Nintendo showed the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. in a Nintendo Direct. Movie. In it, the voice of actor Chris Pratt is also heard for the first time in the role of the well-known Italian plumber. The film is expected to be screened in cinemas from April 7, 2023.
That Chris Pratt was voicing Mario was surprising news. The voice actor Charles Martinet has been speaking Mario’s voice for years and therefore his name is associated many Mario games. Pratt promised in June that his Mario voice “would be different from anything you’ve heard in Mario’s world”.
The trailer also shows several locations, including Penguin Kingdom and Mushroom Kingdom. Also you can hear the voices of the various characters in the game. In addition to Chris Pratt as Mario, Jack Black can be heard as Bowser and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad. Other familiar names in the film include Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong and The Queen’s Gambit actress Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.
It has long been known that the Super Mario Bros. film would be released in the spring of 2023. Initially, the film was supposed to make an appearance in December last year, but Nintendo has decided to postpone the film. The film has been in the works since 2017. Production is in the hands of Illumination, known for the Despicable Me franchise. Super Mario Bros. The film will be available in US theaters from April 7, 2023; there seems to be no concrete release date for Belgium and the Netherlands yet.