By Helene - 24 September 2021
Chris Pratt as Mario and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach have been cast for the super Mario animated movie, which is being created by Universal Pictures' Illumination Entertainment. Comedians including Jack Black and Seth Rogen also star in the film, which will be released on December 21, 2022.
Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. is the movie that Americans most want to see adapted from a game, according to a survey by the Hollywood Reporter.
Super Mario Bros. is one of the best-selling game series of all time, and since its first release in 1981, it has been turned into a movie several times, including 1993's bizarre Super Mario Bros. which grossed $20 million and had nothing to do with the game itself.
The Hollywood Reporter survey, conducted February 21-23, 2020 among 2,200 U.S. adults, found that 44 percent of users were "very" or "somewhat" interested in the Mario movie, with Pac-Man and Mario Kart tied for second place with 37 percent interested. In all three movies, interest was split equally between men and women
