Nintendo has acquired the Japanese CG manufacturing firm Dynamo Pictures and plans to rebrand it as “Nintendo Pictures,” the corporate announced. Its intention with the brand new subsidiary is to develop visible content material utilizing Nintendo IP and deal with “the planning and production of visual content including CG animation.” Dynamo labored with Nintendo earlier than on the Metroid: Other M sport additionally has credits on anime TV collection like Evangelion: 2.0.
Nintendo is gearing up for its Super Mario Bros. film starring Chris Pratt, which was just lately delayed to April 2023. The dwell adaptation of Detective Pikachu primarily based on the Pokémon franchise was profitable sufficient {that a} sequel is within the works, however the final main cinema launch was approach again in 1993 with Super Mario Bros. starring Bob Hoskins.
Movies and TV collection primarily based on gaming IP are a preferred development in the intervening time, with films like Sonic primarily based on Sega’s well-liked character seeing spectacular success. Sony just lately launched an Uncharted movie and HBO is producing a TV collection primarily based on The Last of Us starring Pedro Pascal. With its newest acquisition, Nintendo might be able to carry extra of its content material to the small and massive screens, which is (hopefully) excellent news for followers of its video games.
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