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Super Mario Bros movie It’s almost here, and that means the cast is out on their promotional tour for the new adaptation of Nintendo’s most iconic game character. Despite initial controversy over its casting, the film looks set to be one of the biggest hitters of the year so far when it premieres in April, and in a new interview, Chris Pratt It has been suggested that plans for where the sequel might go are teased in a post-credits scene.
in Super Mario Bros movie, intrepid plumbers Mario and Luigi, voiced by Pratt and Charlie Day respectively, find themselves sucked into a portal where Luigi becomes a prisoner of King Bowser (Jack Black). Incorporating several video game franchise characters and locations, Mario must step in to save the Mushroom Kingdom from Bowser and his brother all in a reasonable runtime. When it comes to where the franchise can go beyond this, Pratt has revealed that fans will have to stick around for the post-credits scene to find out. Tell CBR:
“Listen, there’s like, at the end of the movie, there’s a post-credit sequence that gives you a taste of what the sequel could be. And that gets me really excited. But there was talk of Luigi’s mansion. That was a GameCube game. I think that would be cool.”
Planning for a Super Mario Bros. franchise is already underway.
even before Super Mario Bros movie The opportunity to make an impact at the box office has already presented itself, and a sequel has already been teased, but several spin-offs have also been touted ahead of time, with Seth Rogen’s Donkey Kong being a strong contender for a movie of their own in the future. Considering the movie was produced by Universal and Illumination, who together delivered the despicable me franchise f Minions spin-off movies, it’s unlikely they’ll hold back from pumping out a wide variety of Mario-related projects in the not too distant future.
Although discussions about a Super Mario Bros. big-screen outing began a decade ago, the timing of the Super Mario Bros movie It couldn’t be better timing. In the past few years, game rivals Sega have seen their little blue mascot Sonic lead Hollywood with a couple of live-action movies, and now it looks like Mario’s animated outing will do the same. sonic the hedgehog 3 It’s currently in the works, along with a Knuckles pitch, so there’s no indication the Mario franchise won’t go the same way.
If a Donkey Kong movie is in dispute, that’s something Seth Rogen would like to happen and thinks it could be a family thing. He said:
“There’s a lot of opportunity out there. I think the Kongs’ family unity feels like it — and if the Fast and Furious movies taught us anything [it’s] It’s all about the family.”
Naturally, it will all depend on how good it is Super Mario Bros movie Presented at the box office, which we will find out when the film opens on April 5.
