Meledandri is co-producing Illumination’s animated film adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. game franchise with Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
The Wall Street Journal and The Hollywood Reporter both reported in November 2017 that Illumination Entertainment was “close to an agreement” with Nintendo to produce an animated film based on Super Mario Bros., with talks reportedly ongoing for more than a year.
President of Nintendo Shuntaro Furukawa told Fast Company in an interview that Nintendo is looking into more animated works beyond the Super Mario Bros. film.
The Buzzfeed website reported in 2014 that Nintendo was in talks with Sony Pictures for film rights to the Super Mario Bros. franchise.