The acquisition comes as Nintendo prepares for its most significant cinematic release in years. an animated film based on the Super Mario Bros. franchise starring Chris Pratt. The film is scheduled for release in the spring of next year, nearly thirty years after the last major film adaptation: the live-action Super Mario Bros. 1993 starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. A live-action adaptation of Detective Pikachu based on the Pokémon franchise was released in 2019. As Nintendo prepares for the release of the Super Mario movie The acquisition comes amid a surge of interest in turning video games into movies and TV shows. A second animated film based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise was released earlier this year, and a TV show based on Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is currently in production for HBO. Sony, which also recently released a movie based on its Uncharted games, said it wants to continue expanding its PlayStation IP outside of video games at a recent investor day. Nintendo’s notice to shareholders says it is acquiring 100 percent of the existing shares of Dynamo Pictures, which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the video game company. It expects the acquisition to close on October 3, 2022.
