The Super Mario Bros. Movie cast: Who’s in the Nintendo movie?
Go-carts, Rainbow Road, Mushroom Kingdom, and so many other eggs you’ll recognize are what you can expect to see in new film, The Super Mario Bros. Movie! The upcoming production is a collaboration between Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto.
Meledandri is the founder and CEO of computer animation studio Illumination. Miyamoto is the designer of the 1983 arcade game, Super Mario Bros. by Nintendo. Universal Pictures also co-financed the production and will be the company behind releasing the movie to cinemas.
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* UPDATE 2/28/2023 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie will officially make its theatrical debut two days earlier than its initial release date in the U.S. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, and a day later than the Japanese release on Friday, April 28, 2023.
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The animated movie will be released in theaters on Friday, April 7, 2023 in North America. Fans in Japan will have to wait until Thursday, April 27, 2023. The trailers reveal the main mission is to stop Bowser from taking over the fantastical world. Mario, Peach, and Toad will team up to stop the fire-breathing Koopa.
So who are the actors who lend their voices to bring these iconic characters to life? We’ve got the answer for you below!
Who stars in The Super Mario Bros. Movie?
Actor Chris Pratt is no stranger to voice acting as he played Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie. Though this will be actress Anya Taylor-Joy’s first time voicing a character for a film. We shared the full cast list below:
- Chris Pratt as Mario
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach
- Charlie Day as Luigi
- Jack Black as Bowser
- Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
- Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
- Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
- Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike
- Khary Payton as Penguin King
- Charles Martinet
Fun fact, Martinet has been the voice of both Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario video game series since 1992. He’s also the voice of other characters like Wario and Waluigi. Which role he takes in the 2023 movie, we don’t know yet. But I’m definitely excited to find out!
Behind the scenes, directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic takes the lead. Matthew Fogel is the one who wrote the screenplay.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be in theaters April 7, 2023. Stay tuned to Hidden Remote as we bring you all the updates and news about the film ahead of its release!