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The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be produced by Nintendo, but not Nintendo Pictures. Nintendo Pictures was formerly Dynamo Pictures, who was acquired by Nintendo this year as a result of their production of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but they aren't involved with the movie itself as far as I know.
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imported>DannyTheMuppetMan (The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be produced by Nintendo, but not Nintendo Pictures. Nintendo Pictures was formerly Dynamo Pictures, who was acquired by Nintendo this year as a result of their production of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but they aren't involved with the movie itself as far as I know.) |
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The company was formed after Meledandri left as president of [[20th Century Fox Animation]] and [[Blue Sky Studios]] in early 2007. While at those companies, he supervised or executive-produced movies including the first two ''Ice Age'' films, ''Robots'', and ''Horton Hears a Who!''. After he left, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as Universal's family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. During the summer the following year, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, and formed Illumination Mac Guff (now Illumination Studios Paris). | The company was formed after Meledandri left as president of [[20th Century Fox Animation]] and [[Blue Sky Studios]] in early 2007. While at those companies, he supervised or executive-produced movies including the first two ''Ice Age'' films, ''Robots'', and ''Horton Hears a Who!''. After he left, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as Universal's family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. During the summer the following year, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, and formed Illumination Mac Guff (now Illumination Studios Paris). | ||
The studio is responsible for the ''Despicable Me'', ''The Secret Life of Pets'' and ''Sing'' franchises, and the movies ''Hop'', ''The Lorax'', ''The Grinch'', and the upcoming ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' (in association with [[Nintendo | The studio is responsible for the ''Despicable Me'', ''The Secret Life of Pets'' and ''Sing'' franchises, and the movies ''Hop'', ''The Lorax'', ''The Grinch'', and the upcoming ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' (in association with [[Nintendo]]). The minions from the first title are the studio's mascots. | ||
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