Nintendo and Illumination's upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie won't be here for its original 2022 release date.
The father of Mario himself, Shigeru Miyamoto, went on Twitter to confirm that the Italian plumber's animated feature film will be coming in 2023 instead. Miyamoto claims that he made the decision along with the film's co-producer, Chris Melendandri, the CEO of Illumination. The new release date for the Super Mario Bros. film is now April 28 in Japan and April 7 in North America.
Miyamoto offered his apologies to fans for the delay but promised that "it will be well worth the wait."
In Nintendo's initial announcement, the console manufacturer claimed that the Super Mario Bros. movie will be ready by December 21. However, don't be surprised if Nintendo ends up moving the film again. The ambitious animated endeavor's new release date, April 2023, puts it in the way of James Cameron's Avatar 2, which was also delayed to April 2023 from its original December premiere date. But, if not, it will be interesting to see how Super Mario Bros.'s second-ever big-screen outing fares when going up against an equally large behemoth.