Sony Live Action Zelda Movie

[Andrew NDB]

They really could have a new Lord of the Rings on their hands if they play their cards right. But it's really, really going to come down to the writing.

Just for fun, let's look at what the two writers attached have done that's notable.

Writer #1 Derek Connolly

* Jurassic World Dominion: Ooof! BAD! Probably the worst JP movie ever.

* Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: ALMOST as bad as Dominion but DEFINITELY badly written.

* Star Wars IX: Rise of Skywalker: Blecchh!! The less said the better.

* Detective Pikachu: Never saw it.

* Kong Skull Island: OK... not bad.

* The original Jurassic World: Not terrible but hardly a benchmark of writing.

* Safety Not Guaranteed: Ah, now this was really, really well written and crafted! Very clever. But this was a very small, very indie movie.

Writer #2 T.S. Nowlin

* The Adam Project: This was that straight-to-Netflix Ryan Reynolds movie. Never bothered watching it because it looked awful, but maybe it wasn't that bad.

* Pacific Rim 2: Ehhh... not terrible but not memorable either. I wouldn't say it was BADLY written, really.

* All 3 of the Maze Runner movies: I actually liked them well enough. They got a little bit sillier after the first but they weren't badly written, I felt.


So yeah. Its not exactly EXCITING writers we've got here for the Zelda movie. Nothing in either's credits really suggests that either one is quite up for nailing something with as much potential as Zelda but these also aren't, like, CW writers or anything.