Illumination Entertainment founder Chris Meledandri is confident that the new film will fare better than the last one because Nintendo icon and Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto will be involved, as he explained.
There are bad video game movies and then there’s 1993’s Super Mario Bros., a reviled depiction of perhaps gaming’s most recognizable character.
Now, a quarter century after being burned by that film, Nintendo is partnering with Illumination Entertainment to give the plumber another crack at cinematic greatness.