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CurtDogg:
The idea sounds clean and dirty at the same time.http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/39215/sony-working-on-a-super-mario-bros-movieNintendo and Sony Pictures are working on an animated Super Mario Bros. movie, following the ongoing massive leak of e-mails from the movie studio.While nothing is officially greenlit, the e-mails suggest that film producer Avi Arad recently acquired the rights to produce animated films based on Super Mario as of October 23 of this year. “I am the proud father of mario the animated film" said Arad in an e-mail to Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal. Arad then forwarded Pascal photos of him with Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata. Pascal forwarded these e-mails to Tom Rothman, chairman of the Sony-owned TriStar Pictures, and added "Avi closed Mario brothers, animated."The e-mails also include Arad thanking Michelle Raimo Kouyate, the President of Production at Sony Pictures Animation, for a gift basket filled with Mario merchandise, with replies from Koutate of wanting to "build a Mario empire!” and that she "can think of 3-4 movies right out of the gate on this. So huge!”. There are also talks of bringing on Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of the cartoons Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, as director of the film.Nintendo and Sony Pictures have yet to officially comment.

Triforce Hermit:
Sounds horrifying. I hope this happens.

Adrock:
If they got Genndy Tartakovsky to direct the film, there's a decent chance it wouldn't be awful though I'm admittedly biased as I loved Decter's Laboratory. It is strange that Nintendo would even entertain collaborating with Sony Pictures on this. I realize that Sony's movie and video game divisions are largely considered separate, but it's still Sony. I would have imagined Nintendo listening to Avi Arad's pitch then getting Disney on the phone right afterwards.

Ian Sane:
If this happens we need to get the PlayStation 4 exclusive Super Mario: The Movie: The Game! ...and it needs to be made by whatever jackasses made Hotel Mario.

Soren:
BlackNMild talked about this on the Sony topic in General Chat, and I agree with him: a Nintendo Universe movie like the LEGO movie would seem to be much more interesting than just a Mario themed movie.

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