The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2017 film)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2017 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Nintendo, and The K Entertainment Company. The 56th Disney animated feature film, loosely based on the video games series by Nintendo, it was directed by Chris Sanders, and Dean DeBlois, produced by Jordan Kerner, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Roy Conli, for a screenplay written by J. David Stem, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn. The ensemble voice cast includes Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, and Jack Black.

Voice Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Mario


 * Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach


 * Charlie Day as Luigi


 * Jack Black as Bowser


 * Keegan-Michael Key as Toad


 * Lee Majdoub

Development
The suggestion for a film based on Super Mario Bros. was first put forward by Jordan Kerner during a script meeting. Kerner met Shigeru Miyamoto, founder of Nintendo. Nintendo of America president and Hiroshi Yamauchi's son-in law, Minoru Arakawa. He presented Arakawa with an initial draft of the script. One month after their meeting, Kerner went to Nintendo's headquarters in Kyoto to meet Hiroshi Yamauchi. He pitched to Yamauchi the storyline which led to Nintendo receiving interest in the project. Kerner left with a $2 million contract giving the temporary control of the character of Mario over to Kerner. Nintendo retained merchandising rights for the film through a "creative partnership" with Walt Disney Animation Studios. According to Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, the idea for a new Mario film came from bringing their older games to the Virtual Console and other services. Such transitions took time for the company, and Miyamoto recognized that "our content business would be able to develop even further if we were able to combine our long-beloved software with that of video assets, and utilize them together for extended periods". Miyamoto knew that the process of making a film was far different from that of making a video game, and wanted a film expert to lead the effort.

Through Nintendo's work with Walt Disney World]] to create Mario-based attractions, later resulting in Super Nintendo World, Miyamoto met John Lasseter]], founder of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar Animation Studios animation division. Miyamoto found Lasseter's creative process similar to his own and felt he would be the proper lead for a Mario film. They had started more earnest discussions by 2011, knowing that if they felt it would not work that they could easily walk away. In January 2013, Nintendo announced that the film would progress with Miyamoto, Roy Conli and Kerner co-producing.

Pedal Pump

 * Mario (1 time Gas Pedal: Plumbing)


 * Princess Peach (2 times Gas Pedal: Car Chase)