Sony Pictures Entertainment is working on an animated film based on the series of Super Mario Bros. It became known from the correspondence of the company's employees, transfers blog Kotaku.
In the leaked internal files Sony, which published the recent hacking of enthusiasts discovered correspondence producer Avi Arad and co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment Amy Pascal. It Arad October 23, 2014 reported that became the "father of the animated film about Mario", and the following letter sent a photograph taken in negotiations with the game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata Nintendo home. In subsequent letters, the producer added that "closed the deal."
This is not the first film adaptation of a series of platformer Nintendo. In 1993, the production studio Hollywood Pictures and Allied Filmmakers released film "Super Mario Bros." directed by Annabel Dzhenkel ("Skellig") and Rocky Morton ("dead on arrival").Starring in the film was played by Bob Hoskins ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit"), John Leguizamo ("Carlito's Way") and Dennis Hopper ("Speed"). The film's budget was $ 48 million, and at the box office in the US, he earned $ 20 million.
Super Mario - a series about a plumber Mario platformer created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo. Games come in 1985. The last part, Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U, appeared in Europe November 29, 2013 and scored on reviews aggregator GameRankings average score of 92.91%. For all time Nintendo has sold more than 262 million games about Mario.
