The proposed live-action movie The Legend of Zelda will be released worldwide on March 26, 2027 according to official Nintendo sources. The gaming company revealed the film’s release date through its new smart-device app, Nintendo Today, and not through more traditional social media channels like Instagram, YouTube, or X. Is Nintendo sending a message to the current U.S Government with this strategy or is it simply to push their new platform?

The Legend of Zelda movie was originally announced way back 2023. Nintendo is partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment for the project, with The Legend of Zelda co-creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Hollywood veteran Avi Arad producing. Back in 2023 Miyamoto said that he’d been working on the movie for “many years now.” We know Shigeru, we have been following what by now is ironically a saga.

Wes Ball, director of the Maze Runner film trilogy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, will helm the live-action adaptation of one of the most loved game franchise. Ball told Polygon last year that he wants his take on The Legend of Zelda to be more “grounded” and “real,” and not based on fully motion-captured computer graphics.

Nintendo’s decision to bypass traditional media channels certainly indicates confidence in its new Nintendo Today app as either a replacement or first choice to deliver news like The Legend of Zelda movie’s release date. That app is available to download from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store, and requires a Nintendo Account.

As of writing there is no information available on the plot, and whether or not it will follow any of the games in the long running franchise. Fun fact, this franchise has been running longer than my daughter had been alive, and she has pretty much played all the games. No news on casting either, though we're holding out for Sydney Sweeney to be cast as Zelda, Timothée Chalamet as Link, and the Rock as Ganondorf. Oh and Donald Trump as a shitting in it's pants Bokoblin. Though of course Donny Bokoblin would mince away at the first sign of trouble.