Nintendo Is Teaming Up With Sony To Create A Live-Action The Legend Of Zelda Movie

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Here's hoping they'll let Link speak in it.

By Jess Howard on

It's official: The Legend of Zelda is getting the live-action treatment. Nintendo shared the news via its official website earlier today, writing that the film will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment, with Nintendo veteran and The Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto overseeing production alongside Marvel Studios' Avi Arad.

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. [2]https://t.co/2H9lzzS5Pv

According to the press release, Nintendo has already found The Legend of Zelda's director in Wes Ball. Ball's work includes The Maze Runner trilogy, as well as the upcoming Planet of the Apes film, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Nintendo also stated that the company will be «deeply involved in the movie production, with the aim to put smiles on everyone's faces through entertainment.»

«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,» the press release said.

The news comes after years of speculation that a live-action version of the legendary story was in the works. Back in 2015, The Wall Street Journal cited an anonymous source in its report that the studio was working on a live-action The Legend of Zelda tv show for Netflix. However, former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Time Magazine that the claim was «not based on correct