Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario, anticipated that the next production could be of another character. The film is poised to surpass $1 billion at the box office.
The movie of Super Mario Bros. is an unstoppable successcollecting more than $748 million worldwide in just four weeks, so Nintendo is already thinking about continuing adapting their characters to cinema. The creator of Mario and the creative head of Shigeru Miyamoto video game company confirmed that more films based on different Nintendo franchises are on the way.
In an interview with the Japanese media Nikkei, Miyamoto anticipated that the next adaptation could focus on a different character. from nintendo. “Stay tuned for our next production,” said the video game designer and advanced: “Nintendo is like a talent agency, we have many other actors in our catalog.”
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Fans speculated on the possibility of a Nintendo Cinematic Universe since the Mario movie was announced. Legend of Zelda (which almost has an adaptation made by Netflix) and donkey kong (appearing in Super Mario Bros.) are some of the franchises that could receive adaptations. Others wait for the time when other lesser-known video games, such as Kirby, Metroid or StarFox, also have their moment to shine.
The success of Super Mario Bros. does not seem to be about to end while the movie is poised to surpass $1 billion at the box office. Faced with this situation and Chris Meladandri, CEO of Illumination (the Minions studio that produced the film) was invited to the board of directors of Nintendor, it is expected that both companies hold your alliance.
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“There is nothing we can confirm but we are going to continue working on our association”, Miyamoto told ScreenRant. Nintendo founded its division nintendo pictures to continue working on expansion of its intellectual properties to other media.
Also, last year Super Nintendo World theme park opened in Hollywood in an effort to cover different spaces where their franchises can expand. Soon the park is expected to open in Orlando as well.
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