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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.

* [[Keegan-Michael Key]] as [[Toad (character)|Toad]]

* [[Seth Rogen]] as [[Donkey Kong (character)|Donkey Kong]]

* [[Fred Armisen]] as [[Cranky Kong]]

== DevelopmentProduction ==

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.

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