They’ll drain everything but your bank account!; the highly anticipated Nintendo and Illumination animated comedy, starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, and Seth Rogen, finally comes to theaters in April.
Illumination Entertainment and Nintendo of America just dropped a 30-second commercial for Super Mario Bros. Plumbing, along with a gazillion character posters, for the long-awaited 3DCG animated feature, The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Based on the hit game franchise Super Mario Bros., the highly anticipated movie (first announced in 2018!), starring Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy, finally makes its way to theaters April 7.
They’ll drain everything but your bank account!
Joining Pratt (Mario) and Taylor-Joy (Princess Peach) is the a-list voice cast including Charlie Day as Luigi; Jack Black as Bowser; Keegan-Michael Key as Toad; Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong; Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong; Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek; and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.
Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) direct from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru).
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. The film is co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and is being released worldwide by Universal Pictures.
Source: NBCUniversal
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
