Everyone Wants A Live-Action Mario Movie According To New Poll

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Everyone Wants A Live-Action Mario Movie According To New Poll

After Sonic's success, Mario might be the next big video game movie. via Nintendo Everyone wants a new live-action Mario movie, according to a new survey. The era of bad video game movie adaptations is officially dead. First, we had , which was a marvelous tour-de-force set in the world of Pokémon. Then, against all odds, came in like a blue whirlwind and was an actually entertaining experience instead of the . Now, Hollywood is looking at other video game franchises to make movies out of. We’ve already got a (although we’re still unless it receives a solid rewrite), and now we might be looking at a Super Mario movie too. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY via The Hollywood Reporter Mario Movie A new poll was conducted by that asked 2,200 American adults what video game they wanted to see turned into a live-action movie. The results put Mario at the top of the list with 44% of respondents in favor of a new live-action Mario film. For those old enough to remember, Hollywood has tried turning Mario into a movie before. Super Mario Bros. was released in 1993 as the biggest box-office flop of that year, making back only half of its investment at the box office. The film was--and I say this from experience--bad. It basically took the plot of Mario and threw it in a wood chipper, then cast Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. via TheHotCorn Mario Film As a result, nobody saw it, although the movie has gained a bit of a cult following in recent years as being the best example of a bad video game movie ever made. It might surprise you to know that a Mario movie is actually already in the works with Illumination, the studio that brought us the Minions movies. It’ll be CG and not live-action, with a . Tied for second in the national poll was Pac Man and at 37%. Pac Man sounds boring, but a live-action Mario Kart movie would be fantastic. Basically a racing film with no explanation for the characters. We all know their stories anyway--just take is straight to the action. Source: ,