The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Universal/Illumination | April 5, 2023 | Chris Pratt is Mario, Charlie Day is Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy is Peach | Reviews are in. It's-a bad!

[robertman2]

Nintendo expects the movie to be ready for 2020

[YM!]

2 minutes ago, RobrtmanAStarWarsReference said:

Nintendo expects the movie to be ready for 2020

So I’m guessing either Minions 2 or Sing 2 moves or it’s that 2021 spot.

[robertman2]

2 hours ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

So I’m guessing either Minions 2 or Sing 2 moves or it’s that 2021 spot.

I feel like it's the 2021 spot.

[robertman2]

It's official!

 

Nintendo and Illumination are partnering on a movie starring Mario, co-produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri! pic.twitter.com/wVRPLIzcGJ

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 1, 2018

[Morieris]

I was going to clown on them for that weird image but that's just the embedding.

 

No way it will be as awkward as the 90's film.

[NoobSaibot]

I'm interested in this, but I'm not fond of Illumination as an animation company. Their quality is really watered down compared to the likes of Dreamworks and Pixar. They have a very generic style that isn't easily identifiable for me. Hopefully Mario's appearance won't be affected by that, but I suspect he will.

[marveldcfox]

Mario has become a generic product. Perfect company handling this. Illumination knows how to make big box office hits consistently. 

[MovieMan89]

Cautiously excited for this, though it is going to be a challenge finding the right voice actor and way to make Mario talk, even in animation. Obviously he can't talk like a one note caricature like he does in the games, but giving him just a "normal" voice might also be kind of odd. 

[NoobSaibot]

13 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

Cautiously excited for this, though it is going to be a challenge finding the right voice actor and way to make Mario talk, even in animation. Obviously he can't talk like a one note caricature like he does in the games, but giving him just a "normal" voice might also be kind of odd. 

I would say to just have Charles Martinet do it since he's been voicing the character for 28 years. But Mario's never spoken long term in games and has been restricted to small catch phrases, so I am not sure if he'd be able to do it for that long without sounding over-the-top.

Edited February 1, 2018 by NoobSaibot

[Morieris]

At least the tie-in video game won't suck.

[eXtacy]

This has no chance of being good simply due to the fact Nintendo is so protective of their properties they definitely won't allow anything interesting to happen in the movie. It will be just so vanilla family friendly snore fest incoming.

[MrGlass2]

7 hours ago, eXtacy said:

This has no chance of being good simply due to the fact Nintendo is so protective of their properties they definitely won't allow anything interesting to happen in the movie.

[SLAM!]

8 hours ago, eXtacy said:

This has no chance of being good simply due to the fact Nintendo is so protective of their properties they definitely won't allow anything interesting to happen in the movie. It will be just so vanilla family friendly snore fest incoming.

 

Then again. Shiver Miyamoto himself is a producer; if the filmmakers want to do something interesting, they can approach him directly to get approval. And Miyamoto isn't afraid of doing interesting things as a game developer. So things may just turn out okay with him as a producer, because I'd be hardpressed to find anyone on Earth that knows Mario better than him.

[AniNate]

I wouldn't say the Mario franchise allows for much in the way of dramatic character arcs anyway. Fun and spectacle is what it's known for; as is Illumination.

[The Panda]

An animated Mario movie is a great idea!

 

An illumination Mario movie? NO NO NO NO!

 

I want my Nintendo cinematic universe!

[YM!]

7 minutes ago, New Year New Panda said:

An animated Mario movie is a great idea!

 

An illumination Mario movie? NO NO NO NO!

 

I want my Nintendo cinematic universe!

It could be worse. It could be from Paramount or Sony Animation.

[The Panda]

33 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

It could be worse. It could be from Paramount or Sony Animation.

Disney should buy out Nintendo.  That way we can have a true NCU!

[Eric Atreides]

On 2/1/2018 at 2:14 AM, MovieMan89 said:

Cautiously excited for this, though it is going to be a challenge finding the right voice actor and way to make Mario talk, even in animation. Obviously he can't talk like a one note caricature like he does in the games, but giving him just a "normal" voice might also be kind of odd. 

Can't they just get Charles Martinet to voice him? I mean, who else could voice Mario?

[MovieMan89]

1 hour ago, CoolEric258 said:

Can't they just get Charles Martinet to voice him? I mean, who else could voice Mario?

No, that's what I mean. That would sound completely ridiculous if he were to speak full lines of dialouge like that. 

[aabattery]

1 hour ago, CoolEric258 said:

Can't they just get Charles Martinet to voice him? I mean, who else could voice Mario?

 

Danny DeVito.