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The Super Mario Bros Movie: Tour a bit of Mushroom Kingdom in the first clip from the new animated film

The Game Awards were held last night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. And while a big story of the night involved a highjacked acceptance speech for a stunt thanking Bill Clinton, in the midst of everything, comic actor...

Posted 4 years ago

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Fan creates realistic Super Mario Bros video game trailer using movie cast

Posted 4 years ago

As Super Mario Bros. fans await the first teaser for the yet-to-be-titled computer-animated adaptation, one die-hard plumber aficionado created a trailer for what could be the greatest Super Mario Bros. game never made. A YouTuber and digital artist who posts...

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Minions: The Rise of Gru: Movie theaters to ban teens copying the Gentleminions TikTok trend

Posted 4 years ago

I honestly didn’t know this was a thing until late last night but I guess it’s a trend that’s getting to the point where it’s garnering complaints for its disruptive and rude behavior. Teens have been dressing in suits and...

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Minions: The Rise of Gru scores the best preview numbers for an animated film during the pandemic with $10.8M

Posted 4 years ago

It looks like Minions: The Rise of Gru will have a big weekend at the box office over the Fourth of July holiday if its preview numbers are any indication. The Universal/Illumination release scored the best preview numbers for an animated film...

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John Leguizamo criticizes Super Mario Bros. animated film’s lack of diversity

Posted 5 years ago

Last week, Nintendo and Illumination revealed the main voice cast for their upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie. The cast is led most notably by Chris Pratt as the voice of Mario and Charlie Day as the voice of Luigi....

Sing 2 trailer reveals a sequel with bigger dreams and drama

Posted 5 years ago

I hope you're ready to have a song in your heart because Illumination just debuted a full trailer for Sing 2. The trailer is high-spirited and surprisingly emotional as the film's colorful cast of characters each experience their own doubts...

Universal pushes Minions 2, Sing 2 to 2021; Wicked now undated

Posted 6 years ago

It was just last week when Illumination announced that MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU was bowing out of its late June and early July release windows, and now, the highly-anticipated animated sequel has been scheduled for July 2, 2021. Originally, the...