Final yr noticed Nintendo announce their partnership with Illumination to adapt Tremendous Mario Bros. into an animated film, and although the movie was set to come back out across the holidays this yr, it appears to be like just like the film has been pushed again.
As per their official announcement, Nintendo has revealed that they are going to be delaying the Tremendous Mario Bros. movie to April 2023. Right here’s the publish:
Initially, the film was set to come back out this December, however because of causes undisclosed, Nintendo has opted to delay the discharge of the movie. Whereas I don’t really want an official motive for the delay, I identical to to suppose that the animators who’re engaged on the film are given extra time to truly end the venture. Crunch tradition shouldn’t be the SOP because it was for a few years.
With SEGA managing to search out enormous success with the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, you may guess that Nintendo desires in on that online game mascot film market. Whereas Mario is a beloved pop-culture determine, admittedly he doesn’t have the identical expanded lore that Sonic has that managed to assist maintain the franchise afloat.
I don’t know the place they might strategy this movie storywise, however it could be nice in the event that they managed to cowl Mario’s origin with Donkey Kong in addition to his most important story of attempting to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser’s fortress.
Moreover Illumination’s rep, the movie has managed to nab an all-star solid which incorporates the likes of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Charlie Day, Jack Black, and Seth Rogen. They even have unique Mario voice Charles Martinet within the movie, however with Pratt enjoying Mario, it’s curious who he’s going to play.
Tremendous Mario Bros. is ready to come back to theaters on April 7, 2023.