The Worst Video Game Movie Is Getting A Huge Upgrade
This year saw the return of everyone’s favorite plumbers back in their cartoon version in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. An incredible success at the global box office, the title also returned the public’s attention to the very much less-adored live-action 1993 film, Super Mario Bros. Still, any press is good press, and with a renewed energy being poured into the John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins-led film of yesteryear, Umbrella Entertainment has unveiled plans to release a new 4K bundle that includes a slew of extras.
An updated 4K version of 1993’s Super Mario Bros. movie is now available for preorder in a collector’s edition bundle.
Fit for the Super Mario Bros. fan in your life (could it be you?), the fully restored version is being dubbed the “Trust the Fungus” Collector’s Edition, and has more extras than you could ever imagine. On top of three 4K discs, the release includes a hardback book with more than 250 pages for fans to peruse a variety of production materials, artwork, and interviews from the stars and creative team behind the video game-turned-film adaptation.
Aside from the hardback book, there’s also a separate bit of reading that includes 200 pages of scripts which includes early drafts.
While it went on to be teased and demeaned as one of the worst films of all time, a special soft spot began to grow in the hearts of a handful of fans, launching it to cult-classic status over the last several years.
The perfect bit of standout collector’s material for your impressive lineup, the release comes with not one but two slipcases – both an outer and inner – with eye-catching artwork true to the film. If artwork is really your thing and you’re looking to improve your Super Mario Bros. collection, then this 4K bundle is absolutely for you.
Along with those dazzling slipcases, the drop also features eight replica lobby cards, two reversible posters that show off Thai, Japanese, Australian, and UK original posters, a replica of the 1993 souvenir magazine, a very displayable film cell in a collectible case, and a sticker sheet.
Super Mario Bros. Is A Major Letdown To Mario Fans
What started as a genius idea soon would become a major box office blunder when husband and wife team, Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, teamed up with Buena Vista Pictures and Hollywood Pictures to bring Super Mario Bros. onto the big screen. It seemed like a complete no-brainer to adapt a beloved video game into a colorful and fantastical on-screen format, but that just wasn’t the case for the project.
Starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi, the film saw the famous duo on an otherworldly mission to save Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from the clutches of President Koopa (Dennis Hopper). Traveling into another dimension, the brothers stopped at nothing on their quest which turned out to be a rather over-the-top affair, dragging the name of Super Mario Bros. through the mud.
Grossing only $38.9 million at the worldwide box office against its production budget of $42-42 million, Super Mario Bros. was a massive failure. While it went on to be teased and demeaned as one of the worst films of all time, a special soft spot began to grow in the hearts of a handful of fans, launching it to cult-classic status over the last several years.
That status has only grown more and more since the release of the Chris Pratt and Charlie Day-voiced animated film, giving the live-action film’s loyal fans a new 4K collector’s edition bundle to look forward to.
