Nintendo has acquired CG production company Dynamo Pictures and will rename it “Nintendo Pictures,” the company announced. The new subsidiary will “focus on developing visual content using Nintendo IP” and “planning and producing visual content, including CG animation.” The company’s IMDB page lists credits for dozens of titles, including motion capture work on Death Stranding and Persona 5 and post-production work on Metroid: Other M.
The acquisition comes as Nintendo prepares for its most significant cinematic release in years; animated film based on the Super Mario Bros. franchise. starring Chris Pratt. The film is currently slated for release in the spring of next year, nearly thirty years after the last major cinematic adaptation: 1993’s live-action Super Mario Bros. starring Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo. A live-action adaptation of Detective Pikachu based on the Pokémon franchise was released in 2019.
As Nintendo prepares for the release of the Super Mario movie
The acquisition comes amid a wave of interest in turning video games into movies and TV shows. A second animated film based on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise was released earlier this year, and a TV show based on Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is currently in production for HBO. Sony, which also recently released a movie based on its Uncharted games, indicated that it wants to continue expanding its PlayStation IP beyond video games at a recent investor day.
Nintendo’s announcement to shareholders states that it is acquiring 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Dynamo Pictures, which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the video game company. The acquisition is expected to close on October 3, 2022.
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