Super Mario Bros. Movie Delayed To 2023

Nintendo and Universal’s Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming film adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. series is delayed to next spring. 

This year’s movie will not be available in theatres in December 21st. Instead, it will be released in North America on March 7th and Japan on April 28th. The announcement was made via a strange tweet by Nintendo of America, which seems to suggest that the information came straight from Mario creator Shigeru MYAMAmoto. 

“This is Miyamoto. Chris-san was consulted. [Chirs Meledandri, CEO of Illumination], my partner at Illumination on the Super Mario Bros. film, we decided to move the global release to Spring 2023 – April 28 in Japan and April 7 in North America. My deepest apologies but I promise it will be well worth the wait.” 

It Illumination Twitter accountLast night, the announcement was made with an identical message. 

“Miyamoto-san and I have been collaborating on all aspects of the Super Mario Bros. film and, together with our partners at Universal, have decided to move the global release to Spring 2023 – April 7 in North America and April 28 in Japan. We are excited to share this incredible film with you.” 

As you can see, neither company lists a definitive reason for the delay, but it seems like the movie simply needed some additional time in the oven. Considering that this is Nintendo’s first significant foray into animated silver screen features and how big the Mario brand is, it makes sense to take all the time needed to make this movie the best it can be. 

From November last year, reports indicated that Nintendo had been happy with the movie so far. Miyamoto reportedly even hinted that more movies based on Nintendo properties could be on the way. You can check the cast list of this Super Mario Bros. movie while you wait to find out if it is true. 

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