Long before the latest Mario movie revived the maligned video game adaptation, Arad had exec-produced animated shows based on the games Double Dragon and Pac-Man.

But, some of the talent Nintendo has chosen to bring Zelda to the screen may raise a few eyebrows.įirstly, there’s producer Avi Arad, who’s known for the Spider-Man and X-Men movies.

Renowned video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto says he has been working on the Zelda movie for many years. Nintendo is fiercely protective of its intellectual property, and became even more cautious after the failure of the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. Tears of the Kingdom, the most recent entry in the franchise, became the fastest-selling game in the Legend of Zelda series earlier this year, when it shifted more than 10 million copies in its first three days. Zelda has since spawned more than a dozen sequels, several remasters and spinoffs. The game’s fairytale setting took its inspiration from fantasy novels including J. The Legend of Zelda, which was originally released in Japan in 1986, follows Link as he attempts to rescue Princess Zelda from a demonic warlord named Ganon. That means it's going right back to the start of the franchise in what could turn out to be the first in a series of films. Nintendo says planning and development has begun on a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda. In a surprising twist, it's co-financing the film with the movie arm of its gaming rival Sony. Now, it’s official: Nintendo has announced a film based on the epic adventures of the elf-like boy named Link. Talk of a Zelda adaptation was rife after the record-breaking success of the Super Mario Bros.

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