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Super Mario Bros animated movie from Illumination

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Mario and Luigi are heading to the big screen in one of the highest-profile licensing deals by a Hollywood studio in years.

Illumination Entertainment, which makes animated films for Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures, is close to an agreement with Nintendo Co. to make an animated “Super Mario Bros.” movie based on the 32-year-old videogame series about a pair of sibling plumbers who fight evil turtles and mushrooms in a fantasy kingdom, said people with knowledge of the discussions.

Nintendo’s marquee characters have long been tempting to Hollywood, particularly now that the movie business is driven by globally popular franchise films featuring well known brands like Marvel superheroes, “Fast and Furious” and Harry Potter. The dozens of Super Mario Brothers games and their spin-offs are widely believed to be the best-selling videogame franchise ever, having sold more than 330 million units total, according to Nintendo.

Other Hollywood studios have sought the Super Mario Brothers rights in the past, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Illumination, which made “Despicable Me,” “Minions” and “The Secret Life of Pets,” has been talking to Nintendo for more than a year about the movie, according to the people who know about the recent talks. The potential deal follows an agreement Universal’s theme-parks unit made with Nintendo two years ago to build attractions based on Mario and other characters.

A Nintendo spokesman declined to comment, as did an Illumination spokeswoman.

Universal finances and releases films produced by Illumination, which it co-owns with the animation company’s chief executive, Chris Meledandri.

Nintendo hasn’t made deals for movies or TV shows based on any of its marquee characters since 1993’s commercially and critically disastrous “Super Mario Brothers” starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. Since then, its only cinematic efforts have been 20 inexpensive children’s animated movies based on its “Pokémon” games that were produced by an affiliate.

The most complicated issue in the negotiations between Illumination and Nintendo has been making the Japanese videogame company feel confident it will be involved enough in the creative process, said one person close to the talks. Nintendo’s creative guru, Shigeru Miyamoto, who created Mario Bros., has been part of the talks and likely will be a producer on the movie, along with Mr. Meledandri, this person said.

The agreement could allow Illumination to make multiple “Super Mario” movies, though only one is currently planned, this person added. It would be animated by Illumination’s Paris studio Mac Guff and is in the early stages of development, meaning it likely wouldn’t come out for several years.

Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima said in an interview last year with Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun that the company was in talks with several Hollywood studios about making movies based on its games. In an April analyst briefing, Mr. Kimishima said the company is making theme-park and movie deals less for the potential profits from licensing than for the additional sales revenue that could come from “synergy with the dedicated videogame business.”

Videogame movies have had a relatively poor record at the box office. Last year’s “Warcraft” was a flop in the U.S., though it did well in China, and other disappointments have included adaptations of “Doom,” “Need for Speed,” “Prince of “Persia” and “Assassin’s Creed.”

Nonetheless, they remain attractive to Hollywood. Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. in March will release a reboot of “Tomb Raider,” after a pair of films in the early 2000s based on the games about an explorer and action hero had mixed results. An “Angry Birds” animated movie last year performed decently and a sequel is scheduled for 2019.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/mar...ion-1510675881

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Originally Posted by NinjaPug (Post 1728586)

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/mar...ion-1510675881

While my childhood self is excited at this prospect, my adult self is horrified to read that the animation studio involved is Illumination.

I despise every film by them that I've seen. This does not fill me with confidence.

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy (Post 1728588)

Those are my exact thoughts. I hate Illumination.

I enjoyed despicable Me 1 & 2, and they do make cute characters and good animation. So I'm positive about this, it shouldn't be too hard making a better movie then the live-action movie

Am I the only one who finds the 1993 SMB film a guilty pleasure?

https://channelawesome.com/forums/at...rtha-jpg.2470/

That movie and the '94 Street Fighter flick are enjoyably bad '90s cheese. Such good actors reciting such ill-conceived material.

Yes! Illumination is a good fit for Mario. It's gonna be super colorful and fast moving.

how can anyone not like despicable me?

this is a perfect fit. if the humor and action is anything like the luigi's mansion games.....could finally be good.

I don't particularly like their movies but at least I think they'll be able to re-create Mario well. I'm worried about the story though, I can't think of a story that could work, Mario is not a character that talks a lot. I hope it's a fun movie, there's potential but I think it'll be difficult.

I mean the Super Mario Bros cartoon worked fine with Mario talking a lot, so they can do it too.

Calling it now: The mustachioed mound of machismo who will voice Mario will be Nick Offerman.

A Charles Martinet style voice is not going to work for a full length movie, I love his voice but yeah can't see it. I'd rather have a voice more in the style of the original cartoon. I hope they go full wacky with the plot and show how weird the Mushroom Kingdom is and Bowser is not really "evil" like in the RPG games, he's just the antagonist. Make a fun story.

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Originally Posted by Jester (Post 1728631)

Calling it now: The mustachioed mound of machismo who will voice Mario will be Nick Offerman.

Oh, I wish! That would be amazing.

In the meantime, I'm going to predict Yoshis getting the Minion treatment...

Will Mario and Luigi be father and son in this?

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Originally Posted by Utrommaniac (Post 1728637)

Oh, I wish! That would be amazing.

In the meantime, I'm going to predict Yoshis getting the Minion treatment...

Yoshis or Toads....

Does that mean those stupid annoying not funny Minions are gonna show up in the mushroom kingdom?

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz (Post 1728707)

Does that mean those stupid annoying not funny Minions are gonna show up in the mushroom kingdom?

No. Don't be stupid. Are you people forgetting they do movies outside of Minions and Despicable Me?

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Originally Posted by sdp (Post 1728633)

:tlol:

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Originally Posted by Cure (Post 1728710)

No. Don't be stupid. Are you people forgetting they do movies outside of Minions and Despicable Me?

True, but even The Lorax had Minion-analogues.

If Despicable Me is any indication, than this studio is more than fitting for the job.

And as for old SMB movie - it's some kind weird cyberpunk'ish crazy stuff. Atmospheric, but stupid.

Emmm... Not sure how to feel about this..

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Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel (Post 1728596)

No, I think it's great:lol::P

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Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel (Post 1728596)

Am I the only one who finds the 1993 SMB film a guilty pleasure?

https://channelawesome.com/forums/at...rtha-jpg.2470/

Shirtless Luigi is a gem.

https://imgur.com/Fcw7PF7.jpg

Illumination is the perfect fit for a Super Mario Bros animated movie, there style of humor would fit very well for it, considering how crazy and wacky the Super Mario Bros series can get.

And somehow Illumination was able to convince Nintendo to let them make an animated feature film, I have a feeling they presented them with some sort of test footage from it, and then Nintendo approved it.

I can't wait to see who they will cast as the voices for Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Bowser Jr, and the Koopalings.

I mean it will be hard to top Captain Lou Albano as Mario

I still remember when Nintendo was in "talks" with Sony about making an animated Mario movie. I'm not gonna get excited until we get an official announcement.

If this movie happens, Charles Martinet NEEDS to voice Mario and Luigi. Even if you don't think the official voices would work in an hour long movie, many people forget/don't know that Mr. Martinet is a Shakespearean trained actor. I'm positive that he could alter the voice enough so it's still distinctly Mario and Luigi, but less obnoxious.

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Originally Posted by TMNT_Guy (Post 1729006)

If this movie happens, Charles Martinet NEEDS to voice Mario and Luigi. Even if you don't think the official voices would work in an hour long movie, many people forget/don't know that Mr. Martinet is a Shakespearean trained actor. I'm positive that he could alter the voice enough so it's still distinctly Mario and Luigi, but less obnoxious.

Sadly I think they'll just get some voice actor popular with the kids. Take Blue Sky's Ferdinand for instance. Ferdinand is voiced by John Cena. John ****ing Cena. We can hope for the best though.

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Originally Posted by Cure (Post 1743068)

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/31/1...nation-minions

It's official. I'm happyyyyyyyyy.

Yeah and Shigeru Miyamoto is going to produce it too.

I just hope they don't get Charles Martinet. His voice is the ****ing worst.

I don't have much to say other then that I hope it's fun, entertaining and faithful to the games. Hopefully with Miyamoto involved we won't have yet another in name only movie adaptation...though considering Illumination's adaptation of The Lorax I can't help but feel concerned. Hopefully we get Charles Martinet instead of some random "big name stars" that sound nothing like the Mario Bros.

I've wished for an animated Mario movie as far back as I can remember, the closest we ever got were the intros for the Mario Tennis and Golf Series, now I just have to wait to find out whether this wish will be a dream come true...or a wish straight out of "The Monkey's Paw".

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Originally Posted by Cure (Post 1743068)

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/31/1...nation-minions

It's official. I'm happyyyyyyyyy.

I'm glad this ended up being legit. I got a little worried when I saw the reporter from the WSJ that stated this was in the works was the same one that incorrectly reported Netflix was working on a live-action Zelda series a couple years ago.

It is nice that we are finally getting animated movies based on classic Nintendo characters. I hope it is good, makes money, and opens up the gate for other video game properties.

The voice casting for the movie has officially been announced, and its quite the cast.
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/s...tt-1235072946/

Charles Martinet should have been voicing Mario.

Chris Pratt as Mario
Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach
Charlie Day as Luigi
Jack Black as Bowser
Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike
Surprise cameos from Charles Martinet

trash voice cast, I didn't want Charles Martineti voicing Mario for an entire movie that would be too annoying and I consider him the best Mario voice we'll ever get. I wanted an actual talented VA in the movie and not celebrities.

Interested to see Cranky Kong & Foreman Spike in the movie though, I'm guessing the movie will be a celebration of Mario's history. It'll be comedy oriented of course, but I mean it's Mario, I wasn't expecting a big epic either as long as there's a plot and it's not just comedy.

Kevin Michael Richardson is voicing this guy.

https://play.nintendo.com/images/Mas...c.9afde10b.png

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Originally Posted by TigerClaw (Post 1906677)

Jack Black as Bowser

Clearly that is miscasting, Bowser can't charm the ladies no matter how hard he tries, which isn't a problem for Jack Black.

Sorry not sorry. I do wish against all hope that Bowser will sing that to Peach in the movie, no matter how unlikely it is.

Miyamoto is a little too excited for this, it's most likely going to be a subpar movie.

Honestly Chris Pratt will do an alright Mario if he tries to change his voice a bit and doesn't half ass it. I just hate celebrities voicing characters in animated movies. Jack Black as Bowser means he'll only be used for gags and he'll have a horrible voice. We'll have to wait and see if his take on Bowser will be worse than the ridiculous voice he was given in Sunshine

There's a reason Bowser has only made grunts since then.

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Originally Posted by neatoman (Post 1906683)

Jack Black can sing, So what if he did a song for the movie?

I feel sorry for real voice actors losing work because of celebs and producers.