When The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released in 2023, it seemed like the perfect opportunity for a new video game film universe to establish itself, and the announcement of The Legend of the Zelda movie seemed to confirm this until it was revealed that the film would be live-action, not animated. The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out in April 2023 and told the story of the iconic video game brothers Mario and Luigi as they accidentally get sucked into a strange and unfamiliar land. Meanwhile, The Legend of Zelda movie is currently in production, and will adapt the popular video game of the same name.
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