Som ni säkert kommer ihåg jobbar Illumination och Nintendo på att tillsammans göra en långfilm baserad på Super Mario. I Nintendos senaste kvartalsrapport finns en del intressanta citat om saken från självaste Shigeru Miyamoto samt högste chefen Tatsumi Kimishima. Förstnämnda kommenterar bland annat projektet såhär:
"I've been considering an animated film for many years now. There has long been talk that Nintendo could make a movie because 'making a game is like making a movie.' But they are completely different to me. Interactive experiences are completely different from non-interactive media, and to make a movie I want a film expert to do the work."
Det var dock inte förrän Miyamoto träffade Illumination-bossen Chris Meledandri som Super Mario-skaparen insåg hur det skulle göras:
"I have talked with all sorts of different movie directors and producers, and eventually I was introduced to Illumination via Universal Parks & Resorts, with whom we are developing theme park attractions. As a producer, Chris Meledandri is noted here for movies like Minions and Sing, but he is a veteran with a ton of experience, including the movie Ice Age and stints at companies like 20th Century Fox Animation. When I talked with Chris, he said he had read a lot of interviews with me and felt we had a similar approach to creation. Talking about our similarities, we clicked and decided maybe we should do some kind of collaboration. We started our conversation over two years ago, and finally reached the stage where we could make an announcement."
Att få jobba med Meledandri för med sig många fördelar, enligt Miyamoto. Bland annat säger han:
"Chris is extremely cost-conscious and time-conscious in his quest to make successful movies. We decided to try making a movie together, and distributing the completed movie globally through Universal Pictures. We've talked together and share the feeling that if we can't make something interesting we'll just call it quits. But we've already met a number of times to hash out the screenplay, our talks together are progressing, and I hope to make an announcement once we've ironed out some things like the schedule".
Om det bara görs rätt kan naturligtvis en Super Mario-film bli hur bra som helst. Ser du fram emot det färdiga resultatet?
