Nintendo Direct highlights: N64 Online in October, Super Mario 2022 film cast ~ USA Latest Games

Get ready for the Super Mario film, hitting theaters in a little over one year. [credit: Nintendo ]

Nintendo's "winter 2021" direct-video presentation exploded on Thursday with reveals of serious fan service coming to not only Switch consoles but also movie theaters by the end of next year.

The event's biggest pop-culture announcement was the upcoming Super Mario CGI animation movie, now confirmed to launch in the United States on December 21, 2022. This film, helmed by CG animation house Illumination (Despicable Me), still doesn't have a title or any preview footage. But it does have an English-language cast:

Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) as Mario
Anna Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit) as Peach
Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as Luigi
Jack Black (Jumanji) as Bowser
Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele) as Toad
Kevin-Michael Richardson (Teen Titans) as Kamek
Fred Armisen (SNL) as Cranky Kong
Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman) as Foreman Spike (from the Wrecking Crew series)

None of Nintendo's other YouTube channels, particularly the Japanese feed, confirmed any voice cast members for the film's likely additional languages. Nintendo did confirm that Charles Martinet (who has voiced Super Mario in games since 1996) will participate in the film, though in exactly what capacity remains to be seen (er, heard). My money's on Waluigi.

Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments