Greetings, citizens of Hyrule. We hear you’ve been out collecting Korok seeds all day, and deserve a little treat. No, not the Master Sword (that belongs elsewhere). But since you’ve gone all day without going full Bokoblin, how about something special – say, the first official images from The Legend Of Zelda movie? Fresh glimpses have been unveiled of Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link, and Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda, to mark the official start of production on the film. And, this being Nintendo, the images haven’t been unveiled in the usual way – they’ve debuted in a video on the Nintendo Today app.
Go and check out the app for the full video, but here are the images:
©Nintendo / Sony
©Nintendo / Sony
The film comes from Wes Ball, the director who last gave us Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes and The Maze Runner trilogy, with a script from Derek Connolly and T.S. Nowlin. Nintendo has teamed with Sony for this one (elsewhere it has partnered with Universal on The Super Mario Bros Movie, and its Galaxy sequel). The film is currently being shot in Wellington, New Zealand – so expect the same sweeping grandeur that gave Middle-earth such life in The Lord Of The Rings films as Hyrule goes live-action.
Details on the film are top secret. It’s unknown if The Legend Of Zelda will be drawing from any one game in the long-running series (note Zelda in blue get-up here, but Link in his classic green), or if it will be presenting its own spin on the mythology. Either way, we expect it to rake in tons of rupees when it hits cinemas on 7 May 2027. Our ears are getting pointier at the mere thought of it.
