A ‘Legend Of Zelda’ Movie Distributed By Sony Is Currently In Development

Shigeru Miyamoto, the game director of Nintendo, announced that his company is adapting one of its iconic video game franchises, The Legend of Zelda, into a live-action film.

It will be directed by Wes Ball, the director of the Maze Runner trilogy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Additionally, one of the screenwriters for Kong: Skull Island, Derek Connolly, will help with the script.

This film will be co-produced by Avi Arad, one of the producers of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and its sequel, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.

The upcoming motion picture is going to be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment, with Nintendo financing more than 50% and Sony theatrically distributing the film.

The video game designer recently posted this on his X account: “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.”

“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,” he added. “It will take time until its completion, but I hope you look forward to seeing it.”

Miyamoto noted in the past the difficulty of adapting games into movies.

“The reason we were so resistant and careful to adapt our games into movies is because in video games there is always a player, who overcomes challenges and fights their way through,” Miyamoto told Variety in April. “Their struggle — redoing the levels over and over — is all part of it. Just following the plot points of the video games will never work as a movie. Without the involvement of the player, it won’t meet expectations.”

There have been no revelations regarding the film’s plot and casting choices or even a release date. The franchise revolves around the warrior Link saving Princess Zelda of Hyrule from Ganon, the series’ primary antagonist.

The last adaptation of a Nintendo franchise was The Super Mario Bros. Movie, based on the Mario franchise, which grossed over $1.36 billion worldwide.