintendo and Illumination film released a trailer on Monday, featuring all of the characters from the Mushroom Kingdom.
The animated teaser finds Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi transported to an evil galaxy and faced with defeating Bowser once again, along with Bowser Jr. and Wart, before attempting to return home from the adventure safely. It all comes to a close with Mario riding on the back of Yoshi while flying through space’s various planets into battle.
Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is slated to hit theaters on April 1 — and that’s not an April Fool’s Day joke.
As far as how the rest of the cast looks, Issa Rae will play Honey Queen, Chris Pratt is on board as Mario, Brie Larson takes on Princess Rosalina, Anya Taylor-Joy is Princess Peach, Charlie Day helms Luigi, Jack Black is Bowser, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Keegan-Michael Key will play Toad.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a smash at the box office, earning over $1.3 billion globally by early June 2023, according to Variety.
Glover, a Primetime Emmy Award winner, has made waves in Hollywood for creating Atlanta and starring in film and TV projects such as The Lion King, Guava Island, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Community, and Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Watch the trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie below.
