Hot off the premiere of a new trailer for the animated movie, a new set of The Super Mario Bros. Movie posters have been released to showcase the colorful cast of Nintendo characters. The video game publisher has partnered with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment to give their most iconic video character new life on the big screen after the critical and box office disappointment of the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. The new animated take on Mario features an impressive cast including Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Jack Black.
To coincide with the new trailer, Universal Pictures also released a series of The Super Mario Bros. Movie posters. The key arts highlight the main characters including Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Toad, and Bowser. Each character is given a unique location that will be showcased in the film and highlights the level of accuracy the filmmakers took to make the characters match their video game counterparts. Check out the posters below:
Super Mario Bros.' Character Designs Are A Good Sign
Ever since it was announced that Chris Pratt would be voicing Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the film has faced an uphill battle in trying to win fans over. The first teaser for the movie even held off on Mario, with the character getting only a minimal amount of dialogue. While audiences may still have a hard time getting used to his voice for the character, the faithfulness of the character designs showcased in the posters are likely to ease some concerns about the film.
The character designs for The Super Mario Bros. Movie capture the essence of the characters, with only some minor tweaks made to the faces to make them more expressive for an animated picture. It does not appear that The Super Mario Bros. Movie will suffer the same hiccup that Sonic the Hedgehog faced when audiences reacted so poorly to the title character's design in the original teaser that the character had to be reworked and the film delayed. The creative team behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie has clearly gone to great lengths to maintain a level of visual accuracy to the video games.
As audiences head out to the theaters this holiday season for films like Avatar: The Way of Water, it is likely they will not only see the new The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer, but also the character posters at various theaters across the country. The posters are colorful enough to catch the eyes of long-time fans, casual moviegoers who may recognize Mario, and young child audiences who are new to the character. Nintendo and Universal are hoping this pays off for a big box office intake as Nintendo is looking to develop more films while the Mario-themed land also set to open at Universal Studios Hollywood just ahead of the film's release.
Source: Universal Pictures
