Because it was prophesied (on this case, “prophesied” refers to cross-promoted by Nintendo Direct), so it has come to go: the trailer for Illumination’s Tremendous Mario Bros. film, which we now know is known as, er The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film has landed. It is-a-him, Mario!

With the central plumber hero voiced by Chris Pratt (and there may be already a world of opinion about that selection), this teaser sees Jack Black’s Bowser on the warpath, in search of a robust star. He takes on a military of lovable penguins – who do not supply a lot of a problem.

The footage (which has some fashionable animation to indicate off) would not get to Mario till close to the top, as our hero stumbles into the Mushroom Kingdom.

The forged additionally options Anya Taylor-Pleasure as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, and Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong.

Administrators Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic are veterans of Teen Titans GO! To The Motion pictures, whereas author Matthew Fogel contributed to The Lego Film 2 and Minions: The Rise Of Gru.

And lets be trustworthy… Its primary competitors at this level is likely one of the most notorious films in cine-history.

We’ll discover out whether or not it really works when the film arrives by way of Common on 31 March subsequent yr.

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