Zelda Live-Action Movie Director Promises To Be "Ambitious"

Will there be a portal that opens to New York and completely ruin the theme of the world?

if we have chris pratt as mario, we should continue the trend by having chris evans as link.

So far, all I've heard about this movie is that the director is excited to be doing it.

Making it a movie to me just feels like a mistake. There’s so much to the world, I can’t help but think anything short of a 3 hour movie will feel rushed. Looking at Fallout and The Last of Us, a big budget episodic series would’ve helped build hype and flesh out the world. But I’m still hoping for the best

John Cena as Navi would be great, along with Taylor Swift as Zelda and Morgan Freeman as Link.

Wes Ball legitimately seems like he cares about the movie though, I'm optimistic.

This should have been animated like the Mario movie if they were gonna make a movie of it. Feels like it’s gonna be Uncharted all over again.

I’m still really struggling to picture the Zelda series translating well to a live action movie. I will be so happy to be proven wrong, but very nervous for all involved.

It's probably gonna be its own original story, but I would love to see adaptations of each of the mainline games. Majora's Mask, Skyward Sword, and an animated Wind Waker movie in particular would be great. Just like how each Zelda game has a radically different art style, it would be awesome if they make both animated and live action Zelda movies depending in the mood they're trying to go for.

Honestly, it'd be dope if they made a Zelda movie with an all-Japanese cast.

The most important question is who will be playing Tingle?

@gokev13 I don't know why, but I really want Hugh Skinner for it.

Please...don't dissapoint!

Whether the movie will be good or not is something we cant know yet, everything the director has said does make me confident. At the least its someone who seems to have a heavy respect for the games

Ambitious implies they'll be making choices that we won't expect, which probably means we're not going to see Danny DeVito as Tingle, sadly

Really hope they can manage to cram an 80 hour videogame into a 2-3 hour feature movie. It's going to be tough to do it right, but seeing as they did well on the Mario movie, I have some optimism.

He is giving it all for the movie. I like how he says he wants to make something great for us, himself included, which shows, that he does care. It is good to see, that he learned valuable lessons for the Zelda movie, in his recent film.

I wish you and the team the best of luck and I am really looking forward to the movie.

"He wants to try to do something great."

Yoda:

i know all the cards seem to be aligned for this movie to be a disaster, but im getting a weirdly good feeling from this movie. Its too early to say anything but who knows it might be good!

Not that it's of any significance, but there's something mildly amusing about the idea of Sony funding a Nintendo movie.

I don't know I'm concerned since link doesn't talk in the game and having him talk just gonna ruin it. I wish it was animated you can do so much more to do with it I hope they don't mess up with this just disappointed is live action.

Director of movie says he's going to try make a great movie.

Next, actor in said movie says movie is great.

@PoeTheLizard Keep your toads close, but your koopas closer.

It'll be a perfectly fine movie, like the Mario movie was, but I'm not expecting anything great.

But then movies are pretty weird at the moment anyway. People go crazy for Spiderman and Sonic movies that are, at best, bang average movies that you watch once and never, ever again. So who knows?

He wants to do something great?
DON'T MAKE IT CRAP
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@ItsOKToBeOK There's a lot to the world but Zelda has always been relatively light on plot. I don't know how you make a series out of "Save Hyrule!".

@nocdaes Yea if people love the Sonic movies, than I'm sure they can do something decent with Zelda.

I honestly want to be optimistic but I just dont see how live action can capture the magic of Zelda like animation can

Ambitious.

Sooo.... more than 10 literal cliffhanger moments?

Ambitious... like a 860 hour long movie? 😆

In all seriousness I hope Link doesn't have actual Dialogue.

Really looking forward to the main protagonist not speaking a single word throughout the movie!

@ItsOKToBeOK The world of Zelda is indeed big, but doesn't really have all that much depth. It's quite a blank slate.

Alot of the blank gaps are just things fans and non-canon media filled up over the years. This is due to structure of Zelda games and Nintendos focus on interesting gameplay mechanics than actual deep story telling.

A tv show might have the edge in fleshing out everything due to it's medium, however because Zelda is light on plot and characters, this gives enough room for a movie to fill in gaps as well.

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"Our frothing demand for this movie increases."

I'm starting to realize the more gamers hate the Zelda movie probably the better it will be. I mean if you all are expecting a lead in a movie to not talk well... 🤷‍♂️

Still not sure they can make a great Zelda movie though. If they go for high drama like Game of Thrones it's probably going to come across as camp, and if they go for camp it's probably going to come across as garbage.

I just finished watching "Shogun" and that was great from top to bottom, but I also just watched "Aliens vs Predator: Requiem" and it was one of the worst "4 scripts spliced together into 1 incoherent mess of a movie" that I've ever seen. So hopefully more Shogun and less of that.

Oh and for those wondering, it won't be Majora's Mask, that's way too weird of a first movie, Skyward Sword would require too much budget, Windwaker is too much Waterworld so the memes would write themselves. OoT is probably the biggest so makes the most sense, though I've never played it so unfamiliar w/ the story myself. Twilight Princess is Midna's story, not Link's or Zelda's. It won't be open world BotW or TotK, good games, bad movies. Probably won't be any of the handheld games b/c reasons, and the Hyrule Warriors games require too much backstory. Zelda 2 is a 2D skin, which leaves Zelda. Which I also haven't played but I'm assuming it's the most basic story, so that one.

Will be interesting if they go all in on human character development or the fantasy monster stuff. This may just end up being a "Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" remake. 🤷‍♂️

Can't even get the right grammar on the questions. What a disaster. The film as well.

#JohnCenaAsNavi
Now I want this!

I'm worried about the casting of Ganondorf. Just where are they going to find a redheaded man with green skin?

@gokev13 Word on the street is Tingle will be played by Danny DeVito.

At this point, just give it to TOHO. Minus One proves Japan can be on top of Hollywood.

Of course, he's said as much before. I believe he will be but there's got to be execution with that ambition. Still with the planet of the apes movie. That will be his test. He deserves that much. Granted the real indication will be the trailer.

@WaffleRaptor01 Focus regarding platformers and party games that maybe. But Nintendo is way more than just platformers. And even so, movies don't always need a deep interesting plots to be good or even great.

@Gameplay4fun We know he will.

I'm so hyped for this movie!

An ambitious Zelda movie would be set in 1990, Roseanne style, in the kitchen, at evening dinner. Like the Korean movie, the quiet family. Some of the Zelda characters come and go, some mill around the kitchen, some stay seated at the dinner table all night long. This is a one room movie. It features all the usual Zelda type characters. Link finding a korok is akin to a young man dressed like a 90’s American who finds tiny plastic chips, korok chips, hidden around the set through out the night. Ganon is more of a looming presence that arrives as a guest later in the movie. Most don’t know what he looks like or when he’ll show up to dinner. He’ll bring argument and upend power dynamics.

@Koda1000 Heck, now I just want a 90’s Roseanne-style sitcom but replace the Conners with Zelda characters. Keep it in that same house and everything. Same theme song too, but with CD-I Zelda’s dad laughing at the end instead of Roseanne.

@Koda1000 @bobby_steurer

If what doesn't kill us is making us stronger,
We're gonna last longer,
Than the greatest kingdom in Hyrule,
Or the blade they call Master Sword.

If there's one thing that i've learned,
While waitin for my turn,
Is there some Song of Storms,
But you also get Sun's Song,

And we'll make out better than ok,
Hear what i say?
Yeah any day

@Fangleman32 Dude, you’ve got me dying. That really tickled me for some reason. I’m sitting here at work chuckling…..much like big Rose herself.

Try to do something great, sure that's good news.

But it's Zelda you're dealing with guys so it's more like you must do something awesome.

@Solomon_Rambling Aaagh, sarcasm, an art few can accomplish well.

Wes Ball is a fan, and he was chose by Miyamoto himself. Have some faith, or, at least, wait until the movie comes out, watch it, and then make yor own conclusions.

@Purgatorium yeah pretty much what you said

@NINTELDRITCH lol

@gokev13 probably the rock

If actors are mainly white actors consider the movie to be a flop. Anything Japanese going white hasn't worked out in the end

Well. Good luck. To all of us.

I sure hope Nintendo is keeping a strict, watchful eye on this one. I want this movie to be great, but the sparse information currently available has so far not inspired confidence.

How hopeful..... By that logic anything bland and too safe western movie like it could be.

I assume Mario movie did a fair job IN the Mario universe with a bit of flare for western audiences Illumination makes more but still. Even the trailers for Migration made me go eh pass (could also be their marketing team but I'm not a fan of Illumination these days but was fine with their older works).

But to me it's understanding the world/characters and the quirks of the series and then there is THEIR attempt at it. There is many anime/gaming movies that just suck because they put too much in and even when western appealing themes and audience appealing they had ALREADY but they ruin the entire point of the series because they just barely understand/don't even care enough about the IP or how to execute it well.

Zelda can't be that hard to adapt I mean it has been done before with many manga/tv shows before and yes the EXCUSE ME PRINCESS. But how they do it this time anything is possible these days.

Some studios/overseers do a good job, others barely feel like their input mattered at all but some context/presentation just lacks, the charm, what will get a reaction out of fans/viewers.

So ambitious gives me not much excitement more careful flat-lining of neither good nor bad expectations. A 'be careful' sort of concern. I'm not even a big Zelda fan but I do think the universe has many angles it can be taken but knowing the possibilities they can still find a way to ruin it besides the many different directions the Zelda universe has gone over the years.

Assuming that that was his official profile, I just sent Wes Ball a message recommending him a very talented musician by the name of Sam Dillard to compose the official soundtrack for the Zelda film.

Mr. Dillard has previously composed an album titled Zelda Cinematica, which sounds as if it came from a Zelda movie. It takes tracks from various Zelda games, from the original NES game all the way to Breath of the Wild, arranging them into long, flowing pieces. I'll admit, I got emotional listening to it, as it was very beautiful and moving.

For those interested in listening to the album, here is the YouTube playlist for it: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ke_mOC4dCggEbIRPSkT1LEIzwTFPECen8&si=herHVKXcdplqwz9c

Furthermore, Mr. Dillard has also composed similar albums for Metroid (two, in fact) and even Chrono Trigger, which are also worth listening to.

One of my greatest desires for the film would be for it to capture some of those rom-com, light dating-sim aspects that made Ocarina of Time such a compelling coming of age story. Having a bunch of cute girls all throwing themselves at the oblivious silent protangonist would add a lot of heart and humor to what could potentially be quite a dry action flick. Malon, Ruto and Saria having one-sided flirty conversations with Link would be the perfect way to have him speak whilst remaining silent. Romantic false leads can make an audience invested in the setting, in a way that a flashy explosion can't. Of course, Zelda herself would have no time for such frivolous nonsense and her sticking to the plot would give her the appeal of an unattainable charm. Having Link be a oblivious chick magnet would make him popular with guys and girls alike. I'm not saying make it a harem anime the whole way through, just a hint of it.

Let's just say I've seen fanfics of just how good a live action Zelda "could" look, so it's not impossible. I really think animated would have been the better way to go and who knows, maybe they will do an about face.

The more interviews i see the less confident I am in this impending dumpster fire. Hate watching will give it the success it’s looking for though and spawn a sequel

Zelda should have been a TV Series at Amazon instead as it would most likely get the same treatment as Fallout series.

A movie isn't enough time for Zelda.

@CazSonOfCaz isn't the land of Hyrule and it's inhabitants supposed to be based on Medieval Europe? In which case an all British cast* (since the film will be in English language) would be more appropriate, no?

*except for the Gerudo, who should be actors of middle eastern descent and any non-Hylians characters that aren't based on a pre-existing race/ethnicity

Man, how easily people complain.
I'll just wait and see what they will reveal.
I myself am hyped for this movie, seeing how Nintendo is involved with their movies. (Mario) Mario was an amazing movie.

I would have liked an anime style movie, but i think this will be great too.

I really wish that they weren't making this into a live action movie. An anime in the style of Castlevania (not the same themes though) could have been really good. At worst this is going to the worst movie since Freddy Got Fingered. Get ready for the embarrassment (although the voice acting in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is a good embarrassment breakfast).

I thought a big part of Zelda was that it went under the radar. Why do they have to make a live action movie. And Live action lol. This is gna be terrible. They are literally selling out Zelda. Also, they should never have introduced voice acting to the Zelda series.

If they have Link in his traditional green garb get ready for it to look terrible.