New Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer Teases Seth Rogen's Donkey Kong and Rainbow Road



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Gang's each close present successful the superior implicit trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie!

Chris Pratt's Mario leads the interest against Bowser (Jack Black) wrong the astir modern preview for the upcoming animated feature, released with the assistance of Illumination connected Wednesday.

The trailer opens with a Super Smash Bros.-stimulated brawl among Mario and Donkey Kong, giving fans of the video-recreation franchise their archetypal big-screen glimpse astatine the second antheral oregon woman, voiced by mode of Seth Rogen.

Other scenes amusement Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) for the superior clip arsenic she, Mario, Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) and Luigi (Charlie Day) unit up towards the evil Bowser.

The precise springiness up of the trailer adjacent offers lovers of the Mario Kart franchise a glimpse of surely 1 of its astir iconic tracks: Rainbow Road.

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Nintendo and Illumination introduced successful September 2021 that Pratt, 43, became forged successful the animated movie to play Mario, the traditionally Italian plumber from the fashionable video-recreation franchise that originated successful Japan.

Pratt formerly voiced pb roles successful The LEGO Movie franchise and Disney/Pixar's Onward, and besides volition beryllium in the backmost of the orangish feline Garfield successful an upcoming film.

After being asked astir immoderate fans wondering wherefore Pratt changed into formed successful the position, Illumination laminitis and CEO Chris Meledandri informed TooFab successful November 2021 that visitors tin beryllium pleasantly amazed done his wide performance.

"All I tin fto you cognize is the dependable that he's doing for america and Mario is outstanding. I tin not ticker for humans to wage attraction it," helium informed the outlet, adding of the accent that mostly is portrayed with the person, "Well, arsenic an Italian American myself, I recognize. You realize, I recognize the comments."

"We cowl it wrong the film, truthful you'll spot we truly motion to that," Meledandri explained of the accessory, though helium said, "That's nary longer the tenor of the wide show successful the people of the film."

The Super Mario Bros. Movie's dependable coagulated besides capabilities Sebastian Maniscalco, Kevin Michael Richardson and Fred Armisen arsenic Cranky Kong. It volition besides encompass a cameo from Charles Martinet, who has voiced Mario and others wrong the online crippled postulation for the crushed that Nineties.

The movie is produced with the assistance of Meledandri and Nintendo enforcement Shigeru Miyamoto. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic directed The Super Mario Bros. Movie aft formerly taking portion astatine the animated postulation Teen Titans Go! and the movie Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part screenwriter Matthew Fogel wrote the script.

The upcoming movie is acceptable to perfect conscionable nether 30 years aft a stay-action movie based wholly astatine the celebrated Nintendo video-sport franchise, which starred Bob Hoskins arsenic Mario, John Leguizamo arsenic Luigi, Samantha Mathis arsenic Princess Daisy and Dennis Hopper arsenic King Koopa.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is successful theaters April 7.