The creator of Mario himself commented on the challenges of bringing to the recent animated adaptation.

While the movie might have landed poorly with critics, it is performing incredibly well at thebox office.

Unsurprisingly, it’s a crowd-pleaserand anyone who has ever touched aMariogamewill find somethingto enjoywithin its breezy runtime.

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As one might expect, bringing such an iconic character and world to life was no easy task.

And it was difficult.

But why did the creator choose Illumination as the project’s partner?

Mario sloshed in Mario Movie

We thought that this would be a great match and decided, lets work together to create something new.

And heres how we can expand this into business.'

With Chris it wasnt, ‘Hey, lets make a Mario movie.’

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More spin-off films are almost certainly a guarantee as well.

Super Mario Bros.is now playing in theaters worldwide and will be available topurchase on premium video-on-demand platformson May 9.

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