Nintendo is working on a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie
Still doubtless beaming from the runaway success of this year's Super Mario Bros. movie, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie is in the works.
Details are sparse at present, but Miyamoto, announcing the news on Nintendo Japan's Twitter/X account, said the project has already been in development for «many years now». As per an accompanying press release, Miyamoto will produce the movie — which is being co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony will also handle worldwide theatrical distribution) — with Avi Arad, responsible for «many hit films», also producing.
Arad's films, if you're wondering, are primarily (but not exclusively) within the superhero genre, ranging from this year's acclaimed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and its celebrated 2018 predecessor, to 2022's Tom-Holland-starring Uncharted adaptation, as well as the likes of Venom, Morbius, the live-action Ghost in the Shell, and next year's Borderlands movie.
Nintendo's live-action Zelda adaptation will be helmed by Wes Ball — who directed the three Maze Runner films and next year's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes — but don't expect to see it in cinemas any time soon. «It will take time until its completion,» Miyamoto explained in his announcement, «but I hope you look forward to seeing it.»
(Minor article update not in Nintendo's original press release: Deadline reports Derek Connolly — whose screenplay contributions include Jurassic World, Detective Pikachu, and Kong: Skull Island — will be penning the Zelda adaptation.)
«By getting deeply involved in the movie production with the aim to put smiles on everyone's faces through entertainment,» Nintendo added, "[the company] will continue its
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