Tears of the Kingdom team ‘interested’ in Zelda movie after Mario success
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is far and away the biggest hit of 2023 so far, having grossed over $521.8 million in the United States and $1.1 billion in total around the world. Nintendo could call it a win and walk away, but the year has only just begun. As Mario enters its sixth weekend at the box office, there’s only one real threat to its complete hold on all-ages audiences: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The long-anticipated Zelda sequel is here, and destined to become another astronomical win for the company.
Nintendo’s undeniable hold on the zeitgeist raises an important question: Where’s the Zelda movie?
At the tail end of Polygon’s big interview with Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, we found ourselves dying to know if a Zelda movie was a remote possibility, let alone one on the horizon. The answer was promising for anyone hoping to one day put down the controller and bask in the glow of Hyrule.
“I am interested for sure,” Aonuma told Polygon through an interpreter. “But it’s not just me being interested in something that makes things happen, unfortunately!”
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While Aonuma may be referring to visionary Legend of Zelda and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, a known perfectionist, there are other titans required to move earth at Nintendo. On an investors call earlier in May, CEO Shuntaro Furukawa flagged to investors and the antsy world that the company isn’t looking to rush into any new film projects based on Nintendo characters. When asked about expanding non-game revenue streams, an inevitable Super Mario Bros. Movie didn’t even come up. If there’s a theatrical future for Link, Zelda, and
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