Nintendo Fans Aren't Sure How to Feel About the Live-Action Legend of Zelda Movie

Published:Wed, 8 Nov 2023 / Source：https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-fans-arent-sure-how-to-feel-about-the-live-action-legend-of-zelda-movie

Well, it’s official: after years of rumors and hopes, Nintendo finally confirmed on Tuesday that it’s developing a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie with Sony Pictures. And unsurprisingly, Nintendo fans have thoughts about it.

In the immediate aftermath, the reactions focused on everything from the choice to make it live-action to fancasting to the creatives involved. It’s being produced by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and prolific producer Avi Arad, with The Maze Runner and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Wes Ball on board to direct. Jurassic World writer Derek Connelly, meanwhile, is writing the script.

There was some quick, well, skepticism over Arad’s involvement, as the founder and former CEO of Marvel Studios has a vast array of credits to his name, ranging from Sony’s acclaimed Spider-Verse movies to the Venom films to 2017’s Ghost in the Shell.

Or, as one Redditor on r/nintendo put it, “Can't believe they were able to get the producer of the hit film Morbius!!”

What might even be more interesting, however, is the fact that the film will be live-action, especially following the success of Universal’s Super Mario Bros. Movie. It’s not quite what fans expected, but some are staying open-minded.

“In theory a Legend of Zelda film shouldn't be hard,” wrote u/haidere36 on r/nintendo. “Do some swordfighting, some adventuring, have Link do a big climactic fight with Ganon and save the world and we're good. People can say Zelda plot doesn't work in live action but action films have hardly ever relied on deep, complex plots to engage people.”

However, others are immediately disappointed: “I'm not going to lie.. live action really hurts this for me,” said u/Riomegon. “Animated would have been the way to go if you ask me.”

Others, though, are just plain excited.

And of course, there were also jokes. So many jokes.

Speaking of jokes: the fan-casting has officially begun, and it took approximately five minutes for both Tom Holland and Chris Pratt’s names to start trending on X/Twitter.

But the jokes weren’t limited to Pratt and Holland! Others got a little more creative:

Nintendo’s made it, to put it mildly, a wild day on the internet. While we know very little else about this massive news, at least we can watch fans do their thing.

And hey, just remember: IGN did it first.

Source：https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-fans-arent-sure-how-to-feel-about-the-live-action-legend-of-zelda-movie

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