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{{Movie|image=[[File:Mario_movie_poster.jpg|400px]]|Poster of the movie}}
'''''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''''' is an
== 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 ==
The film will be released
== Trivia ==
* This is the first of many things in Mario media:
** To be a computer animated film.
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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,
* The inclusion of Charles Martinet as a cameo actor was criticized by fans for being a rip-off due to
* 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.
▲* 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.
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