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'''''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''''' is an upcoming computer-animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelanic (in the latter's directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Matthew Fogel and produced by Chris Meledandri through Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto through Nintendo, being a co-production between Illumination, Nintendo and Universal Pictures, the film will be distributed by Universal Pictures and will be released in April 7, 2023 in North America and April 28, 2023 in Japan.
 
== Characters ==
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* [[Charlie Day]] as [[Luigi]]
* [[Jack Black]] as [[Bowser]]
* [[Keegan-Michael Key]] as [[Toad (character)|Toad]]
* [[Seth Rogen]] as [[Donkey Kong (character)|Donkey Kong]]
* [[Fred Armisen]] as [[Cranky Kong]]
* [[Sebastian Maniscalco]] as [[Foreman Spike]] (renamed as Spike)
* [[Charles Martinet]]
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* [[Khary Payton]] as [[Penguin King]]
* [[Eric Bauza]]
 
== Production ==
The film was announced in 2017 with Variety reporting that Illumination and Nintendo are partnering for a computer animated film based on the Mario franchise, in January 2018, the film was officially announced by Nintendo through Twitter, thus confirming the partnership with Shigeru Miyamoto being involved as co-producer. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa revealed that Nintendo would own the rights to the film and that Universal was co-funding it with Nintendo and Illumination. In September 2021, through a Nintendo Direct, Nintendo and Illumination unveiled the film's official cast, which included celebrities and various actors and actresses, at the same time, Nintendo confirmed that Teen Titans GO! creators Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelanic will direct the film. In October 2022, on the day of the New York Comic Con, Nintendo released the film's official teaser, revealing the film's animation and the cast's performances, Nintendo released another trailer in November, where the trailer reveals Anya Taylor-Joy's performance as Peach, the majority of the film's characters and cameos and many of the film's scenes such as Mario's training and a fight with Donkey Kong.
 
At The Game Awards 2022, Toad's voice actor Keegan Michael-Key appeared on stage to present a 30 second trailer and a new clip, featuring Toad touring Mario around the Mushroom Kingdom, in that same month, Happy Meal toys for the film were released by McDonald's which also includes Lumalee from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
 
== Release ==
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== Trivia ==
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* Charlie Day, the voice actor for Luigi, played a character in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' named Charlie Kelly, who in one episode of the show, has dressed up in a Luigi costume offscreen.
** Additionally, Charlie Day is of Italian descent, whereas Chris Pratt is mostly American.
* Many parts of the film, becameespecially anthe development and some of the actors' lines, have become internet meme:memes.
* The inclusion of Charles Martinet as a cameo actor was criticized by fans for being a rip-off due to Christhe Prattformer being muchMario's morevoice recognizable and takingfor over Martinet's30 role as Marioyears, despite Mario being voiced by different actors prior to and during Martinet's era.
** The film's casting announcement became an internet meme due to being completely absurd from different fans' opinions, especially Chris Pratt as Mario.
* Despite not being seen in the film's trailers, Lumalee appears as a Happy Meal toy as part of the McDonald's promotion, likely hinting their appearance.
** Miyamoto's opinions on the casting choices became a meme due to saying "he's so cool" to Chris Pratt.
 
** Edits and animations of Luigi being dubbed over by Charlie Kelly became popular following the casting of Charlie Day as Luigi.
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** Jack Black's famous swearing in the song "Inward Singing" became popular and was used in edits of many games' cutscenes that feature Bowser.
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** Fans have compared the Penguin King to the character Pablo from the Nickelodeon show "The Backyardigans" due to being a penguin and wearing a royal outift just like Pablo.
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** Many lines from the film, such as the Penguin King's line "Do you yield?" and Mario's line, "Mushroom Kingdom, here we come!" became memes following the release of the film's teaser.
* The inclusion of Charles Martinet as a cameo actor was criticized by fans for being a rip-off due to Chris Pratt being much more recognizable and taking over Martinet's role as Mario, despite Mario being voiced by different actors prior to and during Martinet's era.