Illumination's The Legend of Zelda (TBA)

[kylor]

The Legend of Zelda Movie Reportedly Green-Lit After Super Mario Bros. Movie Success

Reports have emerged suggesting that Universal and Illumination are currently engaged in negotiations to bring The Legend of Zelda to the big screen. Building on the massive success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the studios are actively collaborating with Nintendo to kickstart the development of a feature film centered around the video game franchise. These rumors gained traction after being discussed on a recent episode of The Hot Mic with Jeff Sneider and John Rocha. It is believed that if the deal goes through, this project would mark a major milestone for Illumination, positioning it as a significant player in the realm of video game adaptations.

In 2015, rumors had circulated about a live-action television series based on The Legend of Zelda, which was reportedly in the works at Netflix. However, it appears that Nintendo made the decision to halt the production after details of the series were leaked to the press. Comedian and voice actor Adam Conover, who had insight into the matter due to his involvement in a claymation Star Fox movie project with Nintendo, shared his perspective during an interview on The Serf Times podcast.

Conover revealed that Nintendo scrapped both the Star Fox movie and The Legend of Zelda series as a direct consequence of the leaks, shedding light on the circumstances surrounding the canceled ventures.



"This probably means nothing to anybody, but it's a story that I feel like I can tell now. In 2015, there was this news that Netflix was going to make a Legend of Zelda television show... it was supposed to be live-action show and it got a lot of coverage in the gaming press... At the same time I worked at CollegeHumor and we had a secret project where we were going to make a claymation version of Star Fox with Nintendo.

Then, a month later, suddenly there were reports Netflix wasn't going to do its Legend of Zelda anymore. I was like 'What happened?' And then I heard from my boss we weren't doing our Star Fox anymore. I was like, 'What happened?' He was like, 'Someone at Netflix leaked the Legend of Zelda thing, they weren't supposed to talk about it, Nintendo freaked out... and they pulled the plug on everything, the entire program to adapt these things."

https://movieweb.com/the-legend-of-z...movie-success/

[mwynn]

Chris Pratt for Zelda.

[-JKR-]

It makes sense business wise, but I hoped that Nintendo would team up with someone else for Zelda.

[Cremildo]

Not buying Ocarina of Time as a N64 owner was my dumbest move ever as a gamer. Hopefully, I'll enjoy the movie.

[Moviefan2k4]

This is great news. I'm a big Zelda fan (mostly of the older games), and I'd love to see something like Ocarina of Time on the big screen.

[BluBonnet]

A Zelda Fitzgerald biopic sounds just peachy!

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

A Zelda Fitzgerald biopic sounds just peachy!

One was already done, a few years ago. Christina Ricci played her in TV miniseries, I think.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

A Zelda Fitzgerald biopic sounds just peachy!

Zelda Rubinstein :This castle is clean.

[kylor]

I'm definitely a fan of the 2 NES titles as well as the Gameboy/Color games, since those are all I've played.

[tcripe]

I'll be there day 1. One of my fav video game franchises ever.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by kylor

I'm definitely a fan of the 2 NES titles as well as the Gameboy/Color games, since those are all I've played.

I never cared much for the Game Boy entries, but the first two NES games are classics. A Link to the Past was great on the Super Nintendo, and Ocarina of Time showed off the N64's hardware capability like crazy. Majora's Mask gave me headaches though, just reliving the same three days over and over...

[Foggy]

Zelda movie sounds amazing, being done by the Minions guys is such a poison chalice.

[Poya]

Illumination had 13 years to prove to me they can handle an IP like this. They failed. Even Dreamworks can make this work.

[Joey9775]

Yeah you can't do fart jokes and pop culture references here. REALLY hope they at least know to hire a good director/writer.

[John1701D]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Chris Pratt for Zelda.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Joey9775

Yeah you can't do fart jokes and pop culture references here. REALLY hope they at least know to hire a good director/writer.

They could always ask Peter Jackson. He proved he could do epics with The Lord of the Rings, even though the Hobbit movies were less successful.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by John1701D

You probably want Zelda to be a girl.

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[Walter Kafka]

[Trekkie313]

This is the wrong move, Illumination is good for heavily stylized kids fare. Zelda won't work with their style unless they can drastically change.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

This is the wrong move, Illumination is good for heavily stylized kids fare. Zelda won't work with their style unless they can drastically change.

I haven't seen most of their movies, so I'm going into this with an open mind.