Sony Pictures Apparently Making a Mario Movie?

[Mystro-Sama]

Barkley said:
"Sony Pictures is producing a movie about the 1990s game console wars, which focused on competition between Sega and Nintendo." - Another Nintendo related project by Sony Pictures.

Why are people so surprised that Nintendo is working with Sony. If they can't do something then they're sure as hell no going to contract a foreign company to do it.