Sony Developing a New SUPER MARIO BROS. Movie
Super Mario Bros. may be making it's way back to the big screen thanks to Sony Pictures and producer Avi Arad. The first 1993 movie is so classically bad that Nintendo hasn't attempted to make a movie out of one of their video game properties since.
The news was reported by Kotaku, and it came from an email that Arad sent out, and was discovered from the Sony hack. Here's what they report:
"I am the proud father of mario the animated film [sic]," producer Avi Arad told Sony studio chief Amy Pascal in an email dated Oct. 23, 2014, with the subject line "Mario." Arad then forwarded Pascal separate images of him with Mario Bros.creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, the latter of which included the message, "Happy ceo, lets get together, it's the mother load. [sic]"
So it looks like we might just be seeing an animated Super Mario Bros. film sometime in the future. The project is in the very earliest stages of development, and other than Arad attached to it as a producer, there is no other talent involved at this point. Of course, there's also the chance that the movie will never see the light of day either. It seems like Arad is the guy who acquired the rights, so he could technically take it to another studio if Sony decides to pass on it.
I've always loved the Super Mario Bros., and even though the live-action movie was a disaster, it still holds a special place in my heart. If the movie moves forward, I hope that they bring a talented team of people together to give fans something awesome.