SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE to Hit Theaters Two Days Early
By Movieguide® Contributor
Universal and Illumination announced that THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE will hit theaters two days earlier than originally expected.
The movie’s new release date is April 5 instead of its original, Friday, April 7, as reported by Deadline.
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE will premiere on this date domestically and in more than 60 markets worldwide, including China, Australia, the U.K., Ireland, Mexico and Brazil.
It will open in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe throughout April and May and will come to Japan on April 28.
Movieguide® previously reported on the production of THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE:
It’s ah me, Mar – Chris Pratt …”
Nintendo has confirmed that actor Pratt will officially voice Mario in an upcoming SUPER MARIO BROS. movie.
The LEGO MOVIE and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY actor will voice the Italian plumber from the classic Nintendo video games in the upcoming animated adaptation of the very first Mario game, Super Mario Bros.
Joining Pratt is THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT star Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Mario’s brother Luigi, and Jack Black as the hero’s main villain, Bowser.
While Taylor-Joy has minimal experience with voice acting in an animated movie, Day and Pratt worked on the Movieguide® award-winning LEGO MOVIE together. Day also appeared in MONSTERS UNIVERSITY. Pratt starred in the recent Movieguide® award-nominated Pixar movie, ONWARD.
Black saw great success with his portrayal of Po, the panda, in Dreamwork’s KUNG FU PANDA franchise.
For this movie to succeed, THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE should champion the family-friendly and morally uplifting content that has made other animated movies successful—like Movieguide® Award winning movie, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG.
A portion of Movieguide®’s review reads:
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a delightful, funny, heartwarming family comedy. It has a strong moral worldview that stresses friendship, protecting others and going out on a limb to help a friend in need. The movie also extols the commitment of marriage and overcoming the chaos of each season with your spouse. The humanist, narcissistic villain relies heavily on science and massages his own ego by thinking his technological achievements make him better than everyone else. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a fun, uplifting family movie.
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