With the information in 2023 that Nintendo could be engaged on an official Legend of Zelda film in collaboration with Sony Footage Leisure, you may guess that we needed to scoop our jaws from off the ground.
Even with the success of the Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, a Zelda adaptation simply did not appear all that possible to us, and it feels like Nintendo was of the identical thoughts for a few years. In line with the Video Recreation Historical past Hour podcast with ex-Nintendo “advertising and marketing mastermind” Gail Tilden (thanks, GamesRadar+), legendary developer Shigeru Miyamoto would flat-out say “No” when approached a few potential Zelda film.
In reality, not even the hypothetical involvement of Steven Spielberg was sufficient to persuade him:
“Folks had been all the time calling about doing a film. You possibly can think about that the commonest query is, , “We’re calling, we’d love to do a Zelda film”. So the reply was all the time no. And so, , even I personally stated, “Mr. Miyamoto, like, if Steven Spielberg himself needs to do a Zelda film, what’s the reply?” He stated no. In order that was it.
“The reply was all the time no.”
It makes us query precisely what occurred to vary Nintendo’s thoughts on the matter. Was it the overwhelming success of the Mario film? Or is it merely Nintendo’s want to broaden its attain with motion pictures and theme parks? Regardless, we’re cautiously optimistic in regards to the upcoming Zelda film.
With Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad producing, the Zelda film shall be directed by Wes Ball, who most just lately loved vital success with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a continuation of the reboot sequence beforehand helmed by Rupert Wyatt and Matt Reeves.
