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Has anyone heard much more about this draft? Do we have a scanned copy on one of our hard-drives? I think this should be uploaded along with the "rainbow" draft. This script seems to be extremely close to the finished film and I think we can gain a vast amount of insight from it by reading...

This script is...not very good. I don't know why everyone says it's "humorless," when it's thickly coated in plumbing puns, wordplay and gags. The writers were obviously working with very little of the previous draft, and what did make it in seems out of place compared to the following dra...

According to the film, the Marios have a job at the "Riverfront Cafe," but according to the early scripts, the restaurant is simply called "The River Cafe." I took the liberty of Googling "The River Cafe" + "Brooklyn, NY" and it returned with this: A REAL Rive...

That's good to hear, let's just hope it puts us one step closer to seeing the actual thing! In the meantime, I think everyone on this board should spread awareness about this site through the IMDB message boards-- the Super Mario Bros forum, the Bob Hoskins forum, the John Leguizamo forum, the Denni...

I know, I think they ought to have renamed her Pauline in the polished product, though-- Mario's girlfriend in the games is named Pauline. I have no idea where they got 'Daniella' from. I agree with you there, but they did markedly well with characters and how they named them. We should be lucky th...

Welcome to the board! I think you'll find by looking through this website that there's a lot more interesting stuff about the making of the movie than you ever thought. It's quite a fascinating look into the world of film-making and the process of writing a movie. You should check out the original &...

We all know the movie didn't turn out the way the directors wanted it to, which is why so much was cut out and re-shot. What would an ideal director's cut look like? Based upon sources from this site and others, I think it would look something like this... First of all, the 'animated intro' and Home...

...the only things I'd really change about this script are the initial setup between Daisy and Luigi (I think it would make more sense if they already were dating before the start of the film), I just don't think that would work. The movie follows a "true love at first sight" fairy tale a...

Having read and reread this script, I've come to the conclusion that had they just worked some elements from Parker Bennett and Terry Runte's script (mostly more Mario game references, like the coin boxes and the names of certain characters made more obvious with more obvious visual connections) thi...

This reminds me of back in 1996 or 1997 when George Romero did a live-action commercial advertising the video-game "Resident Evil 2," and soon after was hired by Constantin Pictures to write and direct a live action movie based on the first game in the series, then quit the project over cr...

I'm personally a big admirer of Depp's work and his wide range of personalities for all of his characters. Marilyn as Wonka would personally have completely turned me off to seeing the re-make. Oh, don't get me wrong, I like Johnny Depp a lot. I just don't think he was right for Willy Wonka. As for...

Seriously? That man makes me shudder and not in a good way. I think if they were going to go the route of the movie, with the dark, Blade Runner elements and the horrors of de-evolution it would work, but not for a more kid-friendly version. I know that for instance, Manson begged his friend Tim Bu...

I remember reading this awhile back, when they were considering doing a sequel/remake of the Mario Bros franchise, they had eyed Marilyn Manson, yes, you read that right, MARILYN MANSON to play one of the Koopa Cousins... this article is from http://www.moviehole.net/20021040-marilyn-manson-for-supe...

I clocked it, it still takes about twenty two minutes for them to enter the Mushroom Kingdom... that's a pretty long time. But it doesn't make up for the loss of narrative and the complete removal of entire character arcs. I seriously hope somebody can get through to Disney and have someone piece to...

I wonder what made them change the scene where they meet Daisy? There's so much to this movie. I wonder who has the missing footage?

You're all confusing the games canon with the cartoon canon, which is totally unrelated to the film canon. Not all Mario games are completely canon to one another, and just like in Hollywood, things change from time to time-- there's a different origin story for different games. According to some so...

I'd say that's about right, though you do have to consider that most of that time would likely have been from alternate takes and additional shots that don't really add anything to the narrative. I don't see anything listed that we don't already have in detail on the Deleted Scenes page . Most of t...

Did one of us put this up on TV Tropes ? This seems like pretty important information... Nearly 30 minutes of footage was cut to get the movie down to a proper running time. Deleted scenes include: An extended sequence of Koopa chasing Daisy's mother in New York, which featured him gazing admiringly...

I think that's a typical reaction, especially for someone who voices a completely different type of Mario than the one seen in the movie. Interestingly enough, Mario having a thick, Italian broken-English accent was thought up by Charles Martinet, who had initially done a gruff, Brooklyn accent but ...

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Looking back on it, maybe eventually I should do a 'writer's cut' of the script, as there were certain parts in the script that I completely skipped over (Daisy being smuggled into our world, Koopa's rise to power, Toad's exile...) The original expected page count was around 180-200, but it wound up...

Happy birthday to user 1upmushroom, who turns 14 today.

The screenplay is finally done! I've submitted it to Phlibbit, who should be posting it in the fan-fiction section very soon, now! I hope everyone enjoys it!

What I especially love about this pitch is how they described the parallel world: " New York? It's similar, but off-kilter, out of whack. Scaly. Moss covers the buildings, mist covers the ground, and mushrooms seem to pop up from the strangest places... " Another concept that intrigued me...

Also, Redstar, you said there are more drafts, does anyone have any idea who they're by (if by different people) and where they might be? We've apparently got a lot of script wrangling to do, here. The only scripts we know of by other writers would be the George Stone script (Rocky and Annabel's wr...

^No, this isn't the shooting script. I don't think there actually *is* a shooting script--more on that in a sec. After Clement and la Frenais were done with their draft, the studio thought the film was too adult and brought in Ed Solomon and Ryan Rowe to do a draft in about two weeks' time. It's ve...

Bruno Kirby would have made a good Mario, though I still think the originally-cast Danny DeVito backing out of the project was their biggest loss-- as much as I love Bob Hoskins, I think Danny DeVito is the absolute most perfect choice for Mario. From what Phlibbit and I have heard, Bob Hoskins was...

I finally got around to reading this, this is the shooting script, right? The one the actors (more or less) read from. I liked a lot about it, the expansion of Toad's character, a more detailed story arc between Mario and Luigi, but it's missing the charm of the initial Bennett/Runte sci-fi script. ...

UPDATE (Aug. 16) : 77 pages in, and I don't even think I'm HALFWAY done... This is a lot of work, but soon, very soon, it will be available on the site for your reading pleasure. Wonderful. I'm really looking forward to finally reading through this from start-to-finish. Giving it a home on the site...

...as of the end of the month I'm going to be out of commission for a few days, maybe weeks, but if I finish the screenplay before then, so much the better. Ooh, you know in advance. Lycanthropy, is it, or...? :shock: :P No, no. Nothing like that. I'll be out of town, is all. UPDATE (Aug. 16) : 77 ...

Well, I looked through it. The idea itself isn't very solid, it's trying too hard to mix high fantasy and low science fiction. It was lacking the overall cyberpunk feel that the next three drafts would hold and it held on to too many kiddie oriented things while trying to be more edgy and scary but ...

Shit, Chaunce, I think we'll have to add your name to the Fan-fiction Dictionary, because you're pretty much creating a genre unto itself. I think "To do a Chauncey" as a term for "writing a potentially award-winning story from a poorly-regarded film/tv series/whatever and making it ...

Happy birthday to DevinShadowV who turns 24, today.

I just tore through the interview, great stuff. Parker Bennett provides a vast amount of insight into the making of the movie and reflects thoughtfully on the finished product. I also must say that his and Terry Runte's draft of the script was my favorite out of all of the known drafts, as it was th...

Happy birthday to Peach Blossom who turns 30, today.

Phlibbit wrote:It's working for me on multiple computers. Have you tried different browsers/computers/clearing your cookies/etc?

I haven't cleared my cache/cookies in like, three months, maybe I ought to do that...

Redstar wrote:The link works for me. Try this: http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script/10_ParkerTerry_2-19-92.pdf

The link still leads me to a page that says "webpage not available." Either way, I look forward to reading it.

The pitch link seems to be inert, every time I click on it, it says "webpage not available..." I'm anxious to read that pitch, though, I must admit. Of all the scripts, the initial sci-fi draft by Bennett and Runte is my favorite-- it's violent, edgy and dark, yet still retains a lot of th...

Bruno Kirby would have made a good Mario, though I still think the originally-cast Danny DeVito backing out of the project was their biggest loss-- as much as I love Bob Hoskins, I think Danny DeVito is the absolute most perfect choice for Mario.

ultimateemail5000 wrote:
Redstar wrote:Spike's full name is "Spikeasaurus".

I like that, I remember he Iggy saying that in the movie.

Spike also refers to Iggy as "Ignatious" later on, which might be Iggy's full name.

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