Look for the first to arrive within 5 years!
Over the weekend, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed that his company was looking to get back into the movie business – with plans of releasing its next film in the near future.
As the company readies to reveal their NX device (presumably in a few weeks at e3), Nintendo is currently looking to secure deals with production companies for its franchises.
We’re assuming the likes of Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong will be the headliners for the upcoming feature films before the decade’s end. After denied reports of a Zelda live-action Netflix series last year, as well as ignoring the rumor of being in negotiations with Sony Pictures for an animated Super Mario Bros. film, Dr. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games in Tokyo clarified plans from The Big N.
Unfortunately, Nintendo isn’t interested in revisiting live-action style movies, which is contributed to the epic failure of Super Mario Bros. from 1993, and is currently planning anime-type releases.
Take a look at the series of tweets below.
1) Some misinformation about Nintendo's move into "movies" and "Hollywood" floating around. That Asahi article should be read with care.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
2) There are two pieces, an article (https://t.co/Gg9DfMGoz4) + the much more relevant actual Kimishima interview (https://t.co/qix0mnHBfw).
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
3) In the interview, Kimishima mentions the 1993 Super Mario movie as the reason why Nintendo is NOT looking at live-action movies.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
4) Instead he seems to prefer 3D CD/anime-type content where Nintendo should produce as much by itself as possible.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
5) Also note that he does NOT give a time frame. He says the first title won't be ready this year but also won't take 5 years.
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
6) Kimishima also refuses to specify IP. Note that Mario and Zelda are just brought up by the writer as examples. Nothing confirmed. //end
— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) May 15, 2016
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