The Super Mario Bros. Movie launched just a few weeks ago on the 5th of April to a great deal of success, bringing in almost $900 million. Thanks to its huge opening, it was safe to assume that more Nintendo adaptations are set to be on their way. This fact has now been confirmed by Nintendo themselves, with Shigeru Miyamoto saying there is “no doubt” that more projects are incoming.

Speaking to Japanese news site Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the ‘father of Mario’ Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that more Nintendo films are on the way, stating there is “no doubt” about this fact (as translated by NintendoEverything).

This isn’t the first confirmation of future Nintendo films, though it is the most concrete. Days following the release of the Mario Movie, both Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination CEO Chris Meladandri were asked about the prospects for future Nintendo films, to which Miyamoto stated:

“There’s nothing I can really comment on at the moment. But we started with the fact that we have a shared vision of creation, so I think there’ll be opportunities in the future. Like Chris mentioned, there’s nothing we can share now. But I’m sure we will continue working on this partnership.”

It is exciting to see Nintendo being more bullish with their statements regarding the future of Nintendo IPs coming to the silver screen. All that said, considering the fact that The Super Mario Bros. Movie is well on its way to making $1 Billion, this is not at all surprising.

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