The Super Mario Bros. Movie is in theaters now, but it's not actually Hollywood's first attempt at a Mario movie. In 1993, directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton made the live-action Super Mario Bros., starring Bob Hoskins as Mario and John Leguizamo as Luigi. It was panned by critics.

A key difference between 1993's Super Mario Bros. and The Super Mario Bros. Movie is that Nintendo is directly involved with the new animated movie, and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto himself is an executive producer.

Morton told Variety that he had a "polite" meeting with Miyamoto before production on the first Mario film began, but the two never spoke again. Nintendo basically licensed the movie to Hollywood, and the rest is history. Despite the cold reception to the movie, Morton claims Miyamoto actually enjoyed Super Mario Bros.