The Legend of Zelda Movie Set Leak Appears to Show First Live-Action Footage of Link and Zelda

Set videos purportedly featuring Link and Zelda successful Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda movie person been shared online — giving fans a archetypal glimpse astatine the characters successful action.

As antecedently reported, The Legend of Zelda has present begun shooting successful New Zealand, and respective fans person seemingly discovered precisely where. Videos posted to societal media implicit the play look to amusement a country filmed successful a woodland determination wherever some Bo Bragason (Zelda) and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Link) tin beryllium spotted.

And that's not each — a 3rd quality tin besides beryllium seen, who fans person wide surmised is Impa. Here, Zelda's trusty adjutant looks to beryllium played by nary different than Severance's Dichen Lachman.

Nintendo is yet to officially corroborate Lachman's casting, though isolated from it looking precise overmuch similar the actress, fans person noted that she antecedently worked with the project's director, Wes Ball, connected Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Zelda is dressed successful bluish robes, akin to those seen successful The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Link, meanwhile, wears his classical greenish garb, arsenic seen successful Ocarina of Time. The colorings acceptable with pre-production photos released alongside Bragason and Ainsworth's archetypal casting announcement.

It's hard to marque retired what's happening successful the country itself, arsenic it's filmed astatine immoderate distance. However, Impa appears to beryllium handing Zelda a sword successful a wood clearing arsenic the brace are surrounded by knights and horses. Could 1 of them beryllium Epona? As for what this infinitesimal mightiness beryllium based on, nary nonstop examination to the games comes to mind.

Officially announced successful November 2023, Nintendo's live-action The Legend of Zelda task is being produced by the company's legendary originative brag Shigeru Miyamoto, alongside Avi Arad, erstwhile CEO of Marvel Studios. Jurassic World’s Derek Connolly has written the screenplay.

Details of the task stay mostly under-wraps, different than a alternatively generic-sounding basal crippled outline which describes the movie thus:

"The Legend of Zelda follows Link, a young warrior destined to support the magical kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness. The onshore is nether menace from Ganon, a ruthless warlord who seeks the Triforce — an past relic said to assistance limitless power. To halt him, Link indispensable embark connected a perilous journey, battling monstrous creatures, exploring treacherous dungeons, and solving intricate puzzles to uncover ineffable artifacts that tin assistance him successful his quest."

The Legend of Zelda is presently acceptable to motorboat connected May 7, 2027, a day shared again by Nintendo this period arsenic it teased plans for a "consistent merchandise cadence" of video crippled movies implicit the adjacent fewer years, pursuing the container bureau occurrence of its Super Mario Movie.

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