The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Trailer, cast, release date and more
There's a Mario movie coming down the pike and it's looking rather good.
Two trailers have been released featuring gorgeous visuals, as well as reassuring fans that their worries about Chris Pratt voicing Mario himself could be unfounded.
You can see these below, and find out everything we know about the film so far.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie release date
We have a firm release date for the Mario movie. After an initial delay, it has now been confirmed by Nintendo that it will hit US theatres on 7 April 2023.
This is Miyamoto. After consulting with Chris-san, my partner at Illumination on the Super Mario Bros. film, we decided to move the global release to Spring 2023–April 28 in Japan and April 7 in North America. My deepest apologies but I promise it will be well worth the wait.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 26, 2022
The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailers
The first teaser trailer premiered online on 6 October 2022 as part of a dedicated Nintendo Direct presentation. You can see it below.
Right at the end of 2022, we got another longer look at the movie in the form of a full trailer that we've embedded below.
It gives a way more detailed look at the world Mario will move through, including our first encounters with Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, and Charlie Day's Luigi.
We also see a bit of Donkey Kong as he pummels Mario, and it would seem that the enormously popular karting spin-off Mario Kart is also getting a look-in.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie cast
Nintendo got plenty of attention for its cast announcements around the movie in 2021, with a host of voice actors confirmed for the film.
The Super Mario Bros. Animated Film movie is heading to theaters in North America on 12/21/22!
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 23, 2021
Check out the voice cast for the upcoming movie below pic.twitter.com/Xj31P6hk6y
The most attention went to the central casting of Chris Pratt as Mario, which attracted some criticism due to how many movies the leading man has been in. However, after the teaser trailer aired, many fans started to accept that he could be a decent fit after all.
Other fun bits of casting include Jack Black as an irrepressible Bowser and megastar Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach. You can find the full list of confirmed cast members below:
- Chris Pratt as Mario
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
- Charlie Day as Luigi
- Jack Black will be playing 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
The Super Mario Bros. Movie story
The plot for the film is a little up in the air still. In the trailers so far released we can see a plumber Mario arriving in the Mushroom Kingdom for what seems to be the first time.
We also see Bowser collecting a Super Star, so it might be a race to prevent him from finding them all.
From the longer trailer, it looks like Mario will in typical fashion be helping the kingdom to unite against Bowser, although Princess Peach seems to be much less of a damsel in distress this time around.
Instead, she has an active role to play, as do side characters like Luigi and Donkey Kong.
It also looks like we'll get at least one part that nods clearly at Mario's side-scrolling platforming days, along with a moment where he uses the Tanooki Suit and Fire Flowers.
With a section of the full trailer featuring a host of Mario Kart rides in action on Rainbow Road, we wonder if this is a glimpse at the movie's final act.
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