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A copyright listing for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie has seemingly revealed that Nintendo has established new production companies for its expansion into visual content.<\/p>\n

A recent post on the ResetEra gaming forum highlighted a US copyright catalog listing for Illumination’s Super Mario Bros. movie, which was initially spotted by Twitter user @ MichaelO2k<\/a>. The database lists the various parties involved in the film’s production, including “Nintendo Studios, LLC” and “M Brothers Productions, LLC” amongst several others.<\/p>\n

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There are copyright records for the Illumination Mario movie, which have the expected companies listed, but there’s also new companies: “Nintendo Studios, LLC” and “M Brothers Productions, LLC”. Guessing these are the studios Nintendo will be listing their movies under pic.twitter.com\/IydjzrkLyH<\/a><\/p>\n

– MichaelO2000 (@ MichaelO2k) June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Some have speculated that Nintendo has set up these companies as part of its visual content expansion initiative, perhaps signalling that more projects will be announced in this space in the future, while others have pointed out that it’s standard procedure for movies to have its own LLC for legal reasons and that it may be strictly for the Super Mario Bros. movie.<\/p>\n

Nintendo is already said to be exploring animation projects beyond Super Mario, with early reports suggesting Seth Rogen will be getting his own Donkey Kong movie. That project is reportedly already in the works at Illumination – the same animation studio that is working on the Super Mario Bros. movie, starring Chris Pratt as everyone’s favorite Italian plumber.<\/p>\n

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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has also recognized the opportunity to increase engagement with Nintendo’s IPs by turning more of its games into movies, though he remains focused on the CG-animated Super Mario movie for now. Miyamoto announced in April that the movie had been pushed back to next spring but promised that it will be “well worth the wait.”<\/p>\n

While you are waiting for that, you might want to check out our list of 40 upcoming video game movies and TV adaptations or give the recently restored anime from 1986 a watch.<\/p>\n

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. <\/em>Follow her on Twitter.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n