The Legend of Zelda Movie Rumors: Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment in Talks for Animated Film Adaptation

2023-06-09 02:02:14

According to the latest episode of “The Hot Mic with Jeff Sneider and John Rocha” webcast, on “The Hot Mic with Jeff Sneider and John Rocha”Super Mario Bros. The Moviewhich grossed a staggering $1.3 billion worldwide, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment seem to be quite active with Nintendo’s plans for an animated film adaptation of the Zelda franchise.

Currently, filmmakers and animation companiesProbablyA deal is close to being finalized for a film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda.

This isn’t actually the first time rumors have surfaced regarding an upcoming film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. Shortly following the release of Super Mario Bros. The Movie, many rumors hinted that Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment intend to bring more movies from Nintendo to the big screen.

In addition, even Eiji Aonuma, producer of the latest sequel in the series, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and production director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, recently stated that they are “really interested” in seeing Link and Zelda. The story was adapted into an animated film.

Eiji Aonuma said at the time:

“Unfortunately, just because I’m interested in this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to happen immediately.”

Hidemaro Fujibayashi Supplementary Road:

“What really matters is what the fans think.”

That said, if there’s enough voice among fans, Nintendo might be able to convince Nintendo to bring the fantasy adventure series to the big screen, much like the Super Mario Bros. Movie. If The Hot Mic’s information is correct, fans may have already won an initial victory.

In addition to the “Super Mario Bros.” series, “The Legend of Zelda” can be said to be another most representative and successful game series under Nintendo. The first generation of the “Legend of Zelda” series launched in February 1986 was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. After that, the entire series developed a rather large and complex timeline, except for a few orthodox sequels. In addition, most of the works in the series are independent of each other, but the main stories often focus on Link, the hero of the Hylia clan who looks like an elf, and the incarnation of the goddess Hylia, Princess Zelda. How they save the kingdom of Hyrule from the evil Lord Ganon.

The latest work in the series “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” has been on the Nintendo Switch on May 12, and has received extremely high praise from the media and players, and even set a record of 1,000 in three days. million sets of sales.

As for the “Super Mario Bros. Movie Edition”, which was released in April this year, it is Nintendo’s first adaptation film created in cooperation with Hollywood following the live-action “Super Mario Bros.” movie version in 1993. “Super Mario Bros. Movie Edition” has already set a global box office of 1.3 billion US dollars. If you don’t count the realistic version of “The Lion King” in 2019, this film has become the second highest-grossing animated film in film history. Second only to “Frozen 2″‘s $1.45 billion.

After the overwhelming theater screenings, “Super Mario Bros. The Movie” will also be officially released on DVD on June 13. Both digital and DVD versions will include 30 minutes of extra content. After such a successful performance, launching a sequel to the film seems to have become an imperative decision. As for whether Nintendo will have the confidence to launch more adaptation plans, follow-up news is yet to be released.

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