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Princess Peach (Anya-Taylor Joy) hopes Mario (Chris Pratt) survives the experience in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Illumination Entertainment

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Directors Tease Girlboss Personality For Princess Peach: “We Were Thinking How Strong That Person Would Need To Be To Protect Her People”

March 17, 2023

In what appears to be a hint that the film will indeed bring the iconic heroine to life with all the personality of a feminist meme page, the pair of directors behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie have confirmed ...

Mario (Chris Pratt) gets air while racing on Rainbow Road in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Illumination Entertainment

‘The Super Mario Movie’ Director Says They Cast Hollywood Stars As Voice Actors Because “They Could Bring These Video Game Characters, Who Really Don’t Have Much Of A Personality, To Life”

Spencer Baculi

March 10, 2023

Movies

Over the past few years, an ever-growing amount of both fans and creatives have taken to viewing the hiring of live-action Hollywood stars for voice acting roles as an inherently detrimental move which does not...

London Advertisement for The Grinch Sparks Outrage Over ‘Harmful Stereotypes’

Spencer Baculi

November 27, 2018

Comic Culture

Earlier this month, an advertisement for Illumination Entertainment’s film, The Grinch, was plastered across the outer walls of the British Film Institute IMAX theater in Waterloo. The building, which sits in t...

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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Directors Tease Girlboss Personality For Princess Peach: “We Were Thinking How Strong That Person Would Need To Be To Protect Her People”

‘The Super Mario Movie’ Director Says They Cast Hollywood Stars As Voice Actors Because “They Could Bring These Video Game Characters, Who Really Don’t Have Much Of A Personality, To Life”

London Advertisement for The Grinch Sparks Outrage Over ‘Harmful Stereotypes’