Nintendo has 💯confirmed that their belꦐoved Italian plumber will be returning to the big screen.
Remember the original Super Mario Bros. movie? Remember how bad it was? And how Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo had absolutely no chemistry and Mario and 🐬Luigi weren’t even b🦹rothers?
Well, Nintendo is doing it again, only🅠 this time it’ll be all done in CG.
Thursday that they’ll be partnering with Illuminat🐻ion Entertainment, the same guys behind the Despicable Me and Minions movies, to once again bring Mario to the big scre💜en. Only this tim🐼e he’ll retain his shape from Super Mario Odyssey. Hopefully.
Mario creator and Nintendo Representative Shigeru Miyamoto is listed as one producer, while Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri is liste❀d as the other.
There’s no release date yet and no word on who will play t𝄹he voice of Mario, although it really should remain Charles Martinet, the long-time Mario voice actor. ⭕Much like replacing Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter with some Hollywood schmuck, tossing Charles-Martinet for an equally schmucky Hollywood type would be a disastrous move.
The announcement confirms that Nin🃏tendo and Universal Studios were in talks to create a Mario movie. At the time there were very few details, but now that we know it’s going to be an all CG movie there’s reason to hope.
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The movie will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and distributed t෴heatrically worldwide by U♓niversal Pictures.
“With this project, Nintendo will pursue its goals of effectively leveraging its intellectual properties in mediums outside𒁏 of video games and of bringing smiles to people around the world,” said Nintendo in their state🐲ment.
“With this project, Illumination will continue to🌄 fulfill its mission of infusing joy ♓and discovery into every property, allowing worldwide audiences of all ages to connect with the beloved characters and story from one of the world's most popular franchises.”
Along with the new movie, Universal Pictures will be bringing a Ninten🌠do theme park to their Unive🍒rsal Studios amusement parks around the world. The first Nintendo Land park is set to open at Universal Studios Osaka in 2020.
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