Yoshi and Friends: The Movie (UPDATED)

Yoshi and Friends: The Movie is a 1998 american live-action/adventure film directed by David Silverman produced by Allied Filmakers Yoshi Productions and distributed by Handmount Pictures, set in a alternate universe of the Mushroom Kingdom, a group of friends named Yoshi, Rosalina, Toad, Bowser and Larry who live with their leader Mario, Bowser's desire to help people draws Yoshi, Rosalina, Toad and Larry into a confrontation with a vengeful general "Crazy Luigi", this film stars Hugh Jackman as Yoshi, Cree Summer as Rosalina, David Spade as Toad, M.C. Gainey as Bowser, Ben Stiller as Larry with Laurence Fishburne as Crazy Luigi and Ryan Reynolds as Mario.

Yoshi and Friends: The Movie was the first film from Yoshi Productions after Goldie Locksmith Studios shut down, although this film was a major financial disappointment (it was overshadowed by the success of Dreamworks Animation's first film "Antz") and received positive reviews from Super Mario Bros' fans, and spawned 3 sequels and 1 spin-off.

there was also an cut version of this movie being released for October 9, 1998 in cinemas, altrough the original version was released on VHS and Laserdisc as we all know today, the reviews became mixed due to hard of hearing and loud music covering up some dialogue, and it also doesn’t have subtitles in the DVD release, some Super Mario Bros. fans can understand some dialouge expect for some, it gained controversy in 2004.