Aaron Horvath

Image: IlluminationGoing by its staggering box-office haul, it doesn’t seem like too many fans waited around to watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie—but those who did can now set their countdown calendars for August 3, when the movie arrives on streamer Peacock.Was It Intimidating to Play Mario and Luigi? | io9 InterviewAnd as it happens, Mario devotees who caught the movie in the theater will still want to mark their own calendars, because Peacock will also have some bonus features. From a Peacock press release, these will…

After waiting almost 40 years for Nintendo to make a Super Mario Bros. movie that looks and feels like the games it’s based on, it took all of 40 seconds to realize it’s going to be a mess. The film begins with Bowser, the King of All Koopas, arriving with his followers to take over a kingdom of penguins. War is imminent and it’s at this moment that “Battle Without Honor or Humanity,” popularized by the Quentin Tarantino movie Kill Bill, starts playing. “Oh no,” I wrote in my notes, knowing if this supposedly kid-friendly…

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is sliding into theaters soon.Image: UniversalWe’re less than a month away from there being not one, but two Super Mario Bros. movies in existence. The Super Mario Bros. Movie opens on April 5 and comes from not only game creator Shigeru Miyamoto but also the minds behind Minions. Its latest trailer is here, and it’s wild.The people who made this one are why—despite the eclectic, controversial voice cast, which includes Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach, and Charlie Day as…

The Super Mario Bros. Movie directors have come in defence of Chris Pratt's voice role as the titular plumber. In an interview with Total Film Magazine, co-director Aaron Horvath claimed that the casting “made total sense,” given it's an origin story featuring plumber brothers Mario and Luigi — two 'blue-collar guys… from a family of immigrants', who are active in Brooklyn, New York City. Pratt was cast as Mario during a Nintendo Direct event, held in 2021, which was immediately met with criticism from fans, which carried…

Screenshot: HBOWe’ve got a lot of Marvel rumors and hints to share, including some choice words from Mark Ruffalo about the possibility of a World War Hulk movie and Jonathan Majors regarding what a Kang is (seriously). There’s also a spooky/creepy/freaky new trailer for American Horror Story: NYC. Cast off, spoilers!Phenomena 2Variety reports the Italian movie studio Titanus has teamed up with the Los Angeles-based company The Exchange for a “contemporary sequel” to Dario Argento’s 1985 film Phenomena. As of this…

Mushroom Kingdom, here we come.Gif: Illumination/NintendoUniversal, Illumination, and Nintendo just smashed the question mark block that is their upcoming animated The Super Mario Bros. Movie—but it wasn’t a mushroom or flower that popped up. It was a first-look teaser trailer.The trailer debuted at New York Comic-Con and gives us a tantalizing look at the film, which is hitting theaters on April 7, 2023. As previously announced, Chris Pratt is voicing Mario, Charlie Day is Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy is Peach, Jack Black is…

Image: NintendoChris Pratt is going to voice Mario for Nintendo and Illumination’s Super Mario movie, and each day we sit with this knowledge feels like being actively aware there’s a clone of yourself just somewhere in the world. This movie’s entire voice cast feels like a fever dream, from Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach to Keegan-Michael Key as Toad. (Jack Black and Charlie Day as respectively Bowser and Luigi makes some sense, though.) While the Marvel and Jurassic World actor has done some voice work in the past,…