Zelda movie will be “massive” for Nintendo says Sony.

**DEADLINE:** *Based what you’re saying about movies needing to be great, people have looked at giant video games as IP and often, it has not worked. How does Zelda adhere to what you’ve said about freshness?*

**ROTHMAN:** *Because the movie is being developed and made in the closest possible collaboration with [Nintendo video game designer] Shigeru Miyamoto. He’s a true genius in that world, and it’s really his strong vision that is motivating it. He created it and understands it thoroughly. You only to look at the results of Super Mario Brothers to see. The larger point I’m making is that I think a healthy slate going forward is not going to be one side of the divide or the other. It’s going to have a balance of big IP solid sequels. Let me tell you when the last of the Spider-Verse movies comes with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, it’s going to be a significant event, as will the next Tom Holland Spider-Man film. And when all the Karate Kid storylines come together with Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan and a new young karate kid. For those fans, that’s going to be a significant moment. We have those. The third and last Venom, is going to be huge.
But I just believe that the real win for us is to have a slate that balances those movies with some of the more adventurous stuff. There’s a significant segment of the audience out there, which is underserved for adventurousness. They’re underserved for newness, they’re underserved for cultural urgency.*

Nintendo says sony!? 🌚

I don’t know why they even bother. If you want to make a movie, make a new franchise. The chances of a Zelda movie turning out good is less than 10%.

Hopefully they give it an actual story.

But will it though?

I mean hey, if they can pull off a silent protagonist as the main character in a cinematic narrative structure, props to the writer. I’m a writer, and I know it’s possible. Difficult, but achievable.

But I don’t have much faith in cinema writers, many of whom get their jobs through nepotism rather than skill (*cough* D&D *cough*), and I **swear to god**, if they make Link speak I **will** murder someone. They can’t pull that off twice, especially without reusing one of the most iconic lines in animation history.

A Zelda movie with, you know, Zelda as the main character, would be pretty neat though.

It could arguably be a terrible adaptation. First off they would have to select a particular game to follow. It’s not like Mario where it can be a mish-mash of ideas as long as we are ein the mushroom kingdom. Each Zelda game is very story driven.

So unless they take the original Zelda game, and just flesh it out with more story so they can do something original, I don’t know how it’s gonna go I remain hopeful as I enjoyed the Mario movie. But if Link is gonna talk, it could already cause problems. That is, unless he says “Well Excuuuuse me princess!” at least once.

Meanwhile, I am still holding out hope for a Metroid sci-fi/horror film.

I’ve been a huge fan since the first Legend of Zelda on NES but I just don’t see it becoming a smash hit movie, especially not as a live action one. Link’s a silent protagonist and that alone will alienate a chunk of the audience no matter how it’s handled.

My biggest complaint is that it’s live action tbh. An anime Zelda film could’ve looked beautiful.