Nintendo’s Hollywood dreams became a little closer to reality today. The consolemaker has announced they’ve teamed up with Illumination (the studio behind Despicable Me and Minions) to produce an animated movie based on characters and locales from the Super Mario Bros. franchise.
Nintendo will co-finance the untitled film with Universal Pictures, and it’ll be produced by Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri and Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto.
A release date for the new Super Mario Bros. movie wasn’t announced.
