Itās been almost four years since a new Mario Bros. movie was announced, and in that time weāve learned almost nothing about it, other than the fact itās being made by the same team behind the Minions movies, and that itās going to be animated.
Today, though, we have something. Itās not much, but given the fact itās something, thatās something! During a two-hour interview with Bert Kreischer, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is asked what heās up to for the rest of his day, when he casually drops the fact heās off to do some work on the Mario movie, in which heās playing the role of Spike, ātheir boss.ā
If the character name doesnāt sound instantly familiar, thatās because itās quite the deep cut. Spike, aka Foreman Spike, is from Wrecking Crew, a game released on the Famicom/NES in 1985, where heās Mario and Luigiās boss as they work to demolish a building site as fast as they can.
Of course this tells us almost nothing about the movie other than those bare facts, but hey, anyone looking to speculate could be heartened by the fact theyāve dug as far back as Wrecking Crew for inspiration!
Last anyone heard, the movie was due for release in 2022, and is still on track. Since weāre in August 2021 hopefully that means we get a trailer soon, because Iām dying to see what this movie actually looks like.
