Nintendo partners with Minions studio to produce animated Super Mario movie

Nintendo has confirmed that it will be co-producing a movie starring Mario with Illumination Entertainment, the animation studio behind Despicable Me, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets. According to a tweet from the official Nintendo account, Shigeru Miyamoto will co-produce alongside Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination. The partnership was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in November of last year.

According to Reuters, the feature-length film will be distributed by Universal. No release date has been decided. This marks the first major feature-length film for Nintendo since 1993’s much-derided live-action Super Mario Bros. movie starring Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo — a film that its director recently...

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