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| Author: | lesterg [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' movie |
Surprised it took this long, actually. Better move going animated than trying live action again. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... al-1058008 |
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| Author: | zwackerm [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
It’ll suck cuz Illumination sucks. |
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| Author: | lesterg [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
At the very least it should be a lock to become the highest grossing video game adaptation ever. |
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| Author: | Shack [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
I mean it's worth trying. But am I crazy or would be Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros movie be an easier sell than a regular Mario one? Super Smash Bros might lose the toddlers a little bit, but I think everyone above 10 would be more interested in its adaptation than Mario saving Peach from Bowser. You couldn't have Mario fight Luigi but you could make some characters like Captain Falcon bad guys along with Bowser, Gandondorf, etc. Too anime? Japan would pop for it. Mario Kart could have good guy characters racing against each other for fun I guess. Also if this works out I wouldn't mind a Banjo Kazooie movie. It would basically be Shrek and Donkey |
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| Author: | Shack [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Could Pokemon work as a Jungle Book/Beauty and the Beast type of live action/CGI hybrid? I guess the difference is the pre-existing story isn't there. But there is huge franchise upside and worst case scenario you get that international money. |
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| Author: | Mister Ecks [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
The Nintendo brand should have went for animated movies a long time ago. A straight-forward Mario movie could easily work. This also makes me wish we'd get a Zelda movie someday. Doesn't have to be a hard PG-13, but something close to LOTR. |
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| Author: | Shack [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 3:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
If I was Amazon I would've rather gone all in on Zelda adaptation than LOTR prequel, honestly |
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| Author: | Darth Indiana Bond [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Zelda could be the answer sorely needed for the slacking fantasy genre (in films) right by striking that long lost 80s fantasy vibe the genre needs now |
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| Author: | Jack Sparrow [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
It will make good dough but I don't see it can survive multiple movies. Even Lego movies have started going down and I think it will continue that downward trend and this won't be as big as Lego movie. |
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| Author: | lesterg [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
The link will be pretty worthless unless you can read Japanese, but Nintendo confirmed this today: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/re ... 80201.html One thing of note: Google translate seems to think the agreement is for "movies" (plural) featuring Mario, which could either mean sequels or spin-offs (ala Mario Kart?) if the translation is accurate. |
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| Author: | Flava'd vs The World [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Super Smash Cinematic Universe would be dope. |
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| Author: | Corpse [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
lesterg wrote: The link will be pretty worthless unless you can read Japanese, but Nintendo confirmed this today: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/re ... 80201.html One thing of note: Google translate seems to think the agreement is for "movies" (plural) featuring Mario, which could either mean sequels or spin-offs (ala Mario Kart?) if the translation is accurate. It's singular since there aren't plural nouns in Japanese, and nouns aren't assigned articles like "the/a". A noun in Japanese can be translated as plural in English, so you have to understand the context to determine which it really means. In this case, for example, "movie" can be "more than one movie", or "a movie in general", or "the movies", etc., in English. There are a few cases where saying/writing a noun twice in Japanese does make it plural (think person/people), but few fall into this category, and movie isn't one of them. |
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| Author: | Mister Ecks [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Or... could just say movies if successful, movie if a failure. |
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| Author: | Thegun [ Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
I'd check it out. I still watch the live action once in a while. It's one of the most bizarre movie adaptations ever created. Honestly anyone in film class should write their thesis on it. It's like Mario mixed with bladerunner, and absolutely nothing works. |
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| Author: | Brian [ Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
If Miyamoto is behind this, it'll be a masterpiece |
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| Author: | lilmac [ Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
I’d like to see a Mario live action film set in the ACTUAL mushroom kingdom replete with photorealistic koopas and goombas. You can’t tell me that won’t work! It would be unlike anything seen before and I think it would see massive success. |
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| Author: | O [ Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Mario feels like another 80s IP that has stayed super relevant and will appeal to the masses. Given the live action film didn't pan out in the 90s think there's a big audience here that wants a good Mario movie. Given how popular and cross demo appeal the franchise has seems this could be a mega franchise in the making of another 80s originating IP. $400M? |
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| Author: | MadGez [ Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Yes $400m is certainly a shot. It is still super relevant even more so than Sonic plus so the numbers should speak for themselves. I still preferred the Christmas slot (though perhaps not against Avatar and Shazam) |
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| Author: | Rev [ Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
MadGez wrote: Yes $400m is certainly a shot. It is still super relevant even more so than Sonic plus so the numbers should speak for themselves. I still preferred the Christmas slot (though perhaps not against Avatar and Shazam) If it's any good it will DOUBLE Sonic 2's 392m worldwide box office. More people love Mario than Sonic. |
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| Author: | MadGez [ Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Illumination/Uni in talks for 'Super Mario Brothers' mov |
Rev wrote: MadGez wrote: Yes $400m is certainly a shot. It is still super relevant even more so than Sonic plus so the numbers should speak for themselves. I still preferred the Christmas slot (though perhaps not against Avatar and Shazam) If it's any good it will DOUBLE Sonic 2's 392m worldwide box office. More people love Mario than Sonic. Yes so $800m worldwide, $400m domestic is a good chance. |
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