Nintendo announces live-action Zelda movie
Nov. 7, 2023A live-action Zelda movie is in development with director Wes Ball
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Nintendo has announced that a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda is now in development. It will be produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions, and is set to be directed by Wes Ball. Nintendo will finance “more than 50%” of the project, withSonyPictures picking up the rest of the bill and handling distribution, according to apress release.
“I have been working on the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda for many years now with Avi Arad-san, who has produced many mega hit films,” Shigeru Miyamoto says in a statement onTwitter. “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.”
Avi Arad is probably best known as the former owner ofMarvel Comics, and the founder ofMarvel Studios, which ushered in the era of the MCU. While he resigned from Marvel Studios as the MCU was getting underway, he continued to produce Sony’s Spider-Man films and their spinoffs. He’s also producing the upcoming Borderlands adaptation.
This announcement follows thewild success of the animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was released earlier this year. Rumors earlier this year suggested that Illumination, which produced the Mario movie, was working with Nintendo on an animated Zelda film, butthose rumors were quickly denied by Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri.
The list ofupcoming video game moviesjust keeps getting longer.
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