The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an upcoming computer-animated film directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelanic (in the latter's directorial debut) from a screenplay written by Matthew Fogel and produced by Chris Meledandri through Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto through Nintendo, the film will be distributed by Universal Pictures and will be released in April 7, 2023 in North America and April 28, 2023 in Japan.

Characters

 * 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
 * Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike (renamed as Spike)
 * Charles Martinet
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
 * Khary Payton as Penguin King
 * Eric Bauza

Release
The film will be released first in Europe beginning with Belgium in March 22, 2023, Germany in March 23: 2023, France in March 28, 2023 and in Italy in April 6, 2023, in Australia, New Zealand, Central America and Latin America on March 30, 2023 before releasing the film in North America on April 7, 2023. The film will also be released in Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and India on April 28, 2023 and May 3, 2023 for the former two.

Trivia

 * This is the first of many things in Mario media:
 * To be a computer animated film.
 * To be animated by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures.
 * To have Nintendo involved unlike the 1986 and 1993 adaptations.
 * To have Koji Kondo work on the film's incorporation of themes onto the soundtrack.
 * To receive a dub for many countries such as India.
 * To have Charles Martinet, Mario's voice actor, involved as a cast member through cameos.
 * The film's directors, Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelanic, worked on other media before the film such as Teen Titans GO!, which included references to Mario.
 * This is the first Illumination film to not use the company's traditional style, where the characters in the film are similar to their game counterparts.
 * It is also the first Illumination film to be based on a video game.
 * Charlie Day, the voice actor for Luigi, played a character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia named Charlie Kelly, who in one episode of the show, has dressed up in a Luigi costume offscreen.
 * Additionally, Charlie Day is of Italian descent, whereas Chris Pratt is mostly American.
 * Many parts of the film became an internet meme:
 * The film's casting announcement became an internet meme due to being completely absurd from different fans' opinions, especially Chris Pratt as Mario.
 * Miyamoto's opinions on the casting choices became a meme due to saying "he's so cool" to Chris Pratt.
 * Edits and animations of Luigi being dubbed over by Charlie Kelly became popular following the casting of Charlie Day as Luigi.
 * Jack Black's famous swearing in the song "Inward Singing" became popular and was used in edits of many games' cutscenes that feature Bowser.
 * Fans have compared the Penguin King to the character Pablo from the Nickelodeon show "The Backyardigans" due to being a penguin and wearing a royal outift just like Pablo.
 * Many lines from the film, such as the Penguin King's line "Do you yield?" and Mario's line, "Mushroom Kingdom, here we come!" became memes following the release of the film's teaser.
 * The inclusion of Charles Martinet as a cameo actor was criticized by fans for being a rip-off due to Chris Pratt being much more recognizable and taking over Martinet's role as Mario, despite Mario being voiced by different actors prior to and during Martinet's era.