After the poor reception of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, Nintendo was hesitant to license its properties for movies again. However, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto met Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri through their theme park partnership, and by 2016 they had begun discussing a Mario movie. In 2018, Nintendo announced it would work with Illumination and Universal to produce an animated Super Mario Bros. film, with production starting in 2020 and the cast revealed in 2021.
After the poor reception of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, Nintendo was hesitant to license its properties for movies again. However, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto met Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri through their theme park partnership, and by 2016 they had begun discussing a Mario movie. In 2018, Nintendo announced it would work with Illumination and Universal to produce an animated Super Mario Bros. film, with production starting in 2020 and the cast revealed in 2021.
After the poor reception of the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film, Nintendo was hesitant to license its properties for movies again. However, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto met Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri through their theme park partnership, and by 2016 they had begun discussing a Mario movie. In 2018, Nintendo announced it would work with Illumination and Universal to produce an animated Super Mario Bros. film, with production starting in 2020 and the cast revealed in 2021.
Bros. (1993), Nintendo became reluctant to license its intellectual properties for film adaptations. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto became interested in developing another film, and through Nintendo's work with Universal Parks & Resorts to create Super Nintendo World, he met with Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri. By 2016, the two were discussing a Mario film and, in January 2018, Nintendo announced that it would collaborate with Illumination and Universal to produce it. Production was underway by 2020, and the cast was announced in September 2021.