The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
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This is a list of productions produced by Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment), an American film and animation studio based in Santa Monica, California, United States. This includes feature films, television specials, shorts, and digital series.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film based on Nintendo 's Mario video game franchise. Produced by Universal Pictures, Illumination, and Nintendo, and distributed by Universal, it was directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel.
- Matthew Fogel
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Italian-American brothers Mario and Luigi have recently opened a plumbing business in Brooklyn, to the derision of their ex-employer Spike and the disapproval of their father. After seeing a significant water main leak on the news, Mario and Luigi go underground to fix it but are sucked into a Warp Pipeand separated. Mario lands in the Mushroom Kin...
Chris Pratt as MarioAnya Taylor-Joy as Princess PeachCharlie Day as LuigiJack Black as BowserDevelopment
After the critical and commercial failure of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film adaptation, Japanese video game company Nintendo became wary of licensing its properties for film adaptations. According to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the idea for a new Mario film came from bringing their older games to the Virtual Console and other services; such transitions took time for the company, and Miyamoto recognized that "our content business would be able to develop even further if we were able to co...
Casting
In February 2021, Mario voice actor Charles Martinet said the possibility of reprising his role in the film would be a "marvelous thing" and that if he were asked to voice Mario, "I'll go in and play with great joy and happiness." In August 2021, Sebastian Maniscalco revealed he was voicing Spike, Mario and Luigi's boss from the game Wrecking Crew(1985). During a September 2021 Nintendo Direct presentation, Shigeru Miyamoto announced that Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black,...
Animation
The film is animated by Illumination Studios Paris, which has animated many of Illumination's previous films, in Paris, France.Production was underway by September 2020.
The film was released in the United States on April 5, 2023, by Universal Pictures, and will be available to stream on Peacock 45 days afterwards.It was previously set for a release on December 21, 2022 and April 7, 2023.
In May 2021, Furukawa said that Nintendo was interested in producing more animated films based on its IP if the Mario film is successful. The following November, reports emerged that Illumination was developing a Donkey Kong spin-off film, with Rogen set to reprise his role.In February 2022, Charlie Day expressed interest in doing a Luigi's Mansion...
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From Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru), the film stars Chris Pratt as Mario ...
Mar 2, 2023 · The Super Mario Bros Movie: Release Date, Cast And Other Things We Know About The Nintendo-Illumination Animated Film. Features. By Philip Sledge. last updated 2 March 2023. It’s-A Me, Mario!...
- Philip Sledge
The 2023 release of Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie has joined the studio library, now comprising three of the top 10 animated films of all time.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie From Illumination and Nintendo comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The film was released in North America on April 7, 2023 and in Japan on April 28, 2023.
