Nintendo has announced that Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri will serve as an Outside Director for the company. The news was announced via a financial statement released on May 6, 2021. Illumination Entertainment is currently working with Nintendo to produce the upcoming
Super Mario movie, slated for a 2022 release. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]
Illumination Entertainment created the
Minions and
Despicable Me movies distributed by Universal Pictures. The company previously announced that it was working on a
Super Mario movie in partnership with Nintendo back in 2018. Nintendo itself has also had a long-standing relationship with Universal Group, the most recent of which was the Universal Studios Japan Super Nintendo World amusement park.