Legend of Zelda movie director teases "awesome idea" and says he wants to create something "serious and cool, but fun and whimsical"
Mar. 23, 2024Exclusive: Wes Ball talks to Total Film about his vision for The Legend of Zelda movie
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Alive-action Legend of Zelda movie is on the wayfrom Wes Ball and, now,The Maze Runnerdirector has outlined his exciting vision for the upcoming Nintendo project.
“I have this awesome idea,” Ball tellsTotal Film in our new issueout on Thursday March 28, whichfeatures The Fall Guy on the cover. “I’ve been thinking about it for a long freakin’ time, of how cool a Zelda movie would be… I want to fulfil people’s greatest desires. I know it’s important, this [Zelda] franchise, to people and I want it to be a serious movie. A real movie that can give people an escape.”
Ball even points to that escapism (“I want to live in that world,” he says) as the driving force behind The Legend of Zelda movie.
“That’s the thing I want to try to create – it’s got to feel like something real. Something serious and cool, but fun and whimsical.”
The Zelda movie, announced in November in a joint partnership between Nintendo andSonyPictures, will bring to life a video game franchise that’s thrived for almost 40 years.
Before he gets to grip with the Hero of Time, Wes Ball’s new movie Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is released on May 10. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, March 28.
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