This new animated film will be produced by Chris Meledandri of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo, directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, who previously collaborated on the animated series Teen Titans Go! and the film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. The screenplay of the film will be written by Matthew Fogel, whose writing credits include The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part and the upcoming Illumination film Minions: The Rise of Gru.
Originally planned for December 21, 2022, Nintendo revealed that the launch is being delayed until April 7, 2023.
"This is Miyamoto.
After consulting with Chris-san, my partner at Illumination on the Super Mario Bros. film, we decided to move the global release to Spring 2023–April 28 in Japan and April 7 in North America.
My deepest apologies but I promise it will be well worth the wait."
The voice actors for the characters, each cast for their ability to capture the unique spirit of their character, are:
- Mario – Chris Pratt
- Princess Peach – Anya Taylor-Joy
- Luigi – Charlie Day
- Bowser – Jack Black
- Toad – Keegan-Michael Key
- Donkey Kong – Seth Rogen
- Cranky Kong – Fred Armisen
- Kamek – Kevin Michael Richardson
- Spike – Sebastian Maniscalco
- ??? – Charles Martinet