{"id":67265,"date":"2025-07-16T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67265\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:00:09","slug":"legend-of-zelda-live-action-movie-finds-its-zelda-and-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67265\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Legend of Zelda&#8217; Live-Action Movie Finds Its Zelda and Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe live-action Legend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/zelda\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zelda_1\" data-tag=\"zelda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zelda<\/a> movie from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nintendo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nintendo_1\" data-tag=\"nintendo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sony\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sony_1\" data-tag=\"sony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sony<\/a> has cast its Zelda and Link.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn a post on X on Wednesday, Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto shared that Bo Bragason will star as the titular character, with Benjamin Evan Ainsworth playing Link. He attached photos of the pair, seemingly in costume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI am pleased to announce that for the live-action film of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-legend-of-zelda\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-legend-of-zelda_1\" data-tag=\"the-legend-of-zelda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a>, Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason-san, and Link by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san,\u201d Miyamato wrote. \u201cI am very much looking forward to seeing both of them on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe then confirmed the film is set to be released in theaters on May 7, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEnglish actress Bragason is best known to audiences for her roles in the BBC One series Three Girls as well as The Jetty and Disney+\u2019s Renegade Nell. The 16-year-old Ainsworth, also British, will be most familiar to fans as Miles in the Netflix show The Haunting of Bly Manor and as William in Flora &amp; Ulysses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Miyamoto. I am pleased to announce that for the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason-san, and Link by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san. I am very much looking forward to seeing both of them on the big screen. (1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KA5XW3lwul\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/KA5XW3lwul<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e (@Nintendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nintendo\/status\/1945433161124688335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/wes-ball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wes Ball<\/a>, who helmed last year\u2019s\u00a0Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is directing the feature. The movie is set to adapt the Nintendo gaming franchise of the same name that launched in 1986, focusing on the young Link and Princess Zelda, who attempt to save the kingdom of Hyrule from the evil Ganon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSony is distributing the film that hails from Nintendo and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/avi-arad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avi Arad<\/a>\u2018s Arad Productions, Inc. Nintendo representative director and fellow Shigeru Miyamoto produces the feature alongside Arad.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The live-action Legend of Zelda movie from Nintendo and Sony has cast its Zelda and Link. 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