The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Disney Version)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a 2023 American computer-animated action-adventure comedy film based on Nintendo's Mario video game franchise. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Nintendo, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 61st film produced by the studio, it was directed by Don Hall, co-directed by Qui Nguyen, and produced by Roy Conli and Nintendo's founder Shigeru Miyamoto, from a writer Nguyen and Phil Johnston, who also conceived the story with Hall. The ensemble voice cast includes Chris Pratt, Jayma Mays, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Steve Carell. The film features an origin story for the brothers Mario and Luigi, two Italian-American plumbers who are transported to an alternate world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and the Koopas, led by Bowser.

After the critical and commercial failure of the 1993 live-action Mario film, Nintendo became reluctant to license one of its intellectual properties for film adaptations. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto became interested in developing another film when Nintendo was bringing its older games to the Virtual Console service, and through Nintendo's work with Walt Disney World to create Super Nintendo World, he met Walt Disney Animation Studios. By 2016, the two were discussing a Mario film and, in January 2018, Nintendo announced that it would collaborate with Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures to produce it. Production was underway by 2020, and the cast was announced in September 2021.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie premiered at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles on March 31, 2023 and was theatrically released in the United States on April 5, 2023. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but a more positive response from audiences. It has grossed $724 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2023 and setting box-office records for the biggest worldwide opening weekend for an animated film and the highest-grossing film based on a video game.

Voice Cast

 * Chris Pratt as Mario, a struggling Italian-American plumber from Brooklyn, New York, who is accidentally transported to the world of the Mushroom Kingdom and embarks on a quest to save his brother.
 * Jayma Mays as Princess Peach, the ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario's mentor and love interest, who entered the world of the Mushroom Kingdom as an infant and was raised by the Toads.
 * Charlie Day as Luigi, Mario's timid younger brother and fellow plumber, who is captured by Bowser and his army.
 * Jack Black as Bowser, the King of the Koopas, who rules the Dark Lands, steals a powerful Super Star, and plots to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom by marrying Peach.
 * Kevin Hart as Toad, a Mushroom Kingdom resident whose species is also named Toad, who aspires to go on his first real adventure.
 * Jake Gyllenhaal as Donkey Kong, a powerful anthropomorphic gorilla and heir to the throne of the Jungle Kingdom.
 * Steve Carell as King Cranky Kong, the ruler of the Jungle Kingdom, and Donkey Kong's father.
 * Jake Johnson as Spike, Mario and Luigi's former boss from Wrecking Crew.
 * Alan Tudyk as Kamek, a Koopa sorcerer and Bowser's advisor and informant.

Additionally, Charles Martinet, who voices Mario and Luigi in the Mario games, voices the brothers' father; he also voices Giuseppe, a Brooklyn citizen who resembles Mario's original appearance in Donkey Kong and speaks in his in-game voice. Bonnie Hunt voices Mario and Luigi's mother, while Josh Dallas and Nate Torrence voice the brothers' uncles, Tony and Arthur, respectively. Paul Briggs voices the Penguin King, the ruler of the Ice Kingdom descended upon by Bowser's army, while Leah Latham, voices Lumalee, a nihilistic blue Luma held prisoner by Bowser, and Jesse Corti voices the Koopa General, the winged, blue-shelled leader of Bowser's army. Pauline and Diddy Kong make voiced cameos as the mayor of New York City and as a crowd member viewing Mario's fight with Donkey Kong, respectively.