CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Inspired by the phenomenal worldwide popularity of the Super Mario Bros TM video games, a modern icon becomes a live-action movie. Bob Hoskins (right) and John Leguizamo (left) star as Brooklyn plumbers-turned-superheroes, in Hollywood Pictures' exciting new action/adventure "Super Mario Bros."™; Unwittingly pulled into a bizarre parallel dimension known as Dinohattan, Mario (Hoskins) must stop the evil King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) from succeeding with a diabolical plan to merge his world with ours; Captured by King Koopa (Hopper, left) and his royal thugs the Goombas (background), a Brooklyn plumber named Luigi (Leguizamo center, left) and Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis, center right) must escape from the lizard king's tower, or be sentenced to the de-evolution chamber. Fisher Stevens, Fiona Shaw and Richard Edson also star. Hollywood Pictures presents a Lightmotive/Allied Filmmakers presentation in association with Cinergi Productions. "Super Mario Bros ."™ is directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel from a screenplay written by Parker Bennett & Terry Runté and Ed Solomon. Jake Eberts and Roland Joffé are the producers. Fred Caruso is the co-producer. Buena Vista Pictures distributes.