Do you mean Nintendo could hire writers, or that Sony could? Both are true, but going by Sony's past ventures into animated movies, they haven't done a great job.

Depends on their next hardware. But Nintendo has been failing IMHO as a hardware manufacturer. Inb4 Wii sales. Its clear what carries them are their IPs. A stable of incredibly strong IPs granted but I think they could make more money financially focusing on software, peripherals and what not. I think Amibo could be huge, even a game changer. Let the other guys compete in the hardware space, let Nintendo focus on their bread and butter

Now I am interested. Animated movie is something I've wanted for Mario for a long time,but wouldve preferred Pixar :(

however I feel like  this after seeing this news(if true)

Well, that's true :/

Sony has done Hotel Transylvania and The Smurfs right? I'm not sure what else they've done.

Thing is their CG movies have been quite profitable:

Hotel Transylvania = $385 million global box office off a $85 million budget. 

The Smurfs = $562 million global box office ($110 mill budget)

The Smurfs 2 = $347 million global box office ($105 mill budget)

If a Mario movie performs similiarly to any of those, I'd have to think Mario 2/3 movies will be greenlit fairly quickly. It's not like any of the above films were that good. If Mario is decent I think it could earn $380-$500 million globally. 

If it's a really good movie though I think you're talking a biiiiig movie franchise with box office north of $600 million. 

Nintendo was quite hands on with Bowser being in Wreck It Ralph too, right? I wonder if this means no Mario in Wreck It Ralph 2? 

They've done Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs as well. Think that was pretty profitable and had a sequel. Transylvania is getting a sequel as well. But you gotta remember that the smurf is part live action as well.

I'd much rather see Mario in the hands of a company that makes GREAT animated movies; Disney have done Wreck it Ralph and Frozen, Pixar (part of Disney) have done Up, the Incredibles and much more, and Dreamworks have done Kung Fu Panda. All of those movies are VERY profitable and even acclaimed titles. THAT'S what Mario and Nintendo needs.

Hotel Transylvania and The Smurf didn't get all that much praise....

I'm not sure Pixar would even want to do a Mario movie ... if they were going to do a movie with a licensed/pre-existing property I suspect they'd rather go for Star Wars, Marvel, or one of Disney's legacy characters like Mickey/Donald etc.

Oh well. I think Mario could be bigger than the Smurfs, and those movies were fairly awful.

Maybe Nintendo chose Sony as well not only because they are Japanese but because if they have a concern they feel more at home taking their concerns to the top with a guy like Kaz Hirai who comes from the game industry. They might feel maybe he would understand Mario more than some American Hollywood studio head.

Or if Sony falls into hard times again, lets be honest, Nintendo are the most likely company to try and salavage their still useful Entertainment section. - It'd be wise either way...  but I sincerely doubt its true. Though it is interesting it comes out shortly after the Pikmin stuff. 

Kratos and Sackboy in Smash for Hyper Nintendo and Smash for Game&Phone still seems unlikely though.

This is going to end so well......

I'll be waiting and sees how it goes ... kkkkkkk