{"id":18305,"date":"2023-04-03T23:25:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=18305"},"modified":"2023-04-03T23:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:25:31","slug":"the-super-mario-bros-movie-opens-at-cinemas-wednesday-5-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/04\/03\/the-super-mario-bros-movie-opens-at-cinemas-wednesday-5-april\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Super Mario Bros, Movie&#8221; opens at cinemas  Wednesday, 5 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SuperMario-banner.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SuperMario-banner.jpg?resize=450%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SuperMario-banner.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SuperMario-banner.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nintendo\u2019s iconic Super Mario Bros. characters have been captivating gamers and fans for decades.\u00a0 Now, in conjunction with Illumination, the animation studio responsible for creating some of the most beloved animated films of the past decade, including the <em>Sing<\/em> and <em>The Secret Life of Pets<\/em> films and the <em>Despicable Me<\/em> and <em>Minions<\/em> franchise, they have joined forces to create <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE<\/a><\/em>, a new, big-screen comedy adventure starring pop culture\u2019s most prominent plumber of the past four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers Mario (CHRIS PRATT, Jurassic World and The LEGO Movie franchises) and brother Luigi (CHARLIE DAY, It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Horrible Bosses) are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the assistance of a Mushroom Kingdom resident Toad (<em>KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY<\/em>, Key &amp; Peele, The Lion King) and some training from the strong-willed ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom Princess Peach (<em>ANYA TAYLOR-JOY<\/em>, The Queen\u2019s Gambit, The Menu), Mario taps into his own power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Super Mario Bros. Movie features an extraordinary comedic cast, including <em>JACK BLACK<\/em> (Jumanji films) as Bowser, <em>SETH ROGEN<\/em> (The Fabelmans, The Lion King, Neighbors franchise) as Donkey Kong, <em>FRED ARMISEN<\/em> (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live) as Cranky Kong, <em>KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON<\/em> (American Dad!, Family Guy) as Kamek and <em>SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO<\/em> (Green Book) as Spike, plus a special voice appearance by <em>CHARLES MARTINET<\/em>, who has voiced the characters of Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario games for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Mario Bros.: The Movie - Trailer 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WRr_c2f-jbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo\u2019s iconic Super Mario Bros. characters have been captivating gamers and fans for decades.\u00a0 Now, in conjunction with Illumination, the animation studio responsible for creating some of the most beloved animated films of the past decade, including the Sing and The Secret Life of Pets films and the Despicable Me and Minions franchise, they have&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/04\/03\/the-super-mario-bros-movie-opens-at-cinemas-wednesday-5-april\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The Super Mario Bros, Movie&#8221; opens at cinemas  Wednesday, 5 April<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}