It's been a little over a year since the first visuals for The Super Mario Bros. Movie were revealed. After at least one delay, there is finally a trailer and additional confirmation on the release date. Not only that, we finally get to hear Chris Pratt's interpretation of the Brooklyn-native Italian plumber. Unfortunately, fans are not entirely happy with what they've heard. The trailer released during the Super Mario Bros. Direct on October 7, 2022. It opens with an ominous first look at a representation of one of Bowser's Flying Fortress' before he attacks a penguin-populated kingdom, likely an homage to the Snow Kingdom from Super Mario Odyssey. Penguins' first appearance in the Mario universe was actually before the first Super Mario Bros. game, in Pinball (1984). Of course, Mario himself predates that when rescuing Paulina from Donkey Kong in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. Filled with an impressively star studded cast, this cinematic rendition of Mario seems like it holds more promise than the 1993 Super Mario Bros. film. That ill-fated version featured Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo, which even Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto wasn't too fond of. The company at the helm of the Super Mario Bros.: The Movie endeavor is Illumination Entertainment, the creators of the massively successful Minions series of films. A number of fans were really hoping to hear long-term Mario voice actor Charles Martinet. There are, of course, nostalgia-ridden fans who would have loved to hear Lou Albano, the Mario character and voice actor for the 1989 TV series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! but unfortunately Lou passed away in 2009. Nevertheless, Chris Pratt has taken up the mantle, and fans are not too keen on the voice so far.