Mario Movie

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is slated to premiere on April 5, 2023, starring Chris Pratt as Mario and Jack Black as Bowser.

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[Nintendo has admitted](https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/mario-s-film-folly-the-true-story-behind-hollywood-s-biggest-gaming-blunder.aspx) to having a hands-off approach to previous movie iterations of its intellectual property. While it’s not that implausible for these two to appear in this film — they frequently appear in Mario spinoff games — the Kongs’ appearance has fans speculating as to Nintendo’s intentions. The trailer follows the release of the movie’s first official poster, which has been heavily scrutinized by fans. The voice cast was unveiled last year by series creator Shigeru Miyamoto in a very matter-of-fact presentation, and internet denizens erupted in laughter and shock as soon as Pratt’s smoldering headshot appeared on screen. The film appears to show Mario’s first arrival to the Mushroom Kingdom, mirroring the “isekai” tradition of Japanese science fiction storytelling, where a stranger from another land magically teleports into another unfamiliar world for adventure. The trailer features Bowser — with an unsurprisingly spirited performance by Jack Black — attacking the nation of penguins, who famously appeared in the level Cool, Cool Mountain in “Super Mario 64.” In a fight that’s over in seconds, Bowser asks who could dare challenge him.

Nintendo's trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie is finally out in the world, and so is Chris Pratt's extremely normal-dude Mario voice.

[looks like a Disney princess](https://twitter.com/elliotduby/status/1577984447936241665). [Save $3](https://www.amazon.com/FUNLAB-Carrying-Compatible-Messenger-Accessories-Red/dp/B09D3L32W4/ref=sr_1_5?asc_campaign=InlineMobile&asc_refurl=https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-movie-mcdonalds-princess-peach-leak-1849627982&asc_source=&crid=WRPHA0TDQ4DG&imprToken=4ac1dc20-cd0e-e0e6-f63&keywords=funlab switch case&ots=1&qid=1665242137&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjI2IiwicXNhIjoiMy40MCIsInFzcCI6IjIuNzkifQ==&s=videogames&slotNum=0&sprefix=funlab switch cas,videogames,428&sr=1-5&tag=kinjakotakupromo-20&th=1) [shared it on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ConnorEatsPants/status/1577529389146841088), and fans descended to analyze the art. It showed the Mushroom Kingdom, a bunch of Toads, and most importantly, Mario, but only his backside. [extremely normal-dude Mario voice](https://kotaku.com/nintendo-direct-mario-movie-chris-pratt-trailer-accent-1848509515). The first look didn’t explain why everyone’s favorite Italian plumber lost his ass, but it does appear to confirm the recent leak of a Mario movie calendar by an alleged McDonald’s employee on the ConnorEatsPans Discord.

The Mario movie with Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, and Anya Taylor-Joy opens on April 7, 2023.

Still, the team behind the movie have been consistently promising that Pratt’s Mario voice would not only be good, but that Nintendo and Illumination have just released the first trailer for the movie, giving us all a chance to not only hear Pratt’s Mario but to see what the studio behind the [Minions](https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/minions-the-rise-of-gru-2022) movies can do with the mushroom kingdom. [Chris Pratt was first announced as the voice of Mario](https://www.avclub.com/mamma-mia-why-the-fuck-is-chris-pratt-playing-mario-1847734995) in Illumination’s Super Mario Bros.

Watch the trailer for the "Super Mario Bros" movie.

The “Mario” theme song twinkles in the background as he awakens to find Toad. The “Mario” movie was announced in September 2021 with an original December 2022 release date, but the film has since been delayed to April 27, 2023. Toad leads Mario through the valley of gigantic mushrooms, with Princess Peach’s castle looming in the distance. He burns down the icy castle and takes control of a “Mario” star power-up. In a new scene, Mario flies through a green pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom, where he bounces off huge, red mushrooms until he flops on the ground. Bowser’s army of Koopa Troopas, led by Kamek the Magikoopa, face off against the ice kingdom’s legions of blue penguins, seen in the “Mario” games.

Chris Pratt may soon show us the power of one of those 'sucked into another world' anime.

While all evidence points to the Super Mario Bros. [One Twitter account](https://twitter.com/IronPineapple_/status/1578116881835229186) posited that since we’re hearing Chris Pratt’s normal Minnesotan accent, that Pratt himself is somehow turned into Mario, a la Jumanji rules, and now we’re following his adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom in the movie. Hopefully Peach isn’t too preoccupied with being kidnapped in the movie and manages to girlboss her way out of another castle to join Mario in kicking Bowser’s ass. on the Nintendo Entertainment System first whisked him away to the Mushroom Kingdom. movie](https://kotaku.com/nintendo-direct-mario-movie-chris-pratt-trailer-accent-1848509515), of course. You’ve got an entourage of evil minions, pun not intended, in Bowser’s legion of Koopas, and a comically evil lair made in his own image. Upon arriving in the new world, which is commonly a fantasy setting, the main character is thrust into becoming a hero who, under the guidance of a trusty crew of allies, i.e., Toad, must cleanse the world from its imposing and evil overseer: enter Jack Bowser. His dope-as-hell villain entrance was chock full of the ingredients that make for an isekai villain. Hollywood films like Space Jam, Back to the Future, and even the 1993 Super Mario Bros. trailer places the film in that genre. The usual structure of an isekai story revolves around its main character, in this case, Mario, being suddenly teleported into a new world. [the first official trailer for the Super Mario Bros.

From Illumination's rendition of the Mushroom Kingdom through to Jack Black's Bowser, Keegan Michael-Key's Toad, Charlie Day's Luigi and - of course - Chris ...

I'll preface this by saying that I don't care that much for the Mario movie. I'm not sure if he's trying to put on a bit of a New York accent, but whatever it is it's not working for me. This is why I showed the trailer to my wife saying, "Oh man, it looks just like Mario 3." I had pretty much forgotten this film was on the way, so the trailer was kind of a double gift for me. How this all translates into a full movie remains to be seen, of course, but whichever way Mario himself turns out, I'm cautiously optimistic about the whole endeavour. Isn't he just an avatar for the player to "wahoo!" "Oh, this doesn't look so bad," I thought when the trailer first began. Does this mean that this take on Nintendo's games is going to be an origin story for the brothers? I have a lot of questions, and I am looking forward to finding out more in the future. Leading with Jack Black's Bowser was a masterstroke, since a perfect alchemy seems to have been found between the School of Rock star and Mario's nemesis, while the Mushroom Kingdom looks simply incredible (and simply quite edible, really - Mario levels at their best look good enough to eat, as was the case here with what Illumination has done with Nintendo's world). So, Mario doesn't seem to know the Mushroom Kingdom in this film! From Illumination's rendition of the Mushroom Kingdom through to Jack Black's Bowser, Keegan Michael-Key's Toad, Charlie Day's Luigi and - of course - Chris Pratt's not-so-novel take on Mario, there's a lot to unpack.

McDonald's has seemingly leaked how Princess Peach will look in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

[the French-dubbed version of the new trailer](/articles/mario-trailer-french-dub-is-much-closer-to-charles-martinet) for The Super Mario Bros. [who else has been cast in The Super Mario Bros. For one thing, we’ve also seen Jack Black’s Bowser who notably sounds different from Jack Black’s usual speaking voice - something we heard more of at New York Comic-Con, where Jack Black [showed off more of his performance](/articles/super-mario-bros-movie-jack-black-bowser-voice). [will be voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy](/articles/chris-pratt-nintendo-direct-super-mario-bros-movie-cast-illumination-entertainment) in the upcoming movie and was notably absent during [The Super Mario Bros. [has already come under criticism](/articles/the-internet-reacts-to-chris-pratts-mario-voice) for essentially being just his own voice… Movie’s first official trailer](/articles/super-mario-bros-trailer-chris-pratt-mario-voice-finally-revealed) which was released yesterday.

After the movie comes out, I might take it Broadway,” says the Bowser voice actor…

“Bowser is kind of like a heavy metal rockstar, a big, strong and scary rockstar. And I did a little bit of rocking. “After the movie comes out, I might take it Broadway.” [first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. “After the movie comes out, I might take it Broadway,” says the Bowser voice actor The upcoming Super Mario Bros.