The Nintendo plumber starred in a film in the 1980s, in addition to an animated series, but has not returned since.
Super Mario has evolved over the decades, has starred in dozens of video games and has participated even in the Olympic Games, virtual, yes. However, since the failed premiere of his film, which now enjoys a certain cult status, the plumber (or formerly, according to Kyoto) has preferred to avoid film and television. However, his return is on the horizon, as the animation studio Illumination and Universal Pictures prepare a new film of the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, in which Shigeru Miyamoto is very involved. But why did you give your consent for the project to go ahead?
In an interview with Famitsu, the veteran video game creator and Mario's father, Luigi, Donkey Kong and so many other characters, he has explained his confidence in producer Chris Meledandri and in the studio responsible for Minions and Gru. “When we started our collaboration with Universal, I heard that Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri wanted to stay with me (he had also signed with Universal). I met him and we talked, ”reveals Miyamoto. "He took things with him that he had mentioned in an interview from the past, to say that our way of thinking and doing things was the same."
Super Mario Odyssey.
They did not know the approach
According to Miyamoto, he was not sure of the “approach he was going to take,” but he acknowledges that he will never forget when they talked about why they had failed in the past, with the eighties movie. “It's how much I thought: 'I trust this guy.' That was when I was studying making movies, so we decided to count on him to do the animation. ” According to the creative, it took time for all these intentions to come together, but they finally found "the way."
The new Super Mario movie will not arrive in the immediate future, as its premiere is planned for 2022. After Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Sonic: The Movie, both successful at the box office, Nintendo intends to follow the same line with its star character.
Source | Famitsu (via Nintendo Everything)
