Illumination has released a Super Mario Bros commercial that includes some unedited moments from previous videos, namely the teaser and trailer .
Mario ( Chris Pratt ) and Donkey Kong ( Seth Rogen ) are fighting in the arena, and our hero manages to activate one of the classic cubes with a question mark: what he gets is the cat costume, first introduced in Super Mario 3D World game . Despite unsheathing his claws, Kong is not at all impressed: «Now die» he tells Mario after a hearty laugh.
The release is expected on April 6 in Italian cinemas. You can see the spot below.
The spot
The cast
Chris Pratt voices Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy voices Princess Peach, Charlie Day voices Luigi, and Jack Black voices Bowser; Keegan-Michael Key plays Toad, Seth Rogen and Fred Armisen are Donkey and Cranky Kong respectively. Kevin Michael Richardson plays the role of Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco that of Spike.
Direction and screenplay
Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic , who have already collaborated on the animated series Teen Titans Go! and the movie Teen Titans Go! To the Movies . The screenplay is instead the work of Matthew Fogel ( The Lego Movie 2: A new adventure , Minions 2 – How Gru becomes very bad ).
Production
Co-financed by Universal and Nintendo , Super Mario Bros is produced by Illumination ‘s Chris Meledandri and Shigeru Miyamoto , creator of the original game.