Overview
- Sony Pictures confirms the Nintendo co-produced film will stream on Netflix following theatrical and home-entertainment windows.
- The movie is slated to open in theaters on May 7, 2027 after a previously planned March date.
- The agreement spans SPE’s slate, naming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, The Nightingale, Buds, and Sam Mendes’ Beatles project among early titles.
- Reporting indicates an interim period for physical and digital purchase before the Netflix subscription window.
- GameSpot reports production is underway in New Zealand with director Wes Ball, producers Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, writer Derek Connolly, and leads Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Bo Bragason.