Super Mario movie

Toado... I have a feeling we're not in NYC any more - So. We are now in a post-Chris-Pratt-as-Mario world. A world in whic...

Finally, a confirmation of the title: The Super Mario Bros. In the Mario font and all! [We already knew that](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/illumination-website-reverts-super-mario-movie-release-date-back-to-spring-2023), but it's nice to see it in the Mario font, at least. The M on his hat is smaller, his eyes and face are rounder, his moustache is a lot smaller (more realistic, probably), his ears are smaller, his eyes are closer together, his fingers are REALLY LONG, and he's got a little pocket on the front of his dungarees. A red-shirted, denim-dungareed man gets catapulted out of a green pipe to the strains of BEE-BEE-BEE-BOO-BEE-BOO! Well, okay, one thing: In the poster, there were islands and blocks and pipes floating all over the place. The man is surrounded by weird stuff and the first thing he wants to do is touch the one blue mushroom? We'll get to the inhabitants in a minute, because for now, it's time for Kamek! So, okay, we've got a Mario who doesn't know about the Mushroom Kingdom. The trailer released today has provided everyone with a first look at Mario in The Super Mario Bros. There are a lot of ice kingdoms in Mario, but this one isn't immediately familiar to us. A world in which we know what Mario sounds like.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is the official title for the animated film adaptation of Nintendo's beloved video game franchise.

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TOKYO -- Nintendo released a trailer for its first movie on Friday, the latest step by the Japanese entertainment company to expand beyond its core ga.

It was initially scheduled for release during the 2022 year-end holiday season. "The Super Mario Bros. TOKYO -- Nintendo released a trailer for its first movie on Friday, the latest step by the Japanese entertainment company to expand beyond its core gaming business.

And it's very much a teaser, with most of its 145-second runtime given to Jack Black's Bowser/King Koopa sacking a penguin kingdom and stealing a star.

The combination of Nintendo, the Mario Bros. The Super Mario Bros. As promised, Nintendo dropped the first teaser for Universal and Illumination’s The Super Mario Bros. The biggest takeaway is that it’s visually gorgeous and (thus far) looks and feels more like a DreamWorks toon than an Illumination feature. The core hook is that it’s a big-budget (presumably over/under $80 million, as is usual for Illumination) Super Mario Bros. And yes, worst Chris/best Chris social media discourse aside, Pratt is a relative movie star (and television star, as The Kill List had much better ratings than Chris Pine’s I Am the Night) and an added value element for a movie like this.

We've gotten the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and heard Chris Pratt's new take on the iconic plumber's voice.

[Hellraiser - Official TrailerIn “Hellraiser,” a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.](/videos/hellraiser-official-trailer) [Hocus Pocus 2 - Official Teaser TrailerCheck out the teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.It's been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. It'll be a while until we see this all-star cast take their best shot at Nintendo's iconic characters, as Illumination and Nintendo [delayed the movie to April 2023](/articles/super-mario-bros-chris-pratt-illumination-delayed). [Nintendo Direct](/articles/super-mario-movie-nintendo-announces-a-direct-for-the-first-trailer-and-reveals-a-very-detailed-poster) (and [New York Comic-Con panel](/articles/mario-movie-first-trailer-will-be-shown-at-new-york-comic-con)) today, the trailer begins with a look at a floating Bowser island making its way to a penguin kingdom, before Kamek introduces Jack Black's Bowser. The film would resurface again during the [September 2021 Nintendo Direct](/articles/nintendo-direct-september-2021-how-to-watch-announcements), where Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto announced the film's cast. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. The trailer ends with a quick shot of Luigi getting chased by a group of Dry Bones.

Watch the trailer for the "Super Mario Bros" movie.

The “Mario” theme song twinkles in the background as he awakens to find Toad. The “Mario” movie was announced in September 2021 with an original December 2022 release date, but the film has since been delayed to April 27, 2023. Toad leads Mario through the valley of gigantic mushrooms, with Princess Peach’s castle looming in the distance. He burns down the icy castle and takes control of a “Mario” star power-up. In a new scene, Mario flies through a green pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom, where he bounces off huge, red mushrooms until he flops on the ground. Bowser’s army of Koopa Troopas, led by Kamek the Magikoopa, face off against the ice kingdom’s legions of blue penguins, seen in the “Mario” games.

In this week's newsletter: the instant fury to Pratt's inauthentic portrayal of a fictional Italian plumber shows it just isn't possible to please fans.

[Halo TV show](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/24/halo-review-hit-sci-fi-game-tv-series). Movie history and declare it a tax writeoff [like you did with Batgirl](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/06/the-batgirl-youll-never-see-why-some-films-disappear-for-ever). Cancel the Today these adaptations need to be as unfailingly loyal as possible, with even the slightest hint of innovation prompting enraged pile-ons from the fanboys. Remove all your video game movies from the upcoming slate. Video game adaptations have long been the third rail – Certainly the Mario trailer gave off that sensation. There are endless list pieces devoted to cataloguing the many bad ones, and essays speculating on why it is so hard to make a good one. On that occasion, instead of how he sounded, the outrage was over Seriously, is all this worth the hassle? For most of the trailer’s two-and-a-bit minute run time, fans were happy enough: there was some cutesy CGI, familiar characters were present and correct, there was some gentle PG-rated attempts at humour. Movie, a first glimpse at the new big-screen rendering of Nintendo’s beloved leak-fixer.

From Illumination's rendition of the Mushroom Kingdom through to Jack Black's Bowser, Keegan Michael-Key's Toad, Charlie Day's Luigi and - of course - Chris ...

I'll preface this by saying that I don't care that much for the Mario movie. I'm not sure if he's trying to put on a bit of a New York accent, but whatever it is it's not working for me. This is why I showed the trailer to my wife saying, "Oh man, it looks just like Mario 3." I had pretty much forgotten this film was on the way, so the trailer was kind of a double gift for me. How this all translates into a full movie remains to be seen, of course, but whichever way Mario himself turns out, I'm cautiously optimistic about the whole endeavour. Isn't he just an avatar for the player to "wahoo!" "Oh, this doesn't look so bad," I thought when the trailer first began. Does this mean that this take on Nintendo's games is going to be an origin story for the brothers? I have a lot of questions, and I am looking forward to finding out more in the future. Leading with Jack Black's Bowser was a masterstroke, since a perfect alchemy seems to have been found between the School of Rock star and Mario's nemesis, while the Mushroom Kingdom looks simply incredible (and simply quite edible, really - Mario levels at their best look good enough to eat, as was the case here with what Illumination has done with Nintendo's world). So, Mario doesn't seem to know the Mushroom Kingdom in this film! From Illumination's rendition of the Mushroom Kingdom through to Jack Black's Bowser, Keegan Michael-Key's Toad, Charlie Day's Luigi and - of course - Chris Pratt's not-so-novel take on Mario, there's a lot to unpack.

Chris Pratt won't be doing an Italian accent, but other dub actors can.

I can believe that Italian Mario is actually excited to be here, which is the [most important metric](https://kotaku.com/jack-black-super-mario-bros-movie-trailer-comic-con-1849627863) for any Super Mario Bros. [offending Italians](https://kotaku.com/mario-movie-chris-pratt-nintendo-illumination-charles-m-1849090005)” in his leading role in the Super Mario Bros. In fact, his voiced performance in the official trailer [was so lackluster](https://kotaku.com/nintendo-direct-mario-movie-chris-pratt-trailer-accent-1848509515) that I can’t help but wonder: What if Mario had been more Italian?

Before Thursday's trailer, the scope of the film remained a mystery, and its confounding casting choices (Keegan-Michael Key as Toad?!) kept longtime fans ...

The Mario movie is an isekai, a Japanese genre of storytelling in which the protagonist is magically teleported from their home to another, unfamiliar environment. Princess Peach is the archetype of the damsel in distress. In the movie, will Mario be able to gain new chances at life by collecting coins? The most jarring aspect of the Mario film is hearing Mario speak intelligible, complete sentences. In the case of the Galaxy series, it was tied to Mario’s health. Martinet is still reportedly voicing characters in the film, in what Nintendo has described as a “surprise” role. In the origin story written by Nintendo, and conveyed in “Yoshi’s Island,” we never witness the birth and parentage of Mario and Luigi. Penguins in Mario games have been a recurring presence since 1996′s “Super Mario 64,” where a level named Cool, Cool Mountain introduced us to penguins who love to race by sliding down the mountain. This leads us to further questions about the scope of the Mushroom Kingdom. After 40 years, this remains the biggest question at the roots of the Mario bros’ history. Before Thursday’s trailer, the scope of the film remained a mystery, and its confounding casting choices (Keegan-Michael Key as Toad?!) kept longtime fans wondering: “Just what the heck kind of movie is this going to be?” In “Super Mario Odyssey,” there’s a shadow version of New York City called New Donk City.

By comparison, a new Italian dubbed trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie makes Chris Pratt's Brooklyn-Italian accent sound even worse.

[Guardians of the Galaxy](https://collider.com/tag/guardians-of-the-galaxy/) trilogy. The trailer does showcase the cartoonish vibrancy of the multiple Kingdoms within Mario and Luigi's world. You can watch both the original and Italian dubbed trailers below: Movie](https://collider.com/tag/super-mario-bros/) brings an entire beloved world to the big screen in 2023. According to [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/global/illuminations-chris-meledandri-discusses-super-mario-chris-pratt-streamers-cineeurope-1235298656/), Meledandri said, "I think we’re gonna be just fine. [the movie's first official announcement](https://collider.com/super-mario-bros-animated-film-cast-chris-pratt-anya-taylor-joy/) last year to see what direction Super Mario Bros.

Hi everyone, it's Austin pitching in this week from Boston. The world is freaking out about the new trailer for the upcoming Mario movie, but first…

The famous Italian plumber has attracted a huge A-list cast for his first-ever animated movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

It’s possible that he’s from the world that Mario and Luigi resided in before being transported to the Mushroom Kingdom. In probably the most expansive spin-off Nintendo's ever done, there are a ton of games in DK's own Donkey Kong Country games, where DK explores the jungles of his island with his family and even gets his very own reptilian arch-nemesis with King K. Donkey Kong has been with Mario since the very beginning of his career, and they've been friends and foes at various points. He even has some lieutenants that help him lead, like the sorcerer Kamek (Kevin Michael Richardson) who can be seen in the trailer, and even his own children the Koopalings, most notably Bowser Jr. For a guide to who is playing who in the first animated feature trip to the world of the Mushroom Kingdom, read below to find out who is invited to this "Mario Party". Peach very much has fit into the "damsel in distress" archetype for many years, but in the past years, she's made a lot of strides and has been fleshed out quite a bit as more than someone who is just in need of saving. Luigi even got his own spin-off series with the Luigi's Mansion games, where players got to control the famed brother as he fought his fears through a creepy house and became a certified ghostbuster. As many likely know, Mario was born in the arcades with Donkey Kong and then later with the beloved Super Mario Bros. The face of Nintendo Entertainment and arguably the face of video gaming as a whole, Mario has become one of the most recognized figures in pop culture history since he debuted all the way back in 1981 with the first Donkey Kong game. Set in an alternate dimension where humans evolved from dinosaurs, which has absolutely nothing to do with the original games, it remains to this day as one of the earliest and worst examples of video game-to-film adaptations. Universal Studios is particularly capitalizing on that potential with the production of Super Nintendo Land where fans can enter the Mushroom Kingdom and race alongside Mario and his friends. Since 1981, Mario has appeared in a whopping 200 games, making him one of the most prolific fictional characters of all time.