The Super Mario Bros Film | movie | 2023 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured prince | dG1fRWczRkxRYjB2YU0

Transcript

00:00 I was already a fan of their movies, so I was ecstatic when I found out that Illumination would make a Mario movie.

00:06 The dream team, the very best of the very best.

00:09 A synergy that was very strong between us.

00:13 Of course they know the games and that universe better than anyone on the planet, which was extremely useful.

00:21 He entrusted us with his most precious baby, Mario.

00:26 Instead of being tangled up in your own thoughts, I like to mix ideas together, turn them around and let them grow.

00:32 Miyamoto-san was on calls with us, he showed us how to draw Bowser's nose.

00:36 He's like, "Oh, Bowser has the nose of a tiger."

00:38 And on his iPad, on a Zoom call, he drew Bowser's nose and held it up to the screen like this.

00:42 Research-wise, yes, I played the games. Not all of them, because I didn't have time. I had a movie to design.

00:49 Nintendo is such a powerhouse in the gaming space because they've managed to world-build in a way that's unparalleled.

00:57 To us, these game elements are part of the world.

01:00 We were trying to increase the level of detail and richness in the world without disrupting what people love about the characters in the world.

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