Chris Pratt Cast as Voice of Mario for New 'Super Mario Bros' Movie (msn.com) 38
Newsweek reports:
Chris Pratt is in a celebratory mood, following the announcement that he's set to voice lead character Mario in an animated movie adaptation of the enduring video game Super Mario Bros. The Guardians of the Galaxy star joins a star-studded cast in the movie, which includes Charlie Day as his brother Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy [from The Queen's Gambit] as Princess Peach, Keegan-Michael Key [co-creator of Key & Peele] as Toad, and Jack Black as villainous turtle Bowser... Also included in the cast are Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong and Fred Armisen [from SNL and Portlandia], who will take on the role of his grandfather, Cranky Kong....
The producers said that the actors were selected for their ability to capture the spirit of each of their characters, per Variety.
Kotaku adds that future-voice-of-Mario Chris Pratt "isn't exactly instilling confidence right now." "It's ah me, ah Mario," he said in an Instagram video posted last night in the exact same voice I would use if I were pretending to be Chris Pratt pretending to be Mario. "That's not the voice, you'll have to wait to hear the voice, but we've been working hard at it and I'm really excited to announce that I'm the voice of that video game that I dreamed of playing as a kid."
For decades, Mario has been voiced in the games by Charles Martinet who is also not Italian but is an theatrically trained and experienced voice actor who specializes in accents and dialects. He will be involved in the new movie in some way, but at this point just as another avenue for Nintendo to troll longtime fans, it seems.
The producers said that the actors were selected for their ability to capture the spirit of each of their characters, per Variety.
Kotaku adds that future-voice-of-Mario Chris Pratt "isn't exactly instilling confidence right now." "It's ah me, ah Mario," he said in an Instagram video posted last night in the exact same voice I would use if I were pretending to be Chris Pratt pretending to be Mario. "That's not the voice, you'll have to wait to hear the voice, but we've been working hard at it and I'm really excited to announce that I'm the voice of that video game that I dreamed of playing as a kid."
For decades, Mario has been voiced in the games by Charles Martinet who is also not Italian but is an theatrically trained and experienced voice actor who specializes in accents and dialects. He will be involved in the new movie in some way, but at this point just as another avenue for Nintendo to troll longtime fans, it seems.
topping the 1st movie is an low bar to pass! (Score:3)
topping the 1st movie is an low bar to pass!
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I just hope they don't try to put it in the "real world" again. That never works, no matter how many times they try.
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To be honest, I kind of liked the first movie. It was terrible yes, but it had some funny moments that have stuck with me. As far as bad movies go, there are many that are vastly worse.
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Lou Albano was a better Mario than Bob Hoskins. And John Leguizamo's Luigi performance was so utterly terrible that I don't understand why he even auditioned. Danny Wells will always be the one true Luigi.
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I play a lot of games, but never played any Mario (thought maybe Donkey Kong in an arcade counts). But my impression is that there was nothing in common between the movie and the game except for the names and professions of the characters.
Mario already have a voice (Score:4, Insightful)
...and It will always be Charles Martinet.
If you need to sign big actor name to create hype, you already know the movie is going to be a flop.
CASTING = FAILURE already (Score:1)
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It was always going to be crap.
But it's only a flop if their tactics don't work
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The crap will start in chapter 2.
*Plays the "underground" theme*
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you already know the movie is going to be a flop.
Based on the decision to hire a different professional voice actor alone? Man must you have been pissed the first 7 times James Bond was recast.
As for Chris Pratt being some big name actor, I see this along with the rest of the internet hate train as little more than ignorant bullshit. My favourite one was a tweet complaining about "actors" rather than professional voice actors, completely ignoring the fact that not a single person announced in the cast doesn't also have a history of voice acting.
Boo woo.
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Never mind... (Score:2)
Never mind all the movies that cast big name actors that didn't flop though, right?
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I hope they include Mario's famous catchphrase "It's a meh Mario"...
I liked the first movie as a kid. (Score:1)
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That first movie has some very creative set and character designs. It has a definite intersting take of a dystopian underground worldbuilding. If it was it's own thing and not tied to the game it could have been something intersting, it has some definite Escape from NY vibes happening.
It is not what you want from a SMB movie as a child in the 80s though.
I don't get it. Having Charles Martinet available, (Score:1)
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Re: The real reason (Score:1)
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With mean parents like his (Score:2)
He has to do all he can to overcome his name [imgur.com].
I dunno (Score:2)
I mean, the guy is such a Pratt...
The Obvious Choice (Score:2)
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30 years ago.... (Score:2)
25 years ago i thought that the nintendo stable characters were overused.
I still think that.
I can't imagine what big-n had to do to poor Mario to make him show up in another one of their productions.
Miyamoto is a sadist. Nintendo should just let it go.
Free Mario!