Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels

"Are you Up 2 it?"

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Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels (Also Known as Super Mario Bros 2) is a 2024 American Computer Animated Action-Adventure Comedy film based on the Super Mario Bros Series and the sequel to Super Mario Bros. The movie is published by Nintendo and is produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The Film is directed and written by Alex Hirch  with Matthew Fogel and Jeff Rowe cowriting, the film is produced by Phill Lord & Christopher Miller with Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri serving as executive producers. The Film stars Danny McBride as the titular role of Mario while Paul Rudd plays Luigi. The film also stars Charles Martinet, Gina Rodriguez, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe, Kevin Hart, Sarah Silverman, Josh Gad, John Cenaand Gabriel Iglesias, all cast members from the previous films who reprise their roles while Jack Black, Taika Waititi, Stephanie Beatriz and Eric Andre joining the cast. The film follows Mario & Luigi after settling in the Mushroom Kingdom being thrust into a new high octane adventure in Subcon where the Bros are quickly separated and must team up with old and new allies to stop Wart (An Evil frog who rules Subcon) to merge all dimensions into one and rule them with an iron fist.

After the success of the first film both critically and financially, Both Dreamworks and Nintendo had decided to greenlit multiple sequels and a spin-off films with the first of these sequels being announced in November 2020 with animation work beginning in March 2021, with a visual style similar to Spider Man Into the Spiderverse and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

Super Mario Bros 2 was scheduled for a theatrical holiday 2023 release but was delayed to April 5th 2024 in the United States & Canada. the film received critical acclaim for it’s animation, story, action scenes, visual style, voice acting, and humor, with many considering it superior to its direct predecessor with particular praise on how it tackled themes such as death, family trauma, honour and change. Additionally the film earned $1.2 Billion in the Box Office, making it one the highest grossing films of all time and the highest grossing video game movie.

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature but lost to Across the Spiderverse but won Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.