The Internet Reacts To The Super Mario Bros. Animated Film Voice Cast

Earlier this morning, Nintendo announced the voice cast for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated film that’s being produced and animated by Illumination. Here’s the list in case you missed it:

• Chris Pratt as Mario
• Anya Taylor-Joy as Peach
• Charlie Day as Luigi
• Jack Black as Bowser
• Keegan-Michael Key as Toad
• Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong
• Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong
• Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek
• Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike
• Surprise cameos from Charles Martinet

Naturally, Twitter and the video game community were up in arms about the casting choice. Here are a few choice words from them, all snark-filled:

what timeline are we living in

— Among Us (@AmongUsGame) September 23, 2021

ayy did ur account get hacked or

— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) September 24, 2021

Italians seeing who is playing Mario & Luigi pic.twitter.com/wopkTIJBDo

— ScreenTime (@screentime) September 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/_eggnonymous/status/1441204918581227528

Seth Rogan pic.twitter.com/NiOtRvqthC

— rugdog.bsky.social (@Rugdog) September 24, 2021

We live in a very odd timeline pic.twitter.com/7wkOGqe7Y6

— star wyse (@Star_Wyse) September 23, 2021

Some folks are even quick to create their own parody announcement or editing that famous Pepe conspiracy meme:

https://twitter.com/ocell/status/1441178196926337024

please make it happen pic.twitter.com/T1pepxrC2V

— ramóna | ????????? ?????? (@RammyMolnar) September 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/TheThirstyWench/status/1441177414965481473

Long story short: it’s a mixed reception. We’ll have to reserve judgement until the trailers and actual movies are out to see if the voices truly fit the characters animated by Illumination.