Following the purchase of the studio, Dynamo Pictures will become Nintendo Pictures. The deal between the two will officially close in October 2022. Read more here!
¡Nintendo acquires to Dynamo Pictures! The Japanese company bought the film studio, specialists in animation for CG. Although there is nothing official about it, this could mean an intention to Nintendo for bringing one of its successful franchises to film or television.
Dynamo Pictures, founded in 2004, it has extensive experience in the digital entertainment environment. Recently, the study based in tokyo collaborated in the animation of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and previously in franchise film projects such as One Piece, Evangelion and Resident Evil.
On the gaming side, dynamo contributed to the production of Death Strandingof Hideo Kojima with Norman Reedus as protagonist. Also in video games like Persona 5 and NieR Replicant; in each of them his work was to capture movements and then be applied on the screen.
At the same time, Nintendo He made a publication announcing the purchase and sharing his intentions with it: acquire 100% of the company, rename it to “Nintendo Pictures” and, for now, they clarify that the acquisition will have “only a minor effect on the results of this fiscal year.”
We posted the News Release “Notification of the Acquisition of Dynamo Pictures, Inc.”https://t.co/CKhJWFx72D
— 任天堂株式会社(企業広報・IR) (@NintendoCoLtd) July 14, 2022
In addition, the statement states that the transaction will be completed on the day October 3, 2022. On the other hand, the timing of the acquisition of Dynamo Pictures by Nintendo coincides with the postponement of the film Super Mario Bros.which was postponed until 2023 And it doesn’t have an official name yet.
In the same way, this film already has its cast selected, where we can listen to Chris Pratt What Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as the Princess peach Already Charlie Day in the voice of Luigi. What do you think about the purchase of Nintendo? Will it really be a move to adapt their franchises to the big screen?