Nintendo has officially announced a live-action 'Legend of Zelda' movie.

I hope they go that route

Jack Black as Ganon singing about his love for Zelda

Danny DeVito as Navi

Samuel L. Jackson.

Chris Pratt as fired. I do like Tom Holland as link though.

Danny DeVito has to be pig Ganon.

Directed by Michael Bay

Make it pg13 and that's a winner.

We need a scene where DeVito, as Navi, sings about the toll that trolls charge.

That would have been amazing to see.

"HYET HEH HYAAAA"

"It's a me, Link."

I hope so. Another masterpiece like dragon ball evolution would be amazing

Or they make it like Nicholas Cage's character in the Willy's Wonderland, who's essentially just an invincible player character other characters react to

Hyrule Kingdom, here we go.

Chris Pratt, of course

Well, excuse me princess.

https://youtu.be/qzfXxkHrIBM?si=iYZMohadaZG1hXsb

Starring Timothy Chalamet as Link

Link talks. The fan theory that he's mute is unsupportable. Too many instances of him conveying complex information to people he just met (and who wouldn't know his gesture language). You can try to explain it away, but it will quickly get more complicated than assuming he talks.

Yeah. My first thought was who the fuck would want to play Link? Then I imagined Tom Holland as Link. This is going to be so bad. This is Masters of the Universe for a new generation.

I already have metric tons of popcorn ready. I'm gonna watch every minute of this trainwreck.

Not only that, but also the producer who forced Sam Raimi to include Venom in Spider-Man 3, and who is responsible for all those Sony/Marvel movies (including Morbius).

who has produced many mega hit films.

Mega. Hit. Films. Who cares that he has a history of ignoring source material, angering fans, ruining IP? They're mega hits.

At first I confused Chris Ball and Uwe Boll. So when I realized that Chris Ball was the dude who did Maze Runner, rather than the dude responsible for almost every bad video game adaptation that's ever been made, I felt a bit relieved. I'm just going to let that feeling carry me for a bit and hope for the best.

I said the exact same thing when reading about Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes earlier today.

I don't know the director, but it seems like he's got a visual sense of what's needed. Visually I think the first Maze Runner was well done (didn't see 2 & 3) and looking at the trailer for Planet of the Apes I think it matches the films that came before it.

I am cautiously optimistic that he can take an idea and put it to screen.

This is going to a difficult film to put together, but I expect when it's all done the director isn't going to be the issue. The issue is going to be putting together a good story and having a good story to tell.

Mario games are all about whimsy and spectacle. Mario 1 has you jump incredible heights and throw fireballs. Mario 2 has you in a dream world with potions. Mario 3 has you travel between unique worlds. Mario World has dinosaurs and secret paths. I could go on, but you get the idea and the movie did an excellent job.

Hypothetically if we had a Metroid movie it would have to be about isolation. Not complete isolation, but isolation with a sense of being watched or followed, or being in over your head.

But, we're talking about Zelda. What makes a Zelda game and in turn a movie a Zelda movie? I think it's a sense of exploration. It's an adventure. Think Star Wars, think Indiana Jones, that's the kind of movie this needs to be.

What if they adapted Link's Awakening? An established hero, lost at sea, slowly uncovering secrets of the island. That could work. I don't think they should adapt that story but that's the sort of story they need to tell. A fairy boy with a greater purpose. A boy who seeks out his missing father in a storm. A boy trying to rescue his kidnapped sister.

I think this could work, but it won't be easy.

My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.

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"Wow."

Well, there has already been one masterful portrayal of Link.

They should just piss everyone off universally and give him like a Gilbert Gottfried voice.

Only way I can see it working is in the princess bride style. That way we understand it’s the narrator telling the story and so the tone/voice not matching makes sense

lol could they really get away with making a Zelda movie without Link??

I guess I could see it. Like maybe it's literally a "legend" of Zelda, where the hero is a figure of myth and the story actually centers around other characters many years later. Sorta like Wind Waker, I'm realizing as I'm writing this. Actually, using the Wind Waker trope of making the main character a reincarnation of Link might give them the wiggle room to create a Link with some unique personality.

Link doesn't really have a character. He's just a sword arm.

I had a hard enough time just clicking this link and remaining optimistic that this project wouldn't be embarrassing and uh, this just killed that feeling. Toss it in the video game movie pile along with Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed...

Even though there are multiple examples of dark-skinned Hylians across multiple games

I don't get it.

It is ok to fall asleep in 30-100h gaming sessions. I'm sure you can do a 90-120 minute movie.

Ah yes, esteemed actress John Roberts