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Hypebeast
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
A ‘Death Stranding' Anime Adaption Is on the Way
Summary Hideo Kojimahas confirmed thatDeath Strandingis receiving an anime adaptation, marking another expansion of the game's universe beyond interactive media. In a recent interview withVogue Japan, Kojima revealed that alongside thelive-action film adaptation with A24, his team is also working on an anime project. While details remain scarce, Kojima emphasized his desire to explore new storytelling formats, stating, 'I want to pursue the expressive potential of cinema' and create aDeath Strandingadaptation that stands apart from traditional game-to-screen translations. Kojima's approach to expanding the IP aligns with his broader vision of blurring the boundaries between games, film and animation. He noted that while some adaptations, likeThe Last of Us, remain faithful to their source material, others, such asThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, serve as fan-driven experiences. Kojima aims for something more ambitious, suggesting that both the anime and live-action film will offer unique interpretations of theDeath Strandinguniverse, potentially introducing new narratives or expanding existing lore. Although no studio or release window has been announced, Kojima's commitment to multi-platform storytelling suggests that the anime adaptation will be a visually striking and narratively complex project. WithDeath Stranding 2: On the Beachset to release next month, and the live-action film adaptation directed byMichael Sarnoskiin development, Kojima's vision forDeath Strandingas a multimedia franchise continues to evolve. Fans can expect further updates as Kojima Productions unveils more details about the anime adaptation in the coming months.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Title of Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Appears Briefly on NBCUniversal Website
Since the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel was announced alongside its release date, things have been quiet from Universal Pictures—until now, as the title's sequel may have been accidentally leaked. In a press release published on the NBCUniversal website, it appears that too much information was shared about the company's upcoming film lineup. NBCUniversal revealed several key movie, television and streaming releases for the next two years, and one title on the list stood out from the rest. The NBCUniversal press release detailing the company's upcoming content slate stated: 'An exciting range of films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination were presented, including M3GAN 2.0, Nobody 2, The Bad Guys 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, The Black Phone 2, HIM, The Phoenician Scheme, Super Mario World, Shrek and Minions.' Shortly after it was posted, the lineup was significantly altered. The title of the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel—Super Mario World—has since been removed from the press release. Given the events in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, where the Mushroom Kingdom is saved, it's possible Illumination and company saw an opportunity to bring the brothers beyond their home world to showcase Super Mario World on the big screen. The 1990 SNES title took the Mario Bros. out of the Mushroom Kingdom and brought them to Dinosaur Land, the home of Yoshi—who didn't appear in the first movie—and many other recognizable characters from the Mario world. The game was also included as a pack-in title with the SNES at launch, meaning every console came with a copy of Super Mario World. The importance of the title to the Super Mario Bros. franchise can't be understated, so the accidental name slip in the press release could be legitimate. NBCUniversal, Illumination and Nintendo have yet to comment on the apparent leak. The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel is scheduled to land in theatres in the U.S. on April 3 and in Japan on April 24, with a global release date still to be announced. Fans should take the news with a grain of salt, however, until an official statement is made.
SoraNews24
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
Title of Super Mario movie sequel briefly revealed, sounding very familiar, then gets removed
Producers update statement to hide by-name mention of the hotly anticipated sequel for Nintendo's hero, but the name they let slip makes a lot of sense. The Super Mario Bros. Movie was an instant hit when it arrived in theaters in 2023, and it's safe to say the filmmakers expected ahead of time that they had a major success on their hands. The CG animated film starring Nintendo's iconic plumber and his pals (and his foes…and his foes that become his pals), ends with a scene that blatantly sets up a sequel, and while a similar ploy didn't pan out for the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. movie, the CG Super Mario Bros. Movie is indeed getting a follow-up. Next to nothing has been revealed about the sequel yet, aside from its premiere date, April 3, 2026. But it looks like NBCUniversal may have accidentally let a big secret slip, as the parent company of Universal Pictures, producer and distributor for the movie, briefly listed a title for the The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel, the title is one Super Mario fans have heard before: Super Mario World. Within a press release originally posted to the NBCUniversal website on Wednesday is a section headed 'Blockbuster Hits Including Wicked: For Good, Jurassic World, and Five Nights at Freddy's 2 – Streaming Exclusively on Peacock Following Theatrical Release,' and under that: 'An exciting range of films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination were presented, including Megan 2.0, Nobody 2, Bad Guys 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Black Phone 2, HIM, The Phoenician Scheme, Super Mario World, Shrek, and Minions.' Super Mario World was the title of the fourth game in the Super Mario franchise, and the first for Nintendo's 16-bit Super Famicom/Super NES console, originally released in 1990. But while there are two games between the original Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World , it would make a lot of sense for the movie sequel to skip the second and third games' titles. Calling the new movie Super Mario Bros. 2 could be confusing because there are actually two completely different games titled Super Mario Bros. 2 . The Japanese version of the game is essentially an extra-difficult expansion of the original Super Mario Bros. , with almost all of its graphics being reused assets from the first game. Meanwhile, the game called Super Mario Bros. 2 in North America was originally a Nintendo-published game from outside the Super Mario franchise with Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Peach plastered over its original cast of playable characters, but with separate settings and enemies from the rest of the franchise. So calling the sequel movie Super Mario Bros. 2 could have gamers outside Japan expecting characters and situations that aren't actually going to be part of the new movie. Of course, calling the second CG Super Mario movie Super Mario Bros. 3 would be even more confusing, which brings us to Super Mario World , a nice, non-numbered name that's still recognizable to Nintendo fans and also communicates to the average moviegoer that this would be an adventure on an even grander scale than the first Super Mario Bros. Movie . Then there's the fact that the sequel hook at the end of The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a quick scene showing a Yoshi egg about to hatch. Mario's dino steed made his series debut in the Super Mario World game, in which the plot involves rescuing other kidnapped Yoshi eggs. Considering that Yoshi was the most noticeable omission from the cast of the first CG movie, it seems a given that the filmmakers would be looking to get him involved as soon as possible in the sequel, and using the Super Mario World game as the sequel's basis would be the most natural way to do that. However, it looks like the Super Mario World title may not be set in stone just yet for the sequel. Following the initial posting of the press release, NBCUniversal updated the page and it now makes no mention of the Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel, with the revised section now reading: 'An exciting range of films from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation and Illumination were presented, including Megan 2.0, Nobody 2, Bad Guys 2, How to Train Your Dragon, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Black Phone 2, HIM, and The Phoenician Scheme.' Also scrubbed from the updated page are mentions of Shrek and Minions , neither of which had any sort of sequel-identifying title supplement in the original release. Whether the three movies got bundled together for sweeping away because none of them has an absolutely finalized title yet, or if the producers of The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel simply want to make a formal announcement of the title in a more dramatic way than slipping it into a list behind The Phoenician Scheme is something we're going to have to wait a little longer to find out, but if Super Mario World does end up being the movie's title, it's easy to see why. Source: NBC Universal via Denfamico Gamer via Hachima Kiko, Wayback Machine via Anime News Network/Joanna Cayanan Photos ©SoraNews24 Mario ©Nintendo ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Observer
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Observer
'Minecraft Movie' strikes gold to dominate N.America box office
Warner Bros. new video game-based film "A Minecraft Movie" smashed records in its opening weekend in North American theaters, digging up an estimated $157 million in ticket sales, analysts said Sunday. That total for the film, made along with Legendary Pictures and starring Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Jennifer Coolidge, far surpassed expectations, making it the year's biggest domestic release. It was also the most successful adaptation ever from a video game, bettering the $146 million opening of 2023's "Super Mario Bros. Movie." With $144 million in overseas ticket sales, film's estimated $301 million take more than doubled its non-paltry $150 million production budget, Variety reported, crediting in part the huge popularity of the video game, which has sold more than 300 million copies. "The domestic box office has been asleep in 2025, and this is an overdue wakeup," said analyst David A. Gross. He said the film had remarkable cross-generation appeal and that while reviews were "not good, these pictures are made for moviegoers, not critics." In a very distant second place for the Friday-through-Sunday period was MGM's "A Working Man," an action thriller starring Jason Statham, at $7.3 million. In third, at $6.7 million, was "The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2," the latest episode in a faith-based series about Jesus and his disciples from Fathom Events. Fourth place went to "Snow White," at $6.1 million. Made for an estimated $250 million, the film's domestic total of just $77.4 million in three weeks out, coupled with $90 million in sales overseas, is considered a major disappointment for Disney. And Universal's horror film "The Woman in the Yard," starring Danielle Deadwyler, placed fifth, at $4.5 million. —AFP
CBC
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
New Minecraft movie has kids screaming, cheering and throwing popcorn
Game-inspired film breaking box office records Not so surprisingly, the best-selling video game of all time is seeing even more success with the movie based on its world of blocks, pickaxes and monsters. Over the weekend, A Minecraft Movie made an estimated $301 million US globally, making it the biggest opening for a movie so far this year. It also broke the record for the most money earned by a video game adaptation during its opening weekend, which was previously held by The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The new PG-rated movie is led by Jack Black and Jason Momoa. Their characters are transported into an imaginative dimension called the Overworld, where they embark on an absurd and dangerous journey to get home. #ICYMI — Super Mario Bros. Movie sets new box office record Kids shouting in excitement Sorry adults, but if you were hoping to watch this movie in a quiet theatre, you can forget about that. If you were also hoping for a cinematic masterpiece, you might be out of luck there, too — Rotten Tomatoes critics have given it a 47 per cent score. But kids seem to be losing their minds with joy. Users all over social media have been sharing videos and posts about kids all over the globe clapping, cheering, screaming and even yelling famous meme lines during the movie. Along with screams of joy and unfiltered excitement, a lot of the videos shared show moviegoers throwing popcorn and other food at the screen. CBC Kids News was unable to independently verify the videos. In an email to CBC Kids News, Ciniplex Odeon did not comment on reports of chaotic behaviour in theatres but asks that moviegoers be respectful and abide by their code of conduct. That includes not throwing popcorn. Videos shared on social media show kids and other moviegoers throwing popcorn and other food during the new Minecraft movie. (Image credit: eddie_vikings13/TikTok) Without spoiling too much, there is a viral moment from the movie featuring a character named Chicken Jockey that moviegoers have been going especially wild for. In the film, Black and Momoa face a baby zombie who rides a chicken during a boxing match, at which point Black's character yells 'Chicken Jockey!' A chicken jockey is a rare sighting in the Minecraft video game where a baby zombie or other character is seen riding a chicken. The moment in the movie has caused particular uproar and exuberance — so if you're bothered by loud noises, that might be a good time to plug your ears. Have more questions? Want to tell us how we're doing? Use the 'send us feedback' link below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
