Voice cast. Chris Pratt as Mario Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach Charlie Day as Luigi Jack Black as Bowser Keegan-Michael Key as Toad Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike Surprise cameos from Charles Martinet
It isn't like they have a whole lot of good characters left now that the guiliani and cuomo families have gone bust. Mario and Luigi are probably the last non-criminal italians in media. Maybe they could get joe Pesci.
EXT. LUIGI'S MANSION - NIGHT A large, HAUNTED MANSION under a full moon. BOOs can be seen hovering overhead. INT. LUIGI'S MANSION - NIGHT A dimly lit corridor. Tastefully decorated, but old fashioned style. LUIGI trudges by a suit of armor, a vacuum strapped to his back. A Boo peaks out the armor's visor. LUIGI Mama mia. I see you there, Guiseppe. The Boo laughs. Flies off. Luigi opens a door. INT. ROOM - NIGHT A doctor's office. WOMAN's legs in stirrups. MARIO standing between legs, blocking view. He wears his doctor's coat. LUIGI What the fuck, Mario? I thought you were a doctor, not a ob-gyn! MARIO An ob-gyn is a doctor! Now take these-a pills and get the fuck out of here! WOMAN Hi Luigi! LUIGI Daisy? Mario, I swear to Peach -- DAISY Don't worry, Luigi, Mario's just checking my plumbing! Ooh, keep doing that! MARIO Why don't you go help-a Peach bake Yoshi some cookies? LUIGI Yeah, I'll-a go do that, you son-of-a-bitch. INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT A large, commercial style kitchen. A note on a counter. Luigi walks in. LUIGI Peach, I hope you have-a your oven ready -- what's-a this? He reads the note. LUIGI Mama mia! INT. MARIO'S OFFICE - NIGHT Mario's still up to no good. DAISY Mario! Are you sure I need this exam? MARIO Oh, Princess, you-a know you do! Luigi busts in. LUIGI Mario, Daisy! Bowser kidnapped-a Peach again! DAISY Well shit. Ok. My hysteria treatment can wait. Luigi, get my dress. LUIGI Hysteria?! DAISY Sounds like you could use some hysteria treatment too. MARIO Now just wait-a minute here... LUIGI Shut the fuck up, Mario. I'm-a gonna get the Yoshis ready. Mario pulls out a clicky-thing from pocket. MARIO Wait, you gotta show them who's alpha. Especially Green!
If my Twitter feed is anything to go by, no one likes this and blames Disney for marketing celebs for animated roles as the reason we got here
This proves the point I was going to make. Nintendo's waited too fucking long, the real movie will never be as funny as the three decades of fan stuff we've had to fill the gap with all this time.
Not just Italians, everyone that cares about Mario is pissed that the longtime Mario voice actor got pushed aside for Andy Dwyer/Starlord/Emmett the Lego guy. I personally don't give a shit, but as a Transformer fan I know how pissed I'd be if they pushed out Peter Cullen so Optimus Prime could be voiced by Chris Pratt in a big budget movie. I'm still annoyed that they originally used Hugo Weaving for Megatron when Frank Welker is still alive.
I was pissed when they made Batman in '89 and didn't use longtime Batman actor Adam West. [/sarcasm] Really, who gives a shit that Pratt isn't Italian? He's voicing an animated character based on a video game. Should they go back to The Godfather and digitally replace Marlon Brando with an "authentic" Sicilian actor? Sheesh.
It’s not a hard stance. Mostly joking. But, I do think he, or he and the writers, did a good job of portraying how confusing it may be when a person lives a double life. I think the Bale Batman attempted to highlight that as well (IIRC), but failed miserably.
OMFG! There was a Donkey Kong cartoon in the 80's, and that was the first voice acted portrayal of Mario, and you'll never guess who voiced him. Peter motherfucking Cullen!
I'm sure you understand the difference between a live action franchise and an animated one. This is more like if they made TAS with Chris Pratt instead of William Shatner. The classic Mario voice is actually an awful sterotypical comedy bit, up there with Apu and Borat. Having an Italian degrading themselves to do the voice would at least ensure the mob gets a cut of the action. I believe the big problem with Pratt is that he either imitates the classic Mario voice so thoroughly that he's unrecognizable and hiring him was a waste of money, or he plays it with his regular voice and it doesn't feel like Mario at all.
The paper manual for SMB-1 has a backstory for how Bowser conquered the mushroom kingdom, and trapped mushroom people in the question blocks, and made everything how the game starts. They've never showed the backstory in a sequel game, even as flashbacks. This movie is that manual backstory.
Let me guess. It will be advertised as the all-time epic MARIO BROTHERS movie, then turn out to be 95% the story of Peach, who will have the physique of a bodybuilder and sport "the haircut." She will be the bestest at everything and totally crush her quest to rescue Mario(who is and always was gay, obviously) by ending Bowser's evil patriarchal reign.
Yeah, I know how you feel. "Red Dawn" exists, so all movies and shows were ruined for me forever, and I never joined TrekBBS, or Wordforge, and this conversation isn't even happening.
