It’s-a Me, the First Peek on the Super Mario Movie

Today, on the Nintendo Twitter account, we obtained the primary have a look at the upcoming Mario film through its film poster, in addition to a drop date for the upcoming trailer, and… wait… what’s occurring with Mario’s butt?

Nintendo’s Mario movie has already gained some notoriety due to the extremely stacked, A-list expertise that they’ve amassed to voice the big-screen online game adaptation. Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Charlie Day as Luigi, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, and Keegan-Michael Key as Toad.

What is happening?! Why are all these actors subjecting themselves to this? The poster makes it look like the movie is actually going to be a basic Mario platform stage, so I can’t think about they’re going to deviate too removed from that. And significantly, for the love of all issues holy, what’s going on with the rendering on Mario’s ass? Why is his butt like that? I’m cursed. This poster is cursed and I’m a lesser man for it for this lengthy.

The trailer will drop on October 6 at 4:05 pm ET (or 21:05 UK time), throughout Nintendo’s panel at New York Comic-Con. The movie itself can be launched in 2023, however provided that there isn’t any God on this world.

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