On April 5, two days earlier than the North American theaters, "Super Mario Bros. The Movie" was officially released in mainland China. On April 4, the film held its China premiere at Universal Beijing Resort.

Super Mario Bros. The Movie poster

"Super Mario Bros. The Movie" is jointly funded and produced by Universal Pictures and Nintendo, and is co-produced by Illumination Entertainment founder and CEO Christopher Meledandri and Nintendo representative director and research consultant, "Father of Mario" Shigeru Miyamoto As producer himself, Aaron Horvath co-directs with Michael Jelenik, and Matthew Fogel serves as a screenwriter. "Star Lord" Chris Pratt voices Mario, and "Queen's Gambit" Anya Taylor-Joy voices Princess Brigitte.

"Super Mario Bros. The Movie" Stills

"Super Mario Bros. The Movie" is adapted from Nintendo's Super Mario series of games-this classic horizontal version of the game produced in 1985, which was first launched on the "red and white machine". So far, the sales volume of the Mario series of games has exceeded 540 million sets, which can be said to be full of childhood memories of the world. At the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared in a Mario costume, which left a deep impression on audiences all over the world.

This animated film adaptation of the classic game stars some of the most famous plumbers in pop culture of the past four decades. It tells the story of Mario, a plumber in Brooklyn, New York, and his twin brother Luigi, who were accidentally transported through a mysterious pipe when they were repairing a main water pipe underground, and thus strayed into a new magical world. And when the two brothers separated, Mario embarked on an epic adventure to find Luigi...

Live photo of Beijing premiere

In addition to the two plumber brothers, the classic characters in the game also appeared in the movie. Princess Brigitte, as the determined ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, gave Mario a rigorous combat training in the film to help the latter tap his potential. Comedians Jack Black and Seth Rogen provide the voices of the film's big villain, Kuba, and the "funny" gorilla, Donkey Kong. It is also worth mentioning that Charles Martinez, who has voiced the brothers Mario and Luigi in the game for more than 30 years, also made a cameo appearance in the film.

"Father of Mario" Shigeru Miyamoto said when talking about the creation of the film, "Every time I meet with Hollywood producers, they will talk about our game IP can be adapted into a successful movie. , but the main conversation I had with Christopher was how similar our creative thinking was. So the way the movie was made was very close to the way I develop the game, and thankfully, that worked out pretty well for me. In the process of making the film, it is obvious that the creative concept alone cannot solve all the problems. We have gone through a lot of trial and error and discussions in the process of advancing: what is the story about Mario in this film? What do fans want to see? The scene? Among the many game characters, which ones should we choose to put in the film? We discussed many topics.”