Nintendo shared the first trailer for the highly anticipated "Super Mario Bros. Movie," an animated adventure featuring a deeply meme-worthy cast. With Chris Pratt as Mario and Jack Black as Bowser, fans were excited to see just how deranged this movie would turn out to be. Over 600,000 viewers tuned in for the premiere on Nintendo of America's YouTube channel, and the trailer was simulcast at New York Comic Con.
Although the trailer was a bit short, it did not disappoint. We finally got to hear Chris Pratt's voice coming out of Mario's animated form, and it was delightfully weird. Also, Keegan-Michael Key is already killing him as Toad, admonishing Mario for mistaking him for a mushroom. Toad with attitude? Hell yeah.
Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Writer: Matthew Fogel
Stars: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day
The trailer kicks off with Bowser back at his nonsense, trying to steal our stars like we're playing "Mario Party." The Koopa Troopas, which are literally troops, true to his name, follow Bowser to a snowy castle, where he demands that they open the gates. Some penguins try to throw snowballs at him to defend his domain, but his efforts are futile. So far, Black seems to have seriously committed to his role as Mario's terrifying villain.
"Do you have any idea how long it took me to learn to breathe fire?" Black was deadpan in a pre-recorded video, which played alongside the trailer. "I had to learn from Gene Simmons from Kiss!" To quote our own Greg Kumparak, “Bowser looks terrifying! Mario is Chris Pratt."
He is correct. We are introduced to Mario as he steps out of a warp tube into a mushroom-filled fantasy land, but he unceremoniously lands alone in the field. So far, Chris Pratt's Mario looks more like Andy Dwyer than Star-Lord, and we love that about him.