The Legend of Zelda Live-Action Film
The live-action film of The Legend of Zelda is an upcoming release. It is set to be released worldwide on May 7, 2027.[3]
Plot
The film follows Link, a young warrior destined to protect the land of Hyrule from Ganon, a warlord who seeks the Triforce. In order to stop him, Link must battle creatures, explore Dungeons, and solve puzzles to retreive Items to aid him on his quest.[1]
Production
Development of the film was announced by Nintendo on November 7, 2023.[4] According to Shigeru Miyamoto, he and Avi Arad have been working on the movie behind the scenes for many years.[5] Nintendo is also going to be involved in its production.[6] In the the official announcement by Nintendo, they claim that the film's purpose is to engage with and entertain a wider audience, beyond those who play their video games.[4] Filming will start on November 4, 2025 in New Zealand and will end on April 7, 2026.[1]
Its original March 26, 2027 release date was announced on March 28, 2025 through the Nintendo Today! app, which was released the prior day.[7] On June 9, 2025, Nintendo announced that the movie would be delayed to May 7, 2027.[3] Upon the delay, T.S. Nowlin, who worked with Ball on The Maze Runner trilogy, was hired to rewrite the draft from Connolly.[2]
Trivia
- The Nintendo Today! app suffered from several issues due to heavy traffic caused by the film's release date announcement.[8]
Nomenclature
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Legend Of Zelda (Feature Film) (web archive), productionlist.com, retrieved March 29, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://deadline.com/2025/06/legend-of-zelda-movie-wes-ball-1235596216/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "This is Miyamoto. For production reasons, we are changing the release date of the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda to May 7, 2027. It will be some weeks later than the release timing we originally announced, and we will take the extra time to make the film as good as it can be. Thank you for your patience." — @Nintendo on Twitter, June 9, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Development of a Live-Action Film of The Legend of Zelda to Start (web archive), Nintendo, published November 7, 2023, retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ↑ "This is Miyamoto. 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. [1]" — @nintendo on Twitter, November 7, 2023 (Archive)
- ↑ "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. [2]" — @nintendo on Twitter, November 7, 2023 (Archive)
- ↑ "The live-action film of The Legend of Zelda will be released on
26 March 2027" — News (Nintendo Today!, March 28, 2025) - ↑ "The Nintendo Today! app has been experiencing heavy traffic which caused display issues with some contents, which have now been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience caused." — @Nintendo on Twitter, March 28, 2025