Not to be confused with Jeffy's 18th Birthday!, the new version.
The SuperMarioLogan Movie! (also known as SuperMarioLogan The Movie! and The SML Movie! or SML The Movie!) was going to be an hour long film set to release in 2017. But after many delays, it eventually got canceled. However, in 2022 the film was reworked into Jeffy's 18th Birthday!
Plot
The movie starts off with Mario and Jeffy. Jeffy hears the ice cream truck, and asks Mario to buy him some ice cream. But it turns out the ice cream truck is driven by Screwball and Loan Dolphin. They were hired by Nancy to kidnap Jeffy, but they kidnap Mario instead. Jeffy tells Chef Pee Pee and other characters about Mario being kidnapped. Only Chef Pee Pee sees the problem in the whole thing, and every other character doesn't care. Then 2 days later it cuts to the living room, and the whole house is in chaos.
This is because Mario is the one in charge of the house, he pays the bills and house payment. Bowser gets mail saying that the power will be cut if it doesn't get paid. He asks Chef Pee Pee where Mario went, Chef Pee Pee explains to him that Mario got kidnapped, and nobody knows where he went. Bowser states that he knows a guy that can track Mario down, but he's long gone.
Just then he hears Bowser Junior and his friends talking about Dr. Fredrick Finkleshitz, and his ability to turn dead objects back to life. Bowser requests that Junior tell him where to find Fredrick Finkleshitz. Bowser brings the body pieces of Mama Luigi with him. Dr. Finkleshitz staples, and glues Mama Luigi back together, and uses a marker as a conductor for lightning, and brings him back to life. Bowser quickly lets Mama Luigi know what happened with Mario. He starts tracking Mario down. We cut to Nancy and Mario. Nancy wants Mario to sign Jeffy over so that she can get Jeffy's inheritance money. Mario is about to sign a paper but then Mama Luigi, Bowser, and Chef Pee Pee find the Headquarters. A fight breaks out, and Mario is saved.
After Mario is saved, at the house Mama Luigi interacts with many different characters, old and new. There would've also been a scene where Mama Luigi and Jeffy have a grunting contest for about 5 seconds.
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Characters
- Mario
- Luigi
- Mama Luigi
- Rosalina
- Jeffy
- Black Yoshi
- Shrek
- Toad
- Woody
- Tony the Tiger
- Chef Pee Pee
- Bowser
- Charleyyy
- Craig the Devil
- Bowser Junior
- Dr. Fredrick Finkleshitz
- Doofy the Dragon
- Thomas
- Chompy
- Joseph
- Cody
- Ken
- Patrick
- Mr. Goodman
- Hansel
- Chief
- Brooklyn T. Guy
- Simmons
- Wario
- Nancy
- Screwball
- Loan Dolphin
- Jacques Pierre François (indirectly mentioned)
Production
It was either December 2016, or January 2017 when Logan contacted Zeke on Facebook. In the message Logan told Zeke that he is making an SML movie, and he really wants to include Mama Luigi in it. Zeke told Logan that he will think about the decision. Logan told him that he will pay him to play Mama Luigi in the movie, that made Zeke agree to work with him, and that he would figure out a date so that he can film. In Febuary to April Zeke tried figuring out a date so that he can film, but every time it kept failing. He finally scheduled for May 15th, and he would film for a week. During the one week Zeke met a lot of cast members, he even became good friends with Tito. Logan and Zeke planned to do an HD remake of Mario and Luigi's Stupid and Dumb Adventures but Lovell was high, so it got scrapped. On May 16th they started filming the movie, Zeke did voice clips for Mama Luigi and Wario. They even brainstormed the plot, and ideas for the film.
Logan confirmed in multiple vlogs that the movie will center around the main protagonist of the SML series, Mario. He also confirmed that the main antagonist would be Nancy. According to the trailer, it was revealed that someone was kidnapped. Fans had speculated that Jeffy was the one kidnapped, but Logan later clarified that it was in fact Mario that got kidnapped due to his hat being on the road. Logan also explained that if Nancy were to kidnap and kill Jeffy for the inheritance money left by Jacques Pierre François, Mario would still get the money since he still had custody of Jeffy. It has been also said that a desert will be involved, and Logan could have secretly gone there to film without telling his fans. The possible plot of a rescue mission is in hand. According to a Chilly vlog, Logan visited a prison-type place with Chilly Jimenez, Tito Jimenez, and James Campbell. It is most likely going to be the prison that Nancy was in when she was arrested back in "Jeffy's Parents!". Also on Instagram, Logan posted a picture with Chris Netherton and Nancy at the prison-type place that he visited, so there will be scenes taking place there.
According to Logan, almost every single character that has appeared in an SML video will appear in the movie in some capacity. He has also said that most of the appearances will contribute to the plot, rather than being pointless cameos. The movie will partially take place in a desert, and there will be a scene with an ice cream truck. The movie will be based around Mario and be about one hour in duration. Logan has stated in a Chilly vlog that he tried to get most of the movie recorded before June 27, because Lance is going to be in Hawaii and Las Vegas, but the weather in Cantonment, FL (where Logan and the crew live) kept Logan back. However, in another vlog, Logan states that the movie is being delayed due to the rainy weather, Lance being in Hawaii, and still having to make the two videos a week (though he did miss a video due to that one taking a long time to edit). In the comment section of "Chef Pee Pee's Accident!", he has stated that he will be uploading a short trailer for the movie the weekend of July 1, which has since been uploaded on Chilly's channel. On July 17, 2017, Logan visited a fort in Florida to film a scene that takes place in a prison. He also said that he made prison outfits for the film.
Lovell's Absence
A video uploaded on Chilly's vlog channel on July 30, 2017 showed Logan explaining that the movie is about 3/4 done (75%). But the problem is that Lovell, the voice actor who plays important characters like Chef Pee Pee, Bowser, Joseph, etc., wasn't with the filming crew, the reason being that he's finally getting help for something that he's been dealing with for a long time. Over much of August, there was not any Chef Pee Pee, Joseph, Toad, etc., until "Chef Pee Pee The Octopus!" was released. And also, according to Logan, the fans decided to wait for Lovell to return, rather than cutting most of his scenes out of the movie, in an attempt to get it released by mid-August.
This is a rare occasion where many of SML's fans were very good and supportive of Logan and the crew. They were able to watch the Logan vlogs on Chilly's channel and could understand his recent stress with the demonetization and the drama, and therefore were very easy on Logan and Lovell, allowing them to take their time with the movie.
Because the hype was at the time so big for the movie, fans were willing to wait until September for the movie just so the ending could be perfected with Lovell's characters. This contradicted what Logan thought his fans would want.
On August 16, 2017, Logan took Instagram to share the good news that Lovell is back earlier than expected and that they are going to be filming the rest of the scenes for the movie.
2019
As of May 2019, almost 2 years after the planned release of the movie, Zeke went on a dabhdude live stream and said Logan stopped contacting him to do the movie, and that he almost quit his full time job to work for Logan. Zeke said he was never going to work for Logan again and there were no signs of any updates about the film. Everyone assumed the movie was cancelled as Logan wouldn't give any updates. In July 2019, after a year of no updates, Logan said he would upload the movie on SuperBowserLogan once it is finished.
2020
On March 4, 2020, Chilly, Logan's girlfriend, stated that the film was canceled a year ago, and as stated, Logan was "too scared" to do an announcement of the film's cancellation and hoped that everyone would forget about the film.
On May 12, 2020, Lance stated in the comments section of the SML Q&A that there would be an entire SML Movie update video. However, every time Lance mentions it, he tries to come up with excuses for Logan and them not to do it. Either stating it has to be sunny outside and/or it has to be a good day, only for it not to be made. So it may had either just been a rumor, or it was planned out, or Logan and the crew didn't want to make it.
In June 2020, a YouTuber by the name of CDusk flew out to Pensacola in order to get interviews from Logan, Chilly, Tito, and Crowd Killer who were involved in the SML Drama. When interviewing Chilly and Tito, CDusk asked Chilly about the tweet she made on March 4th, 2020 about the film's cancellation. Chilly claimed that only 2 minutes of the film were done, and Tito stated Logan stopped the film's production after he filmed the scenes at Fort Pickens. However, on the contrary, Logan, during his interview, said that he wants to complete the movie, with the entire plot written and half of the movie being already shot. He stated that production on the movie is on a hiatus due to Pablo not filming in-person with the SML crew; the reason being he is following safety precautions to keep his parents safe from COVID-19. The interviews were uploaded 3 months later and Pablo eventually returned to in-person filming. On November 4, 2020, Logan and the crew tested positive for COVID-19; the sole exception being Pablo. In "Jeffy and Junior's Gold Play Button!", it is stated that the movie is still in production and is currently still in the works, hinting that production may continue in the near future.
2021
As of January 2021, almost 4 years after the film's planned release, Logan hasn't announced any updates on the film's production. Rumors still persist that the movie may have either been postponed, canceled, stuck in development hell, or if it's being reworked on. Nobody knows what is actually going on since Logan himself has not confirmed anything and has been silent about the film for most of 2020. As of now, the film's status remains unknown.
In February 2021, Nintendo sent a cease and desist letter to Logan, which states that he cannot continue his SML YouTube channel with the use of the Mario plushies anymore. As a result, this means that the film is unlikely to be released with its original plot. However, if there ever comes a movie later down the line, it'll most likely be using the Human Puppets and will not involve characters such as Mama Luigi, unless a Human Puppet is created for him.
On June 30, 2021, Rad SML Thumbnails has announced on Instagram that the film will be released on SML+ in Thanksgiving 2022. Rad has also confirmed the movie will be fully remade with Human Puppets, since Logan will not be using any copyrighted characters such as Nintendo characters on his own streaming service. However, all of this was confirmed to be false by Logan himself.
2022
On July 29, 2022, Anthony had confirmed The SML Movie will be released on Jeffy's 18th birthday.[1] Fans were a bit skeptical, some even said he was baiting them. In a pinned comment for the "Junior's Teeth!" video, Logan teased a BIG video on August 21, 2022. Fans realized that the long-awaited SML movie was finally gonna release! They even replied to the pinned comment with their excitement.
On August 18th, 2022, Chilly uploaded a new vlog titled, "LOGAN'S BIGGEST VIDEO OF HIS CAREER.." In the vlog, Logan was explaining that he has been working on a big video for the enitre week, and just basically teasing it, giving little hints, and just overall explaning how big this video is. Soon enough, the SML channel posted a image in their community tab. The image was a van with the words, "FREE CANDY" on it, and it was in the middle of a field. The caption read, "Are you ready???? Video will be uploaded at 4pm Central time!" On August 21st, 2022, the movie was remade entirely, and released as Jeffy's 18th Birthday!
Pre-Production
The video idea was originally suggested by a fan named King James in the comment section of "Jeffy's Stupid Home Video!" Logan even responded saying, "I will if I hit a million subscribers!" When Logan officially announced the production of the movie during the post-video scene in "Bowser Junior Gets His Nose Pierced!", there were many positive reactions as fans even commented on their excitement for the upcoming movie. Lance, on April Fools' Day 2017, while Logan, Chilly and Tito were in Chicago, did an April Fools' video, which claimed to be the SuperMarioLogan Movie, but it ended up being Jeffy watching paint dry for 58 minutes as an April Fools' Day prank. The video was later renamed "Jeffy's Fun Day!", in order not to confuse it with the real one.
Trailer
Gallery
Trivia
- The thumbnail most people associate with The SML Movie is actually the joke thumbnail from, Jeffy's Fun Day!
- Logan and Zeke thought of many ideas of how Mama Luigi would interact with some of the characters. One of them would've been that Rosalina would fall in love with Mama Luigi. However, all of that was just brainstorming.
- This would've been Mama Luigi's first canon appearance since "The Loss of a Retard", due to "Toad's Mistake!" merely being a remake
- Luke, the brother of Zeke, is not going to be in this movie. It is most likely because Luke didn't voice any famous characters.
- This was the fifth of many highly anticipated SML videos, with the others being "Bowser Junior Goes To Military School!", "The New House!", "Jeffy's Parents!", and "The Secret Door!".
- The "Toad's Mistake!" remake was going to release after the movie but it was getting close to the 8th anniversary of the video, so Logan and Zeke decided to upload it before the movie.
- In one of the Chilly vlogs, Logan bought a $4,000 ice-cream truck specifically for the movie from a family off of Craigslist. The ice cream truck did appear in "The Magical Button!".
- Logan claimed that this version of the movie would be "the best plush video of all time".
- In the teaser trailer, the music the ice cream truck is playing is "It's a Small World", presumably based on the popular Disney World attraction of the same name.
- The teaser trailer is highly likely to be around the beginning of the movie.
- The only five characters that were heard/appeared in the teaser trailer were Jeffy, Mario, Nancy, Brooklyn Guy, and Screwball.
- Filming ended by December, but wasn't finished.
- In a livestream with dabhdude, Zeke revealed he did voice clips for Mama Luigi when he's fighting, and for Wario. He also revealed 90% of the plot.[2]
- Zeke believes that Logan might've edited him out of the movie.
- The film has been delayed a total of more than five times.
- Logan claimed in 2018 that a proper trailer was going to come out in July 2018, but it was never released.[3]
- Parts of the film were filmed at Fort Pickens.
- In "The Lamp!", Bowser Junior and his friends go to Fort Pickens.
- In "SML FAN MAIL #22" on Lance's channel, Lance revealed that he hasn't had any word about the movie from Logan for a while.
- In the comments section for the SML Q&A video, Lance said that there will be an entire video about an update to the movie. However, it is currently unknown if the video was ever be uploaded. This may had either just have been a rumor, or it was planned out, or Logan didn't want to make it.[4]
- A YouTuber by the name of MλFDOMiNUS (who is an SML critic like dabhdude and a long-time former fan) made a fan-made movie based on SML, which was released on June 26, 2021 as part of MλFDOMiNUS' 5th anniversary on his main channel. On September 10, 2020 he made a trailer, which seemed to have positive reception.
- According to Lovell on an Instagram livestream, he stated the movie would have to be redone due to an excessive amount of profanity.[5]
- However, this isn't necessary as there are multiple sites where Logan can upload the movie instead of YouTube.
- In "Jeffy and Junior's Gold Play Button!", Jeffy asks Logan when the SML movie is coming out. Logan reponds by saying, "I mean we're still working on it."
- As of 2021, the film has been delayed for 4 years with no signs of updates by Logan since 2019.
- As of February 2021, Logan received a Cease and Desist letter from Nintendo stating that he cannot continue the use of the plushies in videos anymore. This means that the film will either be never released, or that it will be remade entirely. As of 2022, the film was remade entirely.
- In "Jeffy's TikTok", a meme on Jeffy's iPhone shows a screenshot from Toy Story when Woody tells Buzz Lightyear, "Buzz, look, an alien," and laughs. The caption reads, "Hey look, it's the SuperMarioLogan Movie."
- In "Jeffy the Doughnut King!", Brooklyn Guy briefly mentions the SML Movie after yelling at the SML cast while waiting in line to get a doughnut.
- "Okay, I can see why the movie never came out! You guys were too busy waiting in line for doughnuts!"
- On August 15, 2023, in a Chilly vlog, Logan announced Jeffy's 19th Birthday!. Which is the sequel to Jeffy's 18th Birthday!, and technically is The SuperMarioLogan Movie 2.[6]
- On December 18, Zeke hosted a live stream. In it, he was asked how much of the movie was filmed, he said a good portion of it was, but doesn't know exactly how much since he didn't edit the film.[7]
Sources
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Jco1GV6QJNE?t=80
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX6UyxTDmj8&t=2057s
- ↑ Tweet from Logan. He has also stated in a few videos as well.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et8RJvMI01g&lc=UgwUX5mzLpeVHSIYiQd4AaABAg.98_47Wv5kxa98_4cFvBv-1
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFvTAWsmPDg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8kklBvpIqE&t=110s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFqTk9iRr-8&t=8811s