Nintendo gives us a peek at the moment Mario arrives in the Mushroom Kingdom for the very first time.
Illumination Entertainment
Even with Mario’s creator “front and center” in the movie-making process, this could go very wrong.
Decades after the live-action Super Mario film’s flop, Nintendo is said to be ready to take another shot at movie magic.
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