(Pocket-lint) – There’s a Mario movie coming down the pike and it’s looking rather good.
A teaser trailer has been released that shows Jack Black’s Bowser and that all the worries about Chris Pratt voicing Mario himself could be unfounded.
You can see that 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 theaters 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.
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!
Check out the voice cast for the upcoming movie below pic.twitter.com/Xj31P6hk6y
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 23, 2021
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 teaser trailer we can see a plumber Mario arriving in 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 finding them all.
We’ll have to wait to find out more.
Writing by Max Freeman-Mills. Editing by Britta O’Boyle.