Sony Live Action Zelda Movie

[Autbot_Benz]

Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, "Nintendo" hereafter) today announced that it will develop a live-action film of The Legend of Zelda.

The film will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director and Fellow of Nintendo and Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., who has produced many mega hit films.

The film will be produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., and directed by Wes Ball. The film will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., with more than 50% financed by Nintendo. The theatrical distribution of the film will be done worldwide by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

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By producing visual contents of Nintendo IP by itself, Nintendo is creating new opportunities to have people from around the world to access the world of entertainment which Nintendo has built, through different means apart from its dedicated game consoles.

By getting deeply involved in the movie production with the aim to put smiles on everyone’s faces through entertainment, Nintendo will continue its efforts to produce unique entertainment and deliver it to as many people as possible.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate...23/231108.html

[IMJ]

Given Sony's track record, staying the course even through the woke $#!( period, given the enduring nature of the I.P., given that it's never been on the big screen before, and given it's story and visual appeal; my knee jerk reaction is that this could make a f'n fortune in theaters.

[Andrew NDB]

I was going to say, "huh, in ADDITION to the Illumination CGI movie?" but I just noticed that movie was just a FAKE rumor.

https://movieweb.com/illumination-ze...rumor-clarify/

[drgon78]

I hope we are still getting an animated movie.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by drgon78

I hope we are still getting an animated movie.

Apparently it was a fake story to begin with. So there is no "still."

Originally Posted by Powder

This is going to be horrific. Not happy at all. TLOZ is very sacred to me, & I have zero faith in these people to do it justice.

Shigeru Miyamoto there to safeguard things and presumably serve in the same capacity as Nintendo at large did with the Super Mario Bros. movie, as in being there to say "NO!" to any nonsense, should give some confidence. Avi Arad as a producer shouldn't give confidence OR a lack of confidence (he's produced both amazing and epic movies as well as HORRIFIC movies over the past 20 or so years).

[Cowabung-Gal]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Shigeru Miyamoto there to safeguard things and presumably serve in the same capacity as Nintendo at large did with the Super Mario Bros. movie, as in being there to say "NO!" to any nonsense, should give some confidence. Avi Arad as a producer shouldn't give confidence OR a lack of confidence (he's produced both amazing and epic movies as well as HORRIFIC movies over the past 20 or so years).

Well, one thing’s for sure, we won’t get a black-washed Link or Queen Zelda as long as Nintendo keeps laying down the law.



Meanwhile, it is rumored that Michael B. Jordan is going to play Hercules in the Disney live-action remake…

Disney will never learn

[KROW]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Shigeru Miyamoto there to safeguard things and presumably serve in the same capacity as Nintendo at large did with the Super Mario Bros. movie, as in being there to say "NO!" to any nonsense, should give some confidence. Avi Arad as a producer shouldn't give confidence OR a lack of confidence (he's produced both amazing and epic movies as well as HORRIFIC movies over the past 20 or so years).

Yeah, with Shiggy involved there should be some thread of hope to hang onto, though Arad's more hit-and-miss.

This is something I didn't think I'd see at all, instead feeling I'd have to relegate myself to the old cartoon and retro commercial. I wonder where in the timeline it'll take place.

[Powder]

This is going to be horrific. Not happy at all. TLOZ is very sacred to me, & I have zero faith in these people to do it justice.

[sdp]

Zelda:
"Link, I have the master sword. Come hold it. Release its power."
Link:

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by sdp

Zelda:
"Link, I have the master sword. Come hold it. Release its power."
Link:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL8F3JiVcAcI6Be.jpg

Reminds me of this:

[sdp]

Bo Bragason will play Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play Link.

[ZariusTwo]

Here's the 'Link'

https://variety.com/2025/film/global...th-1236462236/

[ranger_scout]

I like Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in the films I've seen him in. I'm not familiar with Bo Bragason, but she does look the part. I hope people don't complain about Link not having blond hair.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

I hope people don't complain about Link not having blond hair.

He's Super Show Link!

[Andrew NDB]

Looks great.

Originally Posted by ranger_scout

I hope people don't complain about Link not having blond hair.

You realize they can fix that, right? And in multi-million dollar movies they tend to spring for the $20 hair dye if need be.

[ranger_scout]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Looks great.



You realize they can fix that, right? And in multi-million dollar movies they tend to spring for the $20 hair dye if need be.

Many people didn't like how Astrid in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon had brown hair instead of blonde. However, Universal kept it the way it was. They've already released photos of Zelda and Link in costume, so maybe they will leave his hair the way it is.

[sdp]

Link is brunette or blonde depending on the game. It's fine.
What I'm worried about Links outfit not having a hat and him not wearing green which are very much possible choices.Breath of the Wild ruined his iconic look and since it was such a popular game they could use that look forever now.
I'd also like Zelda to have Elvish ears.

[sdp]

Link is wearing green thank God

[CyberCubed]

My guess is they'll have Link and Zelda travel together, not the usual Zelda is captured/kidnapped/in hiding for 90% of the movie till the end. No way is Zelda going to be a damsel in distress or get little screentime.

For Ganondorf, they need to cast some tall arabic/muslim man. It would do, since the Gerudo are largely based on the sand people in the middle east. In the newer Zelda games, the Gerudo are even more stylized with arabic clothing, veils, hairstyle, and look like a mix of 10 different middle eastern countries combined into one. Ganondorf isn't black, he should be a muslim.

[sdp]

I'll go ahead and do some rampant speculation before more stuff comes out and see what I end up being right in:
-It'll set up a trilogy, each movie will be named after each triforce, so the first title could be something like "The tree of courage" or whatever
-Ganondorf will appear but Ganon won't show up until the third movie
-Miyamoto will cameo in the movie
-We'll see story bits from every Zelda, so it'll be super contradicting to the games lore
-to expand on the above, it'll do a greatest hits of some of the best moments in all of the games (pulling the master sword, deku tree dying, the dark world, etc)
-The two games that will get most representation will clearly be OOT & BOTW
-There'll be a Majora's Mask somewhere as an easter egg and fans will speculate, make 2 hour video essays about it, but it won't actually have anything to do with the trilogy and was only there as an easter egg
-Mother Fcking Tingle will be in the movie as a small cameo
-Brain rot boomers will complain that the movie is woke, especially after some actor makes some pol statement
-There'll be some very controversial decision, like either making Zora's evil or some stupid lore thing that doesn't really matter that will make fans fume for months
-There will be a brand new original character made for the movie that will be a main character and take tons of screen time and people will automatically hate him (Think of Cole Young from the Mortal Kombat movie)
-"Excuuuuse me princess" is a line that will make it to the final cut of the film
-It'll be good since Miyamoto is supervising
-The Sheikah's backstory will be that they committed genocide on the gerudo
-the gerudo will be brown and people will complain (either because it's racist or because it's woke)
-chickens will attack Link at some point
-why are you still reading this
-Epona will meet atreyu's fate during the trilogy
-Link will have a love triangle and not with Zelda
-Zora's domain can be unfrozen and you'll be able to go to the temple of light

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

My guess is they'll have Link and Zelda travel together, not the usual Zelda is captured/kidnapped/in hiding for 90% of the movie till the end. No way is Zelda going to be a damsel in distress or get little screentime.

I don't think they'll find each other until the third arc of the movie, but she won't be a princess waiting to be rescued. She'll likely have her own quest she's going through and eventually meet up with Link.