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Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

When we last heard about the Sonic the Hedgehog movie’s tentative release date, the film was planned for 2018. However, since then, the movie rights have shifted from Sony to Paramount, and now it appears the release window has been moved back. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sonic the Hedgehog will be opening November 15, 2019.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Yet another cast member has been confirmed for the Detective Pikachu movie. Rita Ora, who is both a singer and an actress, will be appearing in the film. Her role is currently being kept secret.

Ryan Reynolds will star in the upcoming movie as Detective Pikachu. The film will also feature Justice Smith as Tim Goodman, Kathryn Newton as Lucy, Ken Watanabe as Detective Yoshida, plus Bill Nighy, Chris Geere, and Suki Waterhouse.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

As part of its latest financial results, Nintendo finally confirmed that a new animated Mario movie is on the way. Illumination is being brought in to work on the project.

During the Q&A section of Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing, Shigeru Miyamoto commented on the movie a bit further. Below are his full comments on the film:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 31 Comments

During Nintendo’s financial results briefing, the company made the new animated Mario movie with Illumination official. Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri will be co-producing. At the Q&A portion of the briefing, Miyamoto shared more details on how the partnership came to be.

Miyamoto started out by saying that he’s been considering an animated movie for many years. However, in his view, creating games and movies aren’t really that similar.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Filming is underway for the Detective Pikachu movie, but we’re still finding out about new cast members. Hollywood Reporter says today that Suki Waterhouse is joining the film. Details surrounding Waterhouse’s role are being kept under wraps.

Ryan Reynolds is leading the way on Detective Pikachu as the voice of the Pokemon. Other actors include Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy, and Chris Geere.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 41 Comments

Nintendo has published an official announcement covering the news regarding the upcoming Mario movie. Illumination is working on the project, and Shigeru Miyamoto will be co-producing.

Here’s the full announcement:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…

As part of utilizing Nintendo IP, we hope to increase visibility of Nintendo characters in the daily lives of our consumers and boost familiarity with the worlds in games made by Nintendo as entertainment. By combining the effects of many such initiatives, we aim to create an engine of competitiveness in the dedicated video game platform business and all of our other businesses.

I will introduce several examples from 2017. The winners of the UTGP T-shirt design competition held in cooperation with Uniqlo were announced, and their designs were sold in Uniqlo stores worldwide.

Kellogg released a breakfast cereal in the US that features Mario on the box. The box contains a new initiative, an amiibo tag with an NFC chip.

Last year we also piloted the release of the main theme songs from game software on music distribution services, ahead of the release of the game software itself.

In addition to these examples, we are engaging in other initiatives to boost opportunities for consumers to interact with Nintendo characters by increasing the number and variety of regional and worldwide collaborations with partner companies. In this way, we will continue seeking to raise the value of Nintendo IP and maximize the potential of our
overall business strategies.

Lastly, we will now introduce a new initiative to effectively use Nintendo IP. We have started development of an animated movie featuring “Super Mario” with Illumination, the movie studio that brought films such as “Despicable Me” and “Minions.” For this project Mr. Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo will co-producing the film. The film will be co-financed by Universa Pictures and Nintendo, and distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures.

Further announcements on details such as release dates will be made at a later date. We look forward to providing further information about the release timing for this movie that we hope everyone will enjoy.

As a part of our effort to expand Nintendo IP beyond video games, we look forward to bringing smiles to people around the world through this movie.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Two more actors are joining the Detective Pikachu movie. Deadline reports that Bill Nighy (Love Actually, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Gideon’s Daughter,) and Chris Geere (FXX’s You’re The Worst) have both been added to the film. Their roles have not been identified at present.

Other actors involved with the Detective Pikachu movie include Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu, Ken Watanabe, Justice Smith, and Kathryn Newton.

The Detective Pikachu movie will debut in May 2019.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

After it was officially announced in 2016, filming has started on the Detective Pikachu movie. Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures announced the news today.

Ryan Reynolds will star as the voice of Pikachu. Other actors include Ken Watanabe (Godzilla), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), and Kathryn Newton (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Rob Letterman (Goosebumps, Gulliver’s Travels) will be directing, while Nicole Perlman and Letterman are acting as writers.

The Detective Pikachu film will debut in North America on May 10, 2019.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

According to Hollywood Reporter, Ken Watanabe has signed on for the Detective Pikachu movie. The site says that he’ll play the role of Detective Yoshida.

Several other actors have been confirmed for the Detective Pikachu film over the past few months. These include Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu, Justice Smith as the human lead, and Kathryn Newton as the female lead.

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