A sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie is greater than a 12 months away, however there’s already a reputation being floated for Wario: The Last of Us Season 1 star and Ron Swanson himself, Nick Offerman.
Speaking to IGN on the crimson carpet forward of The Last of Us Season 2 premeire, showrunner Craig Mazin floated Offerman’s identify as a possible Mario antagonist.
HBO’s The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin thinks Wario is misunderstood – and that Nick Offerman ought to voice Wario within the subsequent Mario film pic.twitter.com/Idui04BOtB
— IGN (@IGN) March 26, 2025
“Nick Offerman would really do a extremely good job I feel,” Mazin mentioned. “Just to carry some gravitas. Because I really like Wario and I feel he is misunderstood.”
Mazin beforehand mentioned that Wario was his favourite character in Mario Kart. “I would like folks to grasp Wario is the way in which he’s for causes,” Mazin continued. “He’s Wario! He’s-a gonna win!”
Offerman is maybe finest recognized for his seven-season run as Ron Swanson on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. He gained an Emmy for his visitor position enjoying Bill within the first season of The Last of Us.
A sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie is ready to be launched subsequent 12 months. In October, Toad voice actor Keegan-Michael Key teased that the follow-up movie will function some Nintendo characters which are “actually deep cuts.”
The record-breaking The Super Mario Bros. Movie incorporates a lengthy checklist of Nintendo characters, however nonetheless some have been left on the desk. In an interview with Men’s Journal, Key mentioned the sequel will embrace characters that weren’t within the first movie, a few of which ought to please essentially the most hardcore of Nintendo followers.
“I really feel like what they’ve achieved creatively is that they’ve actually widened out the universe that these characters dwell in and we will meet some new people,” Key mentioned.
“We’re going to satisfy some new people which are outdated favorites and a few people that I feel are actually deep cuts, however due to the way in which the story’s laying itself out proper now, these characters are going to be very intriguing.”
But who? Nintendo followers have speculated about all types of characters who’d match the “deep minimize” invoice, starting from extra well-known picks similar to Bowser Jr and Rosalina to Tatanga and Toadette. For now, we don’t know who precisely to anticipate, however Key did say the second film is “slightly broader in scope, and the place it takes place could be very intriguing lore and the Mario world.”
Nintendo and Illumination introduced the following Super Mario Bros. Movie final 12 months with a launch date of April 3, 2026. While not a lot was revealed, it was confirmed that The Super Mario Bros. Movie administrators Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will return.
Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned on the time: “We’ll let you understand the main points as soon as we’re able to share extra. This time too, the workers at Illumination and Nintendo are working collectively. We’re desirous about broadening Mario’s world additional, and it will have a vivid and enjoyable story. We hope you may sit up for it!”
Before the sequel was confirmed, Bowser voice actor Jack Black, who’s set to star in A Minecraft Movie as Steve, mentioned he’d like to indicate off extra of his vocal chops in any comply with up, as he had pitched the concept of a musical titled Bowser’s Revenge. “I feel it needs to be a full musical, like what Todd Phillips is supposedly doing with Joker 2,” he mentioned.
Bowser’s romantic ode to Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie grew to become an prompt hit, touchdown a spot on the Billboard Hot 100, however Black was initially hesitant about singing within the movie. He instructed IGN that he tries “to not do too many crossovers” the place his characters sing, however he could not move up a love track.
The Last of Us Season 2, in the meantime, debuts April 13, 2025.
Michael Peyton is the Director of Events and Partnerships at IGN, the place he leads protection for tentpole occasions together with San Diego Comic Con, gamescom, and IGN Fan Fest. He’s spent over 15 years working within the leisure trade, and his crimson carpet adventures have taken him in every single place from the Oscars to Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Follow him on socials @MichaelPeyton
