🎞Illumination and Nintendo Begin Development
on Animated Film Based on the World of Super Mario Bros.
Illumination (HQ: Santa Monica, CA USA) and Nintendo Co., Ltd., (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Tatsumi Kimishima) today announced a partnership to develop a movie starring the Mario character.
The project will be produced by Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo.
The film will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures.
News Release : Feb. 1, 2018
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2018/180201.html