Nintendo Delays Live-Action The Legend of Zelda Movie

Nintendo has delayed the motorboat of its upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, the institution has conscionable confirmed.

A connection by Nintendo fable Shigeru Miyamoto, posted to societal media this afternoon, states that "extra time" volition present beryllium taken to amended the film's quality.

The movie had been acceptable to get connected March 26, 2027, and volition present get May 7, 2027 — the day antecedently held by the now-delayed Avengers: Secret Wars.

"This is Miyamoto," the connection reads. "For accumulation reasons, we are changing the merchandise day of the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda to May 7, 2027.

"It volition beryllium immoderate weeks aboriginal than the merchandise timing we primitively announced, and we volition instrumentality the other clip to marque the movie arsenic bully arsenic it tin be. Thank you for your patience."

Nintendo did not elaborate further connected its determination to determination the Zelda film's motorboat date, but the company's prime of Avengers: Secret Wars' erstwhile slot ensures Nintendo takes vantage of Marvel's erstwhile cardinal model portion steering wide of respective different large hitters owed to get astir its now-vacated March date.

Zelda's erstwhile merchandise day had been conscionable 1 week aft the scheduled merchandise of Sonic The Hedgehog 4, connected March 19, 2027, and would person seen it quadrate up straight with Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. Avengers: Secret Wars is present acceptable for December 17, 2027, meanwhile.

With little than 2 years to spell until Nintendo's Zelda movie materialises, we inactive cognize remarkably small astir the project. So far, determination has been nary connection connected who mightiness prima successful the film, and nary details of its plot.

Officially announced successful November 2023, the movie is being produced by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, erstwhile CEO of Marvel Studios. Sony Pictures Entertainment volition grip organisation successful summation to co-financing the movie with Nintendo. Jurassic World’s Derek Connolly is penning the screenplay, portion Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Wes Ball volition direct.

In May 2024, Ball said making an each mo-cap Zelda movie “probably isn't his choice” aft completing enactment connected the CG-heavy KIngdom of the Planet of the Apes. Instead, Ball said, The Legend of Zelda should consciousness "grounded" and "real."

"I privation to fulfill people's top desires," Ball said successful different interrogation astir the project. "I cognize it's important, this franchise, to people, and I privation it to beryllium a superior movie. A existent movie that tin springiness radical an escape… [It has] to consciousness similar thing real. Something superior and chill but amusive and whimsical."

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social