A batch of new character posters forThe Super Mario Bros. Movieprovide another look at the legendary Nintendo characters and how they have been beautifully brought to life by the animation studio Illumination. The poster comes following the release of thelatest trailer forThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, and courtesy ofTwitterwith the first pair of posters putting the spotlight on the plumber brothers Mario and Luigi.
Guardians of the Galaxystar Chris Pratt will voice main character Mario (something thatmany fans are really not happy about), withIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiaactor Charlie Day voicing Luigi. The next pair of posters show off Princess Peach, who will be played byThe Queen’s GambitandThe Northmanstar Anya Taylor-Joy and the protector of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad, voiced by comedian Keegan-Michael Key.
Next up is Donkey Kong, who we finally got to see in action in the newly released trailer. Voiced byPineapple Express, This Is the End,andThe Fabelmansstar Seth Rogen,The Super Mario Bros. Moviewill reference the original video game with Mario and Kong doing battle with barrels.
Finally, we get an ominous look at the primary antagonist ofThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bowser.School of Rockstar Jack Black will provide the roaring voice of the video game villain and, unlike the complaints directed at Pratt’s casting as Mario, nobody is complaining about Black voicing Bowser.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Will Land in Theaters in April Next Year
From Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world ofSuper Mario Bros.The animated outing will follow a similar path to the beloved video games and finds a plumber named Mario traveling through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, and trying to save a captured princess.
While the casting of Pratt has been heavily criticized, the actor has described taking on the roleas a dream come true. “So when I was a kid I lived in Lake Stevens, Washington. And there is this coin-operated laundromat near my house, and it had Super Mario Bros., the original arcade game,” Pratt said back in September last year when his casting was announced. “Oh, I loved that game. I never had a quarter, it felt like. I’d either steal them from the wishing well… that’s wild. It just dawned on me right now. The quarter I stole out of the wishing well to play Super Mario Bros. has come true, that I get to be the voice of Mario. But, I clearly stole someone else’s wish, so, just waiting for that row of karma dominoes to come crashing down on me.”
The Super Mario Bros. Movieis scheduled for release in the United States on August 19, 2025, and in Japan on April 28.
