It was an experiment, a dry run for what's really important, for what I'm about to attempt.
I read somewhere a long time ago that when Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo signed up for the movie, they signed on to what's called a "Three Picture Deal," meaning there were going to be two sequels to the movie. Unfortunately, they never got made. So what I'm going to do, in my spare time between writing my main fiction for my publisher and writing articles for this website, I'm going to attempt to write not one, but two sequels to the movie we got, as we saw it in theaters or on video. The idea behind this is similar to the filming of "Back to the Future Part II" and "Back to the Future Part III," they were written at the same time and shot at the same time, presumably the way "Super Mario Bros. II" and "Super Mario Bros. III" would have been. So here's what's going to be in this thread: my ideas for casting these movies, set in 1993 with actors from today's current scene and utilizing modern technology in the scripts to make a much more outlandish and wild adventure than anything possible in 1993. So stay tuned, there's more to come, as for now, all I have are titles for the films...
"The Mushroom Kingdom: Super Mario Bros. II"
"Forest of Illusions: Super Mario Bros. III"
...keep your eyes open and be sure to fill me in with your ideas, thoughts and suggestions!
Here's my dream cast...
Mario..........Kevin James
Luigi..........Sean William Scott
Daisy..........Ellen Page
Toad..........Stephen Lynch
Daniella.......Carmen Electra
Koopa.........Willem Dafoe
Wart..........John Goodman
Iggy...........Will Ferrell
Spike..........John C. Reilly
Wario.........William Forsythe
...stay tuned!
~ Serum
Okay, here's the first little tidbit of the treatment I've written, remember, it's bound to change, but it explains how Daisy got in the condition she was in at the end of the movie...
Treatment for "The Mushroom Kingdom: Super Mario Bros. 2"
by (Serum)
OPEN ON a shot of THE KING'S FACE. He looks weary, tired-- ancient. He is slowly de-evolving back into the FUNGUS he had been for so long. His eyes, even the whites of his eyes are browning, reddish and pale in color. He is dying.
THE KING: I cannot retain this human form for long, my darling child. I must tell you the secret of the Mushroom Kingdom, and of this world.
The camera pans out to reveal he's in a ROYAL HOSPITAL ROOM. Daisy is sitting by his side, holding his hand, which is transluscent, he is slowly becoming a SLIME MOLD. A group of technicians are standing by, watching him, he's hooked up to all sorts of machines, but they don't seem to be doing anything good. There are tubes running down his throat and EKG wires are hooked onto his forehead and chest.
THE KING: For every person in this world, there exists a complentary opposite on the other side. The knights that saved you from and ultimately destroyed Koopa are no exception. Somewhere in this world, the red one has a counterpart-- he is dangerous. He lives out beyond the barrier, where the air gets thin and life extends into the Forest of Illusions, where we all go when we die. Find him! Destroy him before he destroys you. I love you, Daisy.
DAISY: Dad? Dad!
The King closes his eyes and slowly devolves into fungus which crumbles into dust. The doctors and technicians start screaming at each other to do something, but Daisy stands up, triumphant. She is dressed in her purple gown. She begins walking out of the room when THE WHOLE ROOM SHAKES! She runs to the window, and we see from the outside in...
...She's in the parallel Empire State Building, on the 102nd floor observation deck-- the King's Chambers. Down below, there's smoke rising from the ground. Bombs are going off across the city, which is still in a sort of chaos now that Koopa's reign of terror is over. Back inside, she begins walking towards the elevator, and an EXPLOSION goes off, catching her dress on fire. She rolls around on the ground until it goes out and then gets up. A DEAD SOLDIER on the ground with a pair of white pants and a BELT OF BONZAI BILLS around his chest lies before her. She field strips him and suits up in the pants and takes his ammo belt and his DEVO GUN. She gets in the elevator and closes the door...
The TITLE comes FLYING AT US:
"THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM: SUPER MARIO BROS. 2"
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