Nintendo has introduced that it’s engaged on a live-action The Legend of Zelda film with producer Avi Arad and director Wes Ball.
Following the immense success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie with Illumination, the Zelda challenge will this time be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Avi Arad appears to be a fairly good choice for the challenge, and has labored on mega-hits reminiscent of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Uncharted, and the unique Iron Man.
Meanwhile, Wes Ball is greatest identified for guiding the Maze Runner trilogy and is at present deep in post-production for the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Bizarrely, Miyamoto has acknowledged on X (Twitter) that he and Ari Arad have been engaged on the challenge for “a few years” earlier than happening to state that “it should take a while till its completion”. Hopefully which means they’ve a agency grasp on how the film ought to appear and feel.
Here’s the full announcement from Nintendo:
“Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter) right this moment introduced that it’s going to develop a live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda.
“The movie will likely 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 movies.
“The movie will likely be produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., and directed by Wes Ball. The movie will likely be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., with greater than 50% financed by Nintendo. The theatrical distribution of the movie will likely be performed worldwide by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
“By producing visible contents of Nintendo IP by itself, Nintendo is creating new alternatives to have folks from around the globe to entry the world of leisure which Nintendo has constructed, by way of totally different means other than its devoted sport consoles.
“By getting deeply concerned within the film manufacturing with the purpose to place smiles on everybody’s faces by way of leisure, Nintendo will proceed its efforts to supply distinctive leisure and ship it to as many individuals as doable.”
Obviously, there isn’t any phrase but on a possible launch date, however hopefully we’ll see extra data trickle out within the coming months.
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