Woohoo! Release date for the Super Mario Bros. Movie confirmed, voice cast revealed!

During the Nintendo Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto - creator of the Super Mario series - revealed that the movie is coming along smoothly, and is planned to be released in December 21st, 2022, in North America. It'll still be a while before they can reveal a trailer, though.

That being said, they revealed some of the members of the voice cast! Chris Pratt will be voicing the iconic hero, Mario. You may of heard of him from The LEGO Movie, where he voiced Emmet, or Guardians of the Galaxy, where he played Star-Lord. He also played Owen Brady from Jurassic World.

Anya Taylor will be voicing the beloved ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach. Her most notable role is Emma Woodhouse from the film, Emma.

Charlie Day will be voicing Mario's younger twin brother, Luigi. He's well known for his roles in Horrible Bosses and its sequel, where he played Dale Arbus. Other roles include Art from Monster University, Dr. Newton Geiszler in Pacific Rim, and Benny from The LEGO Movie.

Jack Black will be voicing the king of the Koopas, Bowser! Jack Black is most famous for his role as Po from Dreamworks Animation's Kung Fu Panda. He also played as R.L. Stine, as well as voiced Slappy the Invisible Boy, from the Goosebumps movie.

Keegan-Michael Key will voice the friendly little buddy, Toad. He's also the voice for Murray the Mummy in Hotel Transylvania 2, and Ducky in Toy Story 4.

Seth Rogen will be providing the voice for the banana-loving Donkey Kong. You may have heard of him as Mantis from Kung Fu Panda, or Pumbaa from the 2019 The Lion King remake.

Perhaps unexpectedly, Cranky Kong, Bowser's top minion Kamek, and Foreman Spike are also confirmed to be making an appearance in the movie! Cranky Kong will be voiced by Fred Armisen, Kamek will be voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, and Foreman Spike will be voiced by Sebastian Maniscalco.

Notably, Sebastian stated that he was voicing Spike back in August in an interview on the Bertcast. However, whether or not this was actually Spike from Wrecking Crew, or the turtle enemy who spits out spike balls called Spike, was unknown until now.

Charles Martinet - who voices Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi - is confirmed to be voicing "surprise cameos" in the movie.

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