Emails leaked during the recent Sony Pictures hack suggest that the paperwork is all but signed. On October 23rd this year, producer Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk,Ghost Rider, X-Men) emailed Sony studio chief Amy Pascal with the news "I am the proud father of mario the animated film." Pascal forwarded the same email to TriStar's (a Sony Pictures subsidiary) Tom Rothman, stating that “Avi closed Mario brothers."

The next day, Arad — who is also developing films based on inFAMOUS, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid and Uncharted — would email Sony Pictures Animation president of production Michelle Raimo Kouyate, thanking her for a congratulatory basket she had to him sent packed with Mario merchandise. "Let’s build a Mario empire!" Kouyate replied. The leaks show that Kouyate also forwarded the photo of the basket to Amy Pascal, claiming that she "can think of 3-4 movies right out of the gate on this. So huge!"

The negotiations — which, since the leak, Arad has claimed are still ongoing and haven't yet been signed — have been going on for most of 2014, and possibly even earlier. Back in February of this year, Kouyate emailed Pascal to tell her that Arad was travelling to Japan "to meet with his Nintendo guy (who he has been courting for a couple years)." In July, Arad emailed Pascal to inform her that he was “heading to Tokyo … I am going to try and bring back a little plumber. I guess we can all use our pipes cleaned."

Despite Sony Pictures' obvious connection with Sony Computer Entertainment, it would appear that the conflict of interest isn't a stumbling block for either party; if these emails are to be believed, Nintendo has gotten over that traumatic 1993 movie and is keen to leverage its most famous brand by creating animated movies. It already has a successful and long-running line of Pokémon films, and films based on Mario would surely prove to be even bigger.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/sony_pictures_is_in_negotiations_with_nintendo_to_make_a_super_mario_movie

 

 

 

Ooooh boy

 

Animated film? So Danny DeVito won't be reprising his role?

My brother apparently saw a trailer already. I didn't really believe him, but this rumor opens his credibility a bit.

My brother apparently saw a trailer already. I didn't really believe him, but this rumor opens his credibility a bit.

........get him to share the link?

........get him to share the link?

He can't even remember where or how he saw it. I get like that too. It's a common thing when there are more important matters to attend to.

i competely forgot about the mgs movie,i thought they cancelled it  

I saw this, and actually started to repeat "Oh no..." out loud a few times. This is just... Why...? We all remember how it went last time...

I am one of the few that actually liked the old Super Mario Bro movie I thought it was quite entertaining.

I am one of the few that actually liked the old Super Mario Bro movie I thought it was quite entertaining.

I loved it as a guilty pleasure,it's one of those "it's so bad it's good" things

I loved it as a guilty pleasure,it's one of those "it's so bad it's good" things

what about the Super Mario Bros super show?

I loved it as a guilty pleasure,it's one of those "it's so bad it's good" things

Yeah, I guess I can admit I laughed a lot at it, as terrible as it was. I only saw it once back in middle school, so I can't say that I'd enjoy it now. I'm not too sure how to feel about this though, especially since Sony of all companies is behind it... That's just a really weird match.

Yeah, I guess I can admit I laughed a lot at it, as terrible as it was. I only saw it once back in middle school, so I can't say that I'd enjoy it now. I'm not too sure how to feel about this though, especially since Sony of all companies is behind it... That's just a really weird match.

Well not Sony Computer Entertainment(the guys behind the Playstation brand)

 

Sony Pictures work completely different than SCE heck this isn't the first time they were involved with companies like Nintendo or Microsoft

Well not Sony Computer Entertainment(the guys behind the Playstation brand)

 

Sony Pictures work completely different than SCE heck this isn't the first time they were involved with companies like Nintendo or Microsoft

I know that, it still seems really weird, though. I guess this might not be too bad since it's going to be animated, though... No more human/dinosaur hybrids and... Whatever it is that Toad was supposed to be. I think he was just a normal human...

I know that, it still seems really weird, though. I guess this might not be too bad since it's going to be animated, though... No more human/dinosaur hybrids and... Whatever it is that Toad was supposed to be. I think he was just a normal human...

And no more humanoid goombas

 

And hopefully,Bowser will be actually.....y'know,the turtle dragon he actually is instead of a human

And no more humanoid goombas

 

And hopefully,Bowser will be actually.....y'know,the turtle dragon he actually is instead of a human

Ugh, the Goombas... I don't even know what they were supposed to be.

I really can't picture a Mario movie,The Live-action movie from 1993 wasn't that great,I didn't like it,but I assume they won't make the same mastakes with this one and a Mario movie could work I guess,the Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi games have pretty good stories,but if they want to make a movie from a Nintendo IP there are so many better choices,like The Legend of Zelda,Metroid,Kid Icarus,Fire Emblem,Star Fox,F-Zero,the Mother serie or even Smash Bros,but of course Mario is the big Superstar,everybody know him.

 

If they are really making a Mario movie,my expectations for it are very low for the moment.

I really can't picture a Mario movie,The Live-action movie from 1993 wasn't that great,I didn't like it,but I assume they won't make the same mastakes with this one and a Mario movie could work I guess,the Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi games have pretty good stories,but if they want to make a movie from a Nintendo IP there are so many better choices,like The Legend of Zelda,Metroid,Kid Icarus,Fire Emblem,Star Fox,F-Zero,the Mother serie or even Smash Bros,but of course Mario is the big Superstar,everybody know him.

 

If they are really making a Mario movie,my expectations for it are very low for the moment.

Well they said it's animated not live action so.............I guess we have to wait and see on this one

Edited December 13, 201410 yr by Smash Mega Koopa