Live Action Zelda Movie Officially in Production, Nintendo Confirms

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This morning, Nintendo confirmed that a live action Zelda movie is in production. Nintendo and Arad Productions will produce the movie; interestingly, financing will be handled by Nintendo (for more than half of the budget) and Sony Pictures Entertainment, with the latter handling global theatrical distribution.

From Nintendo's side, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto will be a producer alongside Avi Arad. Miyamoto-san shared a brief message on Nintendo's official Twitter account to comment on the Zelda movie news:

This is Miyamoto. I have been working on the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda for many years now with Avi Arad-san, who has produced many mega-hit films. I have asked Avi-san to produce this film with me, and we have now officially started the development of the film with Nintendo itself heavily involved in the production. It will take time until its completion, but I hope you look forward to seeing it.

Indeed, Avi Arad has produced countless movies, from the original Spider-Man trilogy (the one featuring Tobey Maguire) to the two Spider-Man movies starring Andrew Garfield as well as the new ones with Tom Holland. He also worked on Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Ghost in the Shell, Venom, the animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Uncharted.

According to Variety, the Zelda movie will be directed by Wes Ball, known for directing the Maze Runner trilogy and the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The screenplay will be written by Derek Connolly, who worked on the Jurassic World trilogy, Kong: Skull Island, Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.

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