But that's exactly what happened as Shigeru Miyamoto took to the Nintendo Twitter account and announced that a The Legend of Zelda live-action movie film is in production. What wasn't a given was that a live-action The Legend Of Zelda movie would be announced on Twitter on a random Tuesday night. Movie studio, Illumination Entertainment, popped up earlier this year. Especially since rumours of an animated Zelda film in development at The Super Mario Bros. While the main rumours were that a Donkey Kong or Luigi's Mansion movie would follow up Super Mario Bros., it was a given that one day Nintendo's number two franchise – The Legend of Zelda – would be in line for an adaption. Wonder following that – it's only natural that Nintendo would want to expand more of its hit series into films.
Movie – which broke several box office records and was the highest grossing film of 2023 until Barbie overtook it – and the massive sales figures for Super Mario Bros. Nintendo has announced that a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda is in development with Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad producing the film.Ĭonsidering the monumental success of The Super Mario Bros.