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Danny DeVito has thrown his hat into the ring to play the role of Wario in the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel.The Super Mario Bros. Movie was one of the highest-grossing films of 2023 (second behind Barbie) and is the highest grossing film based on a video game of all time.Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, the animated film was a collaboration between Illumination (Despicable Me), Nintendo and Universal Pictures.Chris Pratt voiced the iconic plumber, alongside Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong.The runaway success of the film made a sequel all but a certainty, and after months of speculation, it was confirmed in March, with a planned release date of April 3, 2026.A post shared by The Movie Dweeb (@themoviedweeb)And now, DeVito has said in an interview with The Movie Dweeb on YouTube that he would be up for taking on the role of Wario, the archnemesis of Mario.

Paris Fashion Week show last night. As videos on revealed, the introduced herself to Central Cee (" told me to say hi," she said in greeting). She also played on his Nintendo DS.

Legend of Zelda game was announced where you play as the titular princess herself: Echoes of Wisdom. It’s not often we get to play as the heroine the series is named after, and while most people are excited, some are downright angry.The game, due out on Thursday September 26, features Zelda as the main playable character after regular hero Link gets trapped in some sort of alternate dimension.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games has dropped the first trailer for its next video game in the Wizarding World universe: “Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions.” The studio released the footage out of Summer Game Fest on Friday, where it also revealed the launch date for the followup to the massively successful “Hogwarts Legacy” will release on Sept. 3.

Lego has finally revealed details of its first The Legend Of Zelda set, The Great Deku Tree. Check out the preview images below.News of the Nintendo collaboration was leaked earlier this year, but now Lego has confirmed that a set based on The Legend Of Zelda’s Great Deku Tree will be released later this year.The two-in-one collection will feature two variations of the Great Deku Tree, with one inspired by Breath Of The Wild and the other based on Ocarina Of Time.

Universal and Illumination‘s smash The Super Mario Bros Movie finishes No. 1 to make it a wrap on Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2023. While the industry is still coming out of Covid and the aftermath of the strikes, there’s no question about the major motion picture studios’ embrace of the theatrical downstream model; steamers such as Amazon and Apple realize the power of it too.

Universal Orlando revealed new details about one of the most highly-anticipated lands in its upcoming Epic Universe expansion park.

A new game zone has opened up at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 1 complete with a virtual reality escape room and a Formula 1 simulator. Game Point is the first of its kind to be launched at an UK airport, providing passengers with immersive entertainment while they wait to board their flight.

Garry’s Mod, a popular and long-running physics sandbox, has announced it will be taking down “certain Nintendo related workshop items” following requests from Nintendo itself.The developer released a statement on the Garry’s Mod Steam page, reading: “Some of you may have noticed that certain Nintendo related workshop items have recently been taken down. This is not a mistake, the takedowns came from Nintendo.“Honestly, this is fair enough”, the statement continues.

Virgin Media is back with a deal that's sure to grab the attention of gamers and bargain hunters alike. If you upgrade your TV and broadband package, you'll have the choice between two fantastic freebies - either a Nintendo Switch Console or £200 credit towards your new plan.This spring, there are plenty of TV deals to take advantage of, with numerous ways to get cheaper subscriptions and discounts on broadband and TV channel bundles. Sky recently launched their 'race to the title' sports deal for Premier League fans, but it seems Virgin's latest offer takes the cake, especially considering they also offer Sky Sports through their packages.

Virgin Media is back with another flash deal that could upgrade your TV viewing experience for cheaper. If you purchase one of their streaming bundles, you'll receive a free Nintendo Switch console worth £259.99 or a hefty £200 to put towards your new plan.TV deals are coming in hot this spring, with numerous offers that can help streaming enthusiasts get cheaper subscriptions, discounts on broadband and channel bundles, or even cash to offset an existing bill. Virgin Media's latest offer allows you to choose between a Nintendo Switch 1:1 Console or a £200 bill credit, which can reduce your monthly payments.This deal is only available to customers who select one of four plans; the Bigger Movie Combo Bundle, Bigger Sports HD Combo Bundle, Biggest Combo, or the Mega Volt Bundle.

We could not do a trip to Los Angeles for Mia’s birthday without hitting up @UniStudios! The new Super Nintendo World is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The Nintendo Switch has become one of the most popular consoles. In fact, the gaming company sold more than 139 million units since release in 2017.

It’s time to get to the next level. Nintendo has officially announced that a second “Super Mario Bros.

Chris Meledandri’s Illumination and video game giant Nintendo have partnered on a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. with theatrical release set for April 3, 2026 in the U.S. and international markets.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Illumination and Nintendo will join forces to produce a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The companies previously partnered on last year’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which grossed more than $1.3 billion and became the second highest-grossing movie of 2023.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Nintendo fans have dubbed every March 10 as Mario Day (MAR10, get it?). To celebrate, Nintendo has partnered with “Stranger Things” actor Gaten Matarazzo for the video game holiday.

Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shuts down the servers.Super Mario Maker was released in 2015 for the Wii U and allowed fans to upload player-made levels to an online hub, as long as they could actually be completed. In 2020, Nintendo confirmed it would be winding down support for the game, with the online hub closing on April 8.The group known as ‘The 0%ers’ started their task of completing every level of Super Mario Maker in 2017, with more than 40,000 fan-created stages to beat.Now with just over a month to go, ‘The 0%ers’ have 347 levels to go and have launched a dedicated website to track their progress.

Nintendo has confirmed the release of Pokémon Legends Z-A, which is due 2025.The announcement came yesterday as part of the annual Pokémon Day celebrations and despite The Pokémon Company confirming it had several “exciting” plans, it still took fans by surprise for a number of reasons.Not only had Game Freak been hinting at a remake of Pokémon Black & White following the success of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl in 2021 but Nintendo had never confirmed that Legends: Arceus was anything more than a standalone title.However, Pokémon Legends Z-A is due for release some time in 2025 and will take players back to the Parisian-inspired central city of Pokémon X & Pokémon Y.“A new adventure awaits within Lumiose City, where an urban redevelopment plan is under way to shape the city into a place that belongs to both people and Pokémon,” said the official description, with the trailer also hinting at the return of fan-favourite feature mega-evolutions, which haven’t been used since 2014’s Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.While Arceus took players back in time to a very early version of the Sinnoh region, known as Hisui, the futuristic look of Lumiose City has fans speculating that Z-A will see them time travelling into the near future.The Pokémon set to feature in Z-A have yet to revealed, but the trailer leans heavily on generation six with Aegislash, Litleo, Pyroar, Klefki, Talonflame, Furfrou, Gogoat, Fletchling, Sylveon, Espurr, Flabébé and Hawlucha all showcased, alongside a lot of Pikachu action.

Nintendo Direct has been announced for later today (February 21), with the presentation set to showcase a number of third-party titles coming to the Nintendo Switch.The Partner Showcase is set to premiere at 2pm GMT/6am PT/9am ET and will last for roughly 25 minutes.The first Nintendo Direct of the year will be available to watch live on Nintendo’s website or on their official Youtube channel.

Nintendo has announced that a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase is scheduled for February 21, focusing on titles launching in the “first half of 2024” from its external partners.The event will be hosted on the official YouTube channel at 2.00pm GMT (6.00am PST/7.00am MST/8.00am CST/9.00am EST). Approximately 25 minutes of information and footage of these games is expected to air, making this the longest Partner Showcase in the history of the console.Naturally, there is a significant amount of speculation from fans about whether or not Microsoft titles like Hi-Fi Rush will show up in the Showcase.Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s CEO of Gaming, confirmed that four titles are on their way to rival consoles though he stopped short of revealing which ones they were.

Xbox has confirmed that four exclusive games will be released on rival consoles, after weeks of speculation.Earlier this month, several reports emerged that Microsoft was planning on releasing several big exclusives like Starfield, Indiana Jones & The Great Circle, Halo and Gears Of Wars on the PlayStation 5. Microsoft then confirmed a press conference to discuss the “vision for the future” of Xbox, which finally took place last night (February 15).Those rumours were swiftly debunked, but Microsoft did announce their intention “to take four games to the other consoles [PS5 and Nintendo Switch]”.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata.Iwata was president of Nintendo from 2002 until his death in 2015 and oversaw both the Nintendo DS and the Wii.However, he was also CEO during the turbulent Wii U era of Nintendo, which was considered a flop by many. Following the failure, he took a 50 per cent pay cut while other executives reduced their salaries by 20 per cent.Speaking about the decision in 2013, Iwata said: “If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease.

Legend Of Zelda theme park could be in the works after producer Eiji Aonuma was spotted in a behind-the-scenes video at Orlando’s Universal Studios.As it stands, the Mario-themed Super Nintendo World is open at both Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood, with further areas planned for Universal Studios Singapore and Universal Orlando Resort. A Donkey Kong expansion is also being built at Japan, but this new clip has fans thinking a Zelda world is on the cards.The video in question was released by Universal in an attempt to show the public what everyday life was like at its parks for employees, as well as teasing what the future had to offer.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Comcast saw fourth-quarter profit surge by 7.8% as the cable giant increased the number of businesses using its communications services, its Peacock streaming hub added 3 million subscribers and its theme parks saw robust activity. “Our unique and complementary capabilities will enable us to capitalize on the many opportunities ahead,” said Brian Roberts, the company’s chairman. Comcast is, like its rivals, navigating in a difficult period for media companies as one-time TV viewers migrate to streaming video, reducing interest in traditional linear entertainment services and traditional cable.

The Pokémon Company has released a statement promising to “investigate” any and all titles that infringe on their intellectual property rights following the release of Palworld earlier this month.Developed by Pocketpair, Palworld tasks players with using a variety of creatures known as Pals to build, fight or collect.Since it was announced, the survival game has been compared to Pokémon with creators telling NME: “We were surprised by the comparisons to be honest, especially those labeling it as ‘Pokémon with guns’. Pokémon definitely inspired us, but Palworld is far more action-orientated in comparison.”They went on to say they were more inspired by the likes of Rust, Minecraft and ARK: Survival Evolved.Earlier this week, an unofficial Pokémon mod was revealed for Palworld but footage was quickly taken down due to a Nintendo copyright strike.

Nintendo has announced that it will be streaming both a Legend Of Zelda concert and a Splatoon concert next month.The concerts were originally supposed to take place at two different Nintendo Live events which were scheduled to take place on December 16-17 2023 and January 20-21 2024 respectively.However, the events were both cancelled due to “persistent threats targeting our employees”, with the announcement of the cancellation spotted by Eurogamer. In a translated version of the full statement by VGC, Nintendo explained their reasoning for the cancellation.“Our company has been persistently receiving threatening behaviour targeting our staff.

The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time‘s Deku Tree may be released later this year, according to known Lego leakers.READ MORE: ‘Persona 3 Reload’ is shaping up to be a must-play remakeAccording to known leakers ‘Brickmerge’ and ‘1414falconfan‘ on Instagram, The Great Deku Tree Lego set could be released in September 2024 and consists of 2,500 pieces. This would be the first set based on The Legend Of Zelda franchise and would come off the back of several collaborations with Nintendo for both Animal Crossing and Mario.Rumor: Could this Zelda lego set be coming soon? pic.twitter.com/2Kea6I6FTT— Zelda Gif World (@GifZelda) February 3, 2023Last year a potential leaked image of the Lego Deku Tree appeared online, supposedly coming from an internal survey that featured other allegedly in-production sets such as a Rivendell set from Lord Of The Rings, which was later confirmed as being real, leading to speculation that the Lego Deku Tree could also be real.Lego later started copyright striking any YouTube video that reported on the leaks, further leading credence to the suspicion that the leak was legit and that a set based on The Legend Of Zelda was coming sooner rather than later.The latest game in The Legend Of Zelda franchise, The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, launched last year and was nominated for several awards, including Game Of The Year at The Game Awards.

streamer JSR_, speedran the Nintendo Entertainment System title Gyromite by listening to commands from JSR. For those unfamiliar with Gyromite, the player is tasked with both raising and lowering various platforms for a scientist so that they can proceed to the end of a level.JSR got Peanut Butter to play the game by giving various commands, which would cause the Shiba Inu to press a button that corresponded to one of the actions that could be taken in the game.Peanut Butter’s final time was 26 minutes and 24 seconds and falls just shy of beating the second and first place world records of 25 minutes and 26 seconds and 24 minutes and 56 seconds, which were set by StarCrystas and TascoDLX respectively.

Karen Idelson Audiences form tight relationships with the characters and stories they love, so when several of the year’s biggest animated films dared to revisit beloved IP or extend the lore of the characters via a sequel, they were potentially walking on sacred ground. The filmmakers behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Trolls Band Together” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” all had to reckon with audience expectations, while also carving out something new.

Former Celtic WAG Helen Flanagan has told her fans on social media that her luxury holiday to Bali with her kids ended up turning into a total nightmare.

Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has denied involvement with a newly revealed Nintendo Switch flash cart.Bowser was released from prison last year after receiving sentencing for being part of a group known as Team-Xecuter that was creating devices that allowed users to play illegally obtained ROMs on consoles such as Nintendo Switch and 3DS. He still has to pay £8million ($10million) in court-ordered damages to Nintendo, however.The flashcart, named MIG-Switch, was announced last month and is claimed to allow owners to play illegally obtained ROMs.

The Walt Disney Company has struck an agreement with ValueAct Capital Management, gaining the support of the activist investor for its board nominees at the crucial upcoming annual meeting.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent The French box office jumped 19% in 2023 with an estimated €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) grossed from 181.2 million tickets, according to Comscore France. Unlike in 2022, when the top 10 was exclusively dominated by U.S.

A single mum said she is returning her daughter's £128 Christmas present, claiming she's an 'ungrateful brat'.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is one of the highest-grossing movies of 2023.Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, the animated film is a collaboration between Illumination (Despicable Me), Nintendo and Universal Pictures.Chris Pratt voices the iconic plumber, alongside Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad and Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong.After it was released in cinemas in April, the film has become the second highest-grossing movie of the year, taking over $1.3billion at the global box office behind Barbie’s $1.4billion.At the time of writing (December 21), the film is available to buy or rent on Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video and Sky.While a sequel has yet to be officially announced, it is practically inevitable due to the film’s success.In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in June, Pratt teased that news of a sequel had been delayed due to the Hollywood strikes.