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Could Mario become as popular a movie character as the Minions from "Despicable Me"? 

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported the mustachioed video-game character and his brother Luigi could soon star in an animated movie from Illumination Entertainment, which brought the world the little yellow Minions.