Live action Legend of Zelda movie officially announced

[Dennis Reynolds 18,316]

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.

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/release/en/2023/231108.html

[Lynk 10,597]

I have little to no faith in this but we'll see what happens 

[Diego 9,423]

god no

why? 

[Dennis Reynolds 18,316]

On 11/8/2023 at 11:50 AM, Lynk said:

I have little to no faith in this but we'll see what happens 

I’ve never seen any of The Maze Runner movies, but the director’s new Planet of the Apes film looks quite good  

 

I’m kind of surprised it’s not animated after the Mario movie.

 

[Lynk 10,597]

5 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I’m kind of surprised it’s not animated after the Mario movie.

 

Honestly animated would've been so much better for what they're going for. The only Nintendo franchise that I genuinely think could work in live action is Metroid and maybe F-Zero

[Dennis Reynolds 18,316]

20 minutes ago, Lynk said:

Honestly animated would've been so much better for what they're going for. The only Nintendo franchise that I genuinely think could work in live action is Metroid and maybe F-Zero

I'd be down for a live action Metroid movie, could be a pretty cool Aliens-esque film if done right. I wonder if they'd have Samus stay under the helmet through the movie or not like Dredd  

 

Alex Proyas once directed a pretty cool live action trailer for Metroid Prime if you haven't seen it:

 

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[Lynk 10,597]

4 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I'd be down for a live action Metroid movie, could be a pretty cool Aliens-esque film if done right. I wonder if they'd have Samus stay under the helmet through the movie or not like Dredd  

 

Alex Proyas once directed a pretty cool live action trailer for Metroid Prime if you haven't seen it:

 

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I don't know about an Aliens-esque Metroid game. Metroid's very action oriented (I only know extensively about the first Alien movie lmao). I'd honestly don't think Metroid will get any form of movie since Nintendo barely acknowledges it's existence. 

[Dennis Reynolds 18,316]

6 minutes ago, Lynk said:

I don't know about an Aliens-esque Metroid game. Metroid's very action oriented (I only know extensively about the first Alien movie lmao). I'd honestly don't think Metroid will get any form of movie since Nintendo barely acknowledges it's existence. 

Aliens is much more of an action movie than the first Alien film is. The original is like a top 10-favorite movie for me but I love Aliens as well, you should check it out  

 

Yeah, I’d say the only chance would be if Zelda does really well and that motivates Nintendo to try adapting some other properties. I know they’re not exclusively Nintendo but I would love to see a Castlevania movie, and to be utterly pie in the sky I’ve also that that Panzer Dragoon has a rich enough mythology to make a good movie