When King of Kong director Seth Gordon isn’t talking about how badass a Paper Mario movie would be, he’s off…doing other things. We’re not exactly sure how we missed this, but Seth Gordon is taking a turn for the holiday comedies in his upcoming film Four Christmases, starring the AAA cast of Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Duvall. The film is said to be in production now for a holiday 2008 release.
But don’t be sad. In Hollywood this sort of thing isn’t called “selling out” but “having a career.” Feel good knowing that you can sit in the theater bragging to friends, “I remember when this guy was making documentaries and being written about on barely-literate sites like Kotaku!”
The highly talented King of Kong director Seth Gordon wants to make the Super Paper Mario movie. I mean, no one’s asking him to make it, but he wants to make it. The guy is totally ready. Anytime. I’d love, really love, to adapt Super Paper Mario into a movie, a movie that would constantly switch from 2D to 3D. In five years, 3D cinema is going to be really big…(KoK) was screened for Nintendo, but I haven’t had the chance to speak to anyone over there about it. But I definitely want to have that conversation.
Please, please please… make something inspired by the game into a movie. But don’t put Mario on the big screen again. Especially in the case of SPM, it’s just not meant to be and my heart can’t take it. Thoughts?
