And then we get to suffer thousands of people wailing like children at how BAD it is when there's gonna be nothing wrong with it, and they'll do a good job like in Mario. Joy.
I want this to be known, part of why Wes Ball has so few credits is because he spent many years working on his passion project "the mouse guard" until it was unceremoniously canceled by Disney. And concept art of it looks genuinely gorgeous. I trust this guy to at least make this film beautiful.
He's also making Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes which comes out next year. If you wanna decide if he's a good fit or not, base it on that. Hard to judge him solely on Maze Runner
@@fernandoflynn yeah, that's gonna affect my feelings towards this movie a lot. From what I've seen from trailers so far, it still looks beautiful. But is the story good...
@@sarahd.8303 he also posted on Twitter over 13 years ago about how he would love to direct a Zelda movie, specifically comparing it to the Avatar franchise and how those movies used impressive mocap. I really think he has a vision, even if it's not gonna be popular with everyone.
"Link! You must save Hyrule!" * Epic buildup as the camera swoops in behind Link and the music swells as he turns around to face the audience for his first ever line of spoken dialogue * "Well excUUUUUUUUse me, Princess!"
Whoever plays Ganondorf, i hope he plays him completely ruthless and unapologetically evil. He’s not a goofy villain like Bowser, he’s an actual menace to the world in every incarnation
Meh, most of Ganondorf's scenes aren't that though. In twilight Princess he's trying to break out of prison, in oot and totk he's just a sneaky guy with ZERO motive. I don't think it's very compelling for an enemy to be a dick just for the sake of being a dick. The problem is is if you give him an actual motive people are going to side with him over Hyrule itself. It's obviously why Nintendo has never given him motivation in any of the games. He says he wants to be king but doesn't actually say WHY. He's never really been ruthless in any of the games, we hear about it, but never see any of it. It's all here-say at this point. If anything Ganondorf and Demise have been nothing but respectful to Link, commending him for his courage and fighting prowess. After he became king travelers didn't have to worry about stal-children or other monsters in hyrule field 🤷 seems like a pretty decent king 🤔 he even gave Talon the boot, you've seen how much he sleeps, you've seen how lazy he is, you can't tell me that that was a bad decision 🤣 the man literally let his daughter wander around the Hyrule marketplace ALONE for a full 24 hours before he was woken up Legitimately, anytime they get into the city why don't you just remember that Hyrule has a GIGANTIC field but still forces the gerudo to live in the desert 🧐 you think they CHOSE that lifestyle? Ganondorf's motives make a lot more sense when you realize that they were probably forced to live out there. But that's just spitballing and all I really can do is spitball because Nintendo hasn't given us Ganondorf's ACTUAL motives, thus turning him into a pretty lame and generic villain. Rauru even basically castrated the Gerudo cutting out the male born to them every 100 years, he sealed them off for millennia almost forcing them to die out and people like you are still saying that Ganondorf is the bad guy 😂 breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom is all the proof you need, before link goes to sleep in breath of the wild there's no male gerudo and by the end of totk there's STILL no male Gerudo. Nintendo was so bad at writing stories that even when there's a single male born every hundred years they're all just Ganondorf 😂
@zacziggarot it can be a good motivation, it was just so oversaturated. Now the idea of a villain being this misunderstood man who was just mistreated as a kid and is actually a good guy is definitely oversaturated. He should have a motive, but he is literally the incarnation of evil
@@Beans-do6wc no I didn't say he was a good guy, I was saying that if Nintendo actually bothered to go through and give him an actual motivation people would end up siding with him. That's why they try make him a full amorphous evil like a lich or the shadow riders from lord of the rings. It's kind of weak writing tbh. It's actually a lot more oversaturated and lazy than the redeemed villain trope you mentioned. If they ever actually gave him a motive that made sense people would end up rooting for the antagonist just because he'd have an actual character motivation, Nintendo doesn't want that. What did Demise ever even do? More importantly: WHY did he do it? He seeks to subjugate the world, but WHY? Is it because he's unhappy with the current monarchy? Why can't the story ever delve into that? Why should we be fine with Zelda and Link repeatedly but not offer Ganondorf the same courtesy? Is it something else? Why can I think of three different solid motivations while Nintendo hasn't given us ANYTHING. It feels like he's trying to right something that wronged him. I just want to know what that was, a good reason WHY we're fighting him without the lame excuse: "cuz he's just evil." Seems like every time we see "evil" they're just trying to escape imprisonment. If Nintendo wants to drive home that these characters ARE evil they should probably just let them succeed for a little while like they did with Ganondorf in oot and actually make them present throughout the course of the game so we can SEE them being evil instead of just hearing about it and only seeing them pop up in the last half hour for a boss fight. It was super disappointing, Koga had more scenes and development than the ACTUAL Demon King. We see phantom Zelda more than Ganondorf and actual Zelda
they managed to hold themselves back when it came to Detective Pikachu's human lead. Of course, they gave Pikachu Ryan Reynold's voice, but they could just as easily have made Tim a super famous actor as well.
@@birdflox1337 Isn't that Gamefreak and/or The Pokemon Company, not Nintendo though? I'm unaware of how much involvement Nintendo had in Detective Pikachu, but considering it's a 2nd party title, I don't think they'd of had creative control over someone at The Pokemon Company or Gamefreak.
What would be cool idea if a majoras mask movie is there will be the main story but if they Incorporate side quest with the movie but it'll be different side quest in different movies not the same world wide
That last part. "Just... Just don't." That breakdown in the absurdity of Spider-Tom as Link. I really, really hope Link isn't very talkative. I know he's not gonna be entirely mute or nonverbal, but Link is known for mostly letting his actions do the talking, making him a good avatar for the player. It'd be nice if that translates to the movie.
I agree, I really hope they let actions do the talking and more show don’t tell, no Iron Man wisecracks from Link and not a bunch of expository dialogue to hold viewers hands. Show don’t tell!
@@lukewest5577Chances are, Miyamoto is gonna demand it, since he also thought replacing excellent music by Take on Me and Holding Out for a Hero is something young people like.
@@tinkerbelle686 Link not speaking is like his number one trait. If he speaks at all. I'm out. To be fair, I'm not even in right now. Yall are hopeful idiots.
8:56 “Zelda is so colorful and so just vibrant…” *Twilight Princess Footage* For real, love hearing your takes on any Nintendo projects and hope your knee’s okay.
Aren't we tired of "the company acknowledged the meme", yet? It costs the company literally nothing to put it in, they'd have to be stupidly tone deaf to not know about it, and it makes people go "yay". Why WOULDN'T they put in a reference to it? It doesn't mean anything. The company was vaguely aware enough to acknowledged a long running joke about the series. That's hilarious, apparently.
Just for the record since I keep seeing people confused about the timing, this wasn't a random day. It was the day Japanese companies all released their fiscal quarter results and they announced it as part of those in its own press statement that was then posted on their Twitter.
The thing that has me the most worried about this movie is the tone. The Zelda series has always been serious, but not too serious. It had plenty to take seriously, but it wasn't afraid of introducing a lot of super goofy elements either. Especially with the track records of the producer and director though, I'm not sure I'd trust them to replicate that in a way that feels faithful. All I can imagine looking at their filmogrophies is some marvel-esque bathos and one liner thing, which I really don't want for Zelda.
yeah, when i think live action i imagine they’re gonna try to be “serious” and “realistic” when zelda has never had that kind of tone. And god forbid they try to be edgy. Zelda is not a dark fantasy like the witcher. It has some dark themes but it’s fairly whimsical and fun too.
With Miyamoto watching every single step Illumination made, I think it would be safe to say that he personally would make sure the tone matched to a T.
miyazaki, the dude that directs most of ghibli films is a dude that hates capitalism, videogames and fantasy or fiction in general (except for his own works), so not in a hundred years could happen, however, there is a studio that made cowboy bebop and also a medieval fantasy with floating fortresses, an ancient race with magic powers and pointed ears, and it's the only anime studio that can fully draw any mecha and armor in 2d without CGI, that is Bones studio, they made Escaflowne (movie), I believe they could do a great job overall, ghibli often takes a lot of time as their animators work in other projects and as I said before, their main director hates everything but his own works
@@troloinkto I feel like he likes to work on original things aside from book adaptations. Which would make sense since with video games, a world has already been created visually, but for books like Howl's Moving Castle his idea of how everything looked was the first time it would be carried over to a screen. Also, the first movie he ever directed was Lupin the Third the Castle of Cagliostro and heard that him and the creator of Lupin would bump heads. Maybe he just doesn't like working with others after that experience?
Absolutely insane they chose to go live action with it. Mario has always been cartoony with its art, so going with a western cartoony art style animated movie was perfect. Zelda has always had an anime-inspired art style for official art, so... live action? Why? If any Nintendo property was gonna work in live action, it would be Metroid.
it really isn't that crazy tbh, my theory is that they want us to resonate with the characters more and so having them be real people would probably help with that. it makes sense because zelda is kind of their more story-heavy ip aside from fire emblem
Found this a little weird until you mentioned the Kubo part. That would’ve been rad. Such a beautiful movie and art style. Lol only in a perfect world…
Films are usually announced really early. The games industry is painfully secretive compared to other industries, while films... We sometimes hear about companies acquiring rights to a film, directors getting attached to films prior to pre-production even starting and so forth.
I'm worried it's live action.. to me it's just going to feel goofy and lose a lot of Zelda feel. Can you imagine if they made the Mario movie live action.
Oh god I feel so sorry for whoever has to be cast as Link. I still remember when everyone in the Zelda fandom was pitching a fit like no tomorrow when they made link right handed for the first time. Can you imagine what kind of hell the level of scrutiny this guys gonna get!?
@@lukewest5577 oh God, oh Jeez, don't even joke about that! Just imagining how nuclear the fandom would be if the netflixed link is horrifying enough. Let's hope they don't, for everyone's sanity.
@@lukewest5577 That actually might help cause less controversy. Seeing Link as a typical blond light skinned male go up against a evil dark skinned man could have major consequences when outsiders learn this is how things go for the series as a whole. I see things going potentially nuclear if they aren't careful. This might be why they went with Live Action to almost force them to be unable to adhere to the characters so people will blame real world limitations and not attempt to hold them accountable.
@@anthonyschuh2775 NO! Don't do that! I for one am sick of Link being a silent protagonist all the time. That's a cliche that needs to stop. He's apparently allowed to talk in manga adaptations, and his dialogue doesn't make him come off as a jerk or anything like that. So I think people seriously need to get over the stigma of Link not talking, at this point it'd be wrong if he didn't talk, which is one of many things I didn't like about Breath of the Wild.
its not that complicated, he's not gonna be mute, but give it a few mins it'll sound normal. They're not gonna go all "excuuuuse me princess" on this attempt. The casting is still important though. Definitely don't cast tom Holland, for the love of god.
I thought for sure it would be animated, and still think it should be. But if Nintendo is as involved with the project as the were with the Super Mario Bros moive, I can still see it looking great and working well in live action.
I was hoping it would be animated since most fantasy movies have so much CGI they might as well be fully animated. Also I don't like the idea of casting random celebrities that have already been in everything as the main leads.
What worries me about the writer is if he is going to be able to get the Zelda tone right. Even if he doesn't get creative freedom, he does get to set how scenes work and how the dialogs play and this could lead to a movie that feels less like Zelda and more like a generic fantasy.
The most lauded and well-received part of the Mario movie was its visuals and how faithful it was to the games tbh. So I have a BIT of hope for that part. But I am worried for the story and how’ll they’ll portray Link tbh
@@amyvasquez628 If Illumination had Miyamoto breathing down their necks (and imo is probably what saved the film), then I'm willing to bet he's gonna do the same here so that they don't let us go through the horror that was the Zelda animated series again.
@@maxpops8427 They could make an absolutely hilarious Four Swords, but I don't know how they'd do otherwise... then again, Little Witch Academia tone could work.
you see arlo, theres always that one nintendo employee who's like "BUT THE MEMES" "THE MEMES" "WE GET PUBLICITY FROM BEING FUNNY" "LETS PUT HOM TOLLAND IN THE ROLE AS LINK IT"LL BE VERY FUNNY"
I think the abrupt announcement was because of the actors guild strike. They've had this lined up for a while now, they were just waiting for the actors so they could start production of the movie.
I hope that the go for a more general zelda approach with brand new Reincarnations of Link, Zelda and Ganondorf, along with a brand new version of Hyrule. I also hope it takes inspiration from Lord of The Rings with a Goron, Zora, Rito, Gerudo, Sheikah, and a korok as a supporting cast, also a fairy companion for Link too.
@@yourehereforthatarentyou go right ahead, I'm not the one who's gonna be disappointed when the movie comes out and a bunch of stuff I built up in my mind didn't come true lol
I am actually cautiously excited about this being a live action movie, it's a chance to see LoZ in a context we've not even remotely seen it in before. If done WELL (big if), this is a chance to really see LoZ universe brought to life. I love animation, and I'm sure an animated Zelda also has the ability to be phenomenal, particularly if you got anime style ala Studio Ghibli or maybe stop motion ala Laika. But this has a chance to be something really great and special. Like...that crazy Wii U trailer with Link fighting a giant Gohma that everyone loves, times a million. It could also suck. Really badly. We'll have to see.
I also want to add that, besides Metroid and excusing the 1993 Mario Bros movie (please) aside, Zelda is pretty much the only other Nintendo franchise that can reasonably pull off being live action. This is their chance. Detective Pikachu WAS also live action, and while I loved that movie, that really required some high level CG to work, and I am still convinced does not always pass uncanny valley threshold (Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Mr Mime for starters, still plague my nightmares - though, they are aware of the problem and play it off for laughs). Still a great time. Zelda won't really have that problem, unless they intentionally want to scare people (giant CG Majoras Mask moon, anyone?)
@@chaoticcraniumit’s traditional for 3D Zelda games to have at least one character who’s really uncanny to look at, so I do hope that they use CGI to make one of the minor background look wacky
@@barbecuesos6242if it's hot garbage then the YTP community will just do to it what they did to the CDi games and at least we'll get some funny memes out of it
The only way this could ruin the franchise is if they repeat Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and spend their company into oblivion to produce a dud. As long as a competent adult keeps an eye on the budget at Nintendo (I don't know how much of the money they have to cough up, and what part is for Sony), the movie can be a dumpster fire and Zelda will be fine.
They were almost certainly waiting for the SAG-AFTRA strike to end before making the announcement. That probably explains the weird timing. They've probably wanted to announce for a while but were holding off until the strike ended.
while Linkin park is playing in the audio. *Link stabs Ganondorf in the chest with the Master Sword* ''you should have gone for the head'' - Ganondorf ( played by The Rock ) *Grabs the Triforce*
@@twinsenjo8345 I'm not gonna lie though: I could see Ganondorf pulling a one-liner like that before turning into Ganon. Only for Link to then finish him OoT/Wind Waker style. Stabbing him right between the eyes
My guess is Miyamoto is focusing on starting off each IP, like how he started off Mario and Zelda into 3D, but over time he’ll allow others to help him more so and take over a lot for him, like how he passed the torch to Aonuma for Zelda eventually. Just as long as he has a say and maintains some control. Then we can get movies/sequels more often.
I had zero faith in a live-action adaptation before, but the choices for producer, director, and writer are actually making me hope they just end up cancelling this project
Interviews indicate this movie has already been in the oven for years (it's not just starting) and only now is the knowledge being made public, so don't hold your breath for a cancellation.
The writer of the mario movie a few weeks ago was talking about things that were cut from the movie and said I think that he already has plans/ideas he’s writing down for the sequel
They can easily make both movies concurrently because they're being made by different studios. Miyamoto is more than capable of overseeing multiple projects lol
@@hichaelhyersand people who call a project garbage without knowing anything about it don’t think critically. Go look at the test footage for Mouse Guard by Wes Ball. He was working for years on a mo-cap in realistic settings and it looks absolutely incredible. That’s considered live action and it looks like an incredible real life Zelda setting already. And considering how protective Nintendo is of this IP I doubt they will release garbage
After being surprised with the fricken Puss in Boots Sequel and OH MY GOD, the most ridiculous anime to put to live action MADE FOR NETFLIX actually making me fall in love, I have faith in the film industry again
I’ve always thought it would make WAY more sense for a LOZ movie to have Zelda as the actual main character. 1) this would be much easier for main audiences to understand the name, and 2) this way link could be a silent guardian character without it messing with the narrative
Regarding the choice of producer and director, I had a thought: Between this and the Mario movie, it seems like Nintendo wants to work with people who aren't necessarily held in the highest regard in the film industry. Considering how important it is for Nintendo to have almost complete creative control of their IPs, I wonder if they are intentionally choosing to work with potentially less respected studios, producers, writers, etc. so that they can have more input as to how their films are made. As cool as a Zelda movie produced by Ghibli would be, for example, in reality, I would imagine it would be much more difficult for Miyamoto to get his way if it conflicted with Miyazaki's vision. I would imagine that would be the case for a number of more respected studios or directors. I could be completely wrong, but it seems like an intentional choice that Nintendo is working with people in the industry who have less than stellar track records in their filmography
I have a theory that Miyazaki's directorial debut with Lupin the Third The Castle of Cagliostro in 1979 might've had something to do with him not wanting to work with others. Miyazaki and the creator of Lupin constantly bumped heads through the whole thing because they each had a different vision of the characters. Knowing that Miyamoto has a track record of getting things his way as well (seeing as he was the creator of Zelda, after all) before passing on the torch to Aonuma-san, I'm pretty sure a Nintendo/Ghibli collab wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway lol
I commented this on another UA-camr’s video, but for me the most uncomfortable thing about it being live-action is that we’re going to have versions of these characters with the faces of Hollywood actors, and that’s just… not a fun thought for me. Like Arlo said, if Tom Holland or, god forbid, someone like Timothee Freaking Chalamet is link it won’t matter how good the visuals or the story are if I have to look at their oversaturated faces playing a character I grew up loving. Why the actual HELL is it not animated!?
Derek Connolly being set to write this film has plummeted my expectations, and I was already cautiously optimistic at best when I heard it was going to be live action. Nintendo having full creative control can fix a lot of things that could go down with usual production meddling, but it cannot fix not having a good script
And let's not forget, Miyamoto was absolutely fine with a paper thin script for the Mario Movie. Derek Connolly was the absolute worst decision. This movie is gonna have a terrible script saved by beautiful CGI, calling it.
I'm honestly not even convinced that Nintendo being involved means much, considering that at the end of the day, they're a video game company, not a movie studio, and expertise in one doesn't translate to competency in the other.
I imagine they weren't going to announce anything at all, but Miyamoto got so excited when everything got started that he just tweeted this out without the rest of the company knowing
Calling it: Whoever plays Link will forever gain soft cute boy status and will accumulate an appreciable amount of Stans. We're not talking Twilight levels here but assuming they're quiet but surprisingly acrobatic (Link is not a strong guy), he's gonna be teen girl fascination for at least a few age groups.
In before Nicolas Cage is cast as Link, he certainly proved he can carry an otherwise mediocre project without speaking a single line of dialogue like he did for Willy’s Wonderland…
As someone who is a bishonen enjoyer, I won’t mind it AS LONG as that actor is not only good looking but also has actual talent, matches the charm and character of Link himself, isn’t there just because they’re a big name celebrity extending their 12 minutes of and has great acting throughout the movie. But sadly I kinda doubt it’ll be that good tbh
I can't wait to see more about the Zelba movie. I've been a big fan of The Lergent of Zorlda since I was a child and we needed maps from Nintendo Power to get through the Lost Woods.
They shouldve done a animated movie. I have my hopes really low. The only thing giving me a glimpse of hope is miyamoto. We all know how protective he is with is babies.
I really think people are under-estimating this fr just like with the mario movie. Even if you hate it, it still managed to be a hit. And idk what Miyamoto did, but people are forgetting that he literally somehow managed to help Illumination, the creators of the freaking minions, make it's best movie to date. He will not let them repeat the dumpster fire that was the Zelda animated series if that's what people are worried about.
So I will say Avi Arad as producer means nothing too serious to me. With every Morbius or Venom movie, there's a Spiderverse movie on his resume. It's very eclectic the reception to projects he's attached to. For me, its up to the director and writing, and Miyamoto's supervision that are gonna make or break this.
@@perico2816Yet, his Mouse Guard pre-production material looks great and at least Maze Runner had good action scenes. So he is capable (hence he was trusted with Planet of the Apes), might just need a good script to work with.
I was looking to see if anyone said this. I am one of the first people to say I am fatigued by Marvel's incessant content release, but the Spiderverse movies are some of the most refreshing and stylish movies I have seen in maybe the last decade. He has some bad movies on his record, but he also has some movies on there that are nothing to sneeze at; however, I don't know his involvement or influence on each movie he's worked on. But, likewise, I believe this shouldn't be crossed off as a failure until we actually learn more about the cast and crew--and really, time will tell how good this is once it is released. I'll go out on a limb and say that I think we're all hoping Nintendo stays away from a star-studded cast and really focuses their efforts and resources on direction, production, and writing. Edit: I'm seeing that the writer and director outlook seems dubious at best. A prediction on Wes Ball might be a little more nebulous because he doesn't have a very deep catalogue in directing films, but Connolly's involvement concerns me.
@@valdezjones thank you! Something I discovered was that Wes Boll once tweeted ten years ago on how a Zelda movie could be as big as Avatar. I'll admit, that enthusiasm gives me hope.
Yes, it definitely is a hard task to convey a fitting, serious approach to Zelda in live action and it would require a great art direction and script plus a clear vision of what the product would be like, but if they can find the right people; a darker, Twilight Princess-style live action movie could be incredible. Much higher potential than animated even tho at a higher risk due to the difficulty of getting it right. If they do though, imagine a Legolas-like Link having to make his way through temples and caverns all across Hyrule to get to challenge a serious Ganondorf threat in an epic adventure movie
I feel the same way. I really hope they make it darker. My worry is Nintendo’s brand is all about being kid friendly. I really hope they can work around that. If they could pull off something like Harry Potter it could be magical.
@@Lexi-M Right? I've daydreamed about it for who knows how many years haha😅, more recently about an Elden Ring live action🤯. But I don't know exactly why, I tend to look more at LotR than HP for a sort of blueprint. I feel like if you look at HP, the books and movies matured with the audience in a lot of cases and grew progressively more serious and darker, starting off quite innocently and fantastic. For Zelda, I think the games made that work already and a big part of the fan base is already at a point where we don't need it to be entirely for kids. You know, I wouldn't mind if they go the starting with Young Link having lower stakes until Adult Link faces a real calamity route, but I think a lot of us would like for the movie to meet us in a mid point where we skip to an already epic-feeling story
What excites me is that this film proves Nintendo hasn’t made their bed with Illumination. THANK THE LORD 🙏🏼 Any studio can make a Nintendo film, this could lead to some real unique projects.
"any studio can make a nintendo film". this reminds me of what star wars did a couple years back when they contracted a handful of animation studios to make shorts. there was some gorgeous work there that far deviated from normal star wars media.
What ive always wanted from Zelda: adaptations of various games as films or long-form series, each by a different animation studio. An OoT and MM adaptation from Laika. A BotW from Ghibli. A Wind Waker from Pixar. No cinematic universe or anything, just a new standalone film or series every couple of years.
A stop-motion Zelda film would go so hard omg Also it's unlikely but among anime studios I think Trigger could make a super pretty Zelda movie I the style of or close to the style of toon link
Personally I feel the best choice is to be live action to stay true to the style of Zelda. Imagine it filmed like the lord of the rings movies where you film in these amazingly beautiful locations and this large scale world
Okay THAT'S a good point for live action. I still think that Studio Ghibli would make it even more beautiful with artstyles, but if they're gonna go all-in for LOTR-level cinematography, then that would be amazing; although I think that's a *very* high expectation to have
Okay so Avi has was actually a toy salesman heavily involved with spider man, and is infamous for his obsession with Venom. He’s actually the soul reason that spider man 3 turned out as strange as it was. He forces a lot of his filmmakers to make certain decisions that hurt the story, and they all end up being left in the past. Now as a person who works in film, I always try to give the benefit of doubt to people, but Avi just doesn’t sound like the right guy to work on a Zelda movie.
With the people involved and it being live action it makes me think they might go with a darker direction, which I'm not sure I'd like as much, but I guess we will see.
I doubt Miyamoto would allow the movie to be dark. He seems to be very involved, and the more he's involved, the less dark a Zelda game gets. Majora's Mask only exists the way it does in spite of him.
@@Miriam_J_ People forget Miyamoto hasn't been in charge of Zelda since, like, Ocarina. If anything this movie will have a feel more similar to the first three Zelda games than anything of the past 20 years.
Actually, I think you get a better product from films. Plots are more tightly written, better CG, etc. and TV shows tend to have a lot of filler. Just... way more time and effort is put into films to get them right.
Here is my prediction: 2025 - The Legend of Zelda Movie (Same year as the Minecraft Movie) 2026 - The Donkey Kong Movie 2027 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
I'm in the minority (I guess, I'm surprised at how adamant most people are about it needing to be animated) but I've wanted a live action Zelda movie since 12-year-old me played Ocarina of Time for the first time. I think I hear where people are coming from--and I admit the production team does not inspire a ton of confidence--but a live-action Zelda can work. Two things I'd point to: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves nails the tone of a action-filled epic that is still cartoonish and sometimes goofy as hell. And Scot Pilgrim manages a style that basically feels like a live action video game. This is possible.
I didn’t think it could get any stranger than what they were doing with the Mario movie. They went and made this one so much stranger you have to use exponents to measure how much stranger.
I understood why everyone was clowning on Chris's role as Mario, but Tom Holland as Link, while not my ideal casting, I could see it working. So my question is why the disdain for Tom Holland? He is a very athletic actor who could pull off the swordplay needed for such a role. Honest question, looking for an honest answer.
To be granted, that's how I felt about the Mario movie after the vo cast announcement and it turned out better than I expected (still didn't love it however) so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt this time. I can't help but think live action is the riskier choice though. Suspension of disbelief is such a tricky thing with film adaptations of beloved franchises. One too many "artistic changes" and it could totally ruin the "feel" of Zelda
The odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are 3720 to 1. I'm cynical about it too, but there is a small chance that it will be good. Or at least not terrible.
@@yanzthemanz392 you're not wrong though honestly. I took my 4yr old nephew to watch the movie opening weekend and he's absolutely obsessed with Mario, even dressed up as him for Halloween. When it was over I liked it but was ultimately underwhelmed, figured it was because I wasn't the target demo for it. As we walked out of the theater I turned to him and excitedly asked "So did you have fun!? How'd you like the movie?" He turned to me shrugged and said "it was ok 😐" His response was as hilarious as it was kinda sad.
I'm thinking back to the fan reaction when we found out about the art style of Windwaker. People who played Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask had the concept of a dark, realistic Zelda in their minds. Speaking as someone who played the two original games when they were new and current, it never occurred to me until Windwaker, that Zelda games could be cartoony. In retrospect, that was a silly position on my part, especially after playing Link's Awakening, but in those days, it was a common idea that the goal of the graphics was always to be as realistic as possible. What I'm trying to get at here, is that a Live Action Zelda movie is a pretty natural choice. I expect it to be kid-friendly, but Zelda is a franchise that includes a substantial adult audience, even going as far back as the original. They're going to want to make choices that preserve that audience.
I think something that very few have been mentioning is that while Miyamoto is great and all-why is he the one on Zelda? Not Aonuma or Fujibiyashi? Makes me very worried about other ip they move onto like Metroid because Miyamoto has literally said he doesn't like it and imo from what we've seen Sakamoto can't be trusted to have full creative freedom.
Oh great. Live action. With Avi-Arad, the chief creative officer of the Marvel movies. Working on Zelda. Sounds...great. Can't wait for the Zelda movie to be full of edit cut fight sequences and quips.
Yeah super cut up fight scene editing full of one-liners will be the one thing that ruins this for me. The MCU films are so mind numbingly boring and cringe. Give me full shots of real action thanks!
Hey Arlo! I'm cautiously optimistic for this and I think if this movie does adapt any past Zelda game for the big screen, that Ocarina of Time would be the best fit story-wise and that Twilight Princess would work best visually and tonaly as well. I understand why people would be a bit worried about this being a live-action movie, but after how well the Mario movie turned out I have faith that Nintendo won't allow anyone to mess up this Zelda movie, especially considering how important and popular the series is now, and I honestly think this has alot of potential. I'd honestly be interested in hearing Link talk on-screen in this movie as well, and I hope that he's done well as a character and that this leads to him talking at least some in future Zelda games, like during important story cutscenes, because I've always wanted to hear Link talk so I could connect a bit more to him as a character and so he could express more personality himself and have stronger and more impactful reactions than just facial expressions alone can do. I'm not saying he should constantly talk, but I think having Link just be a reserved man of few words who lets his actions speak for him rather than a guy who says nothing at all would be more compelling for him in the modern day and help him connect to new players even more. Also because having him be a silent protagonist would not work in this movie, so having him talk is a necessity really, which as long as he's written and performed well I don't think would bother anyone or be a problem at all.
The writer also worked on Kong: Skull Island which was quite solid, and Rise of Skywalker was extensively rewritten by JJ Abrams before/during shooting. I'm cautiously optimistic on the writing front. As for the animation, it kinda depends on the Zelda. For most of them animation seems like a better fit, but for say Twilight Princess I tend to think of as being better suited to live action. I wonder if they'll take more inspiration from OoT and its loose sequels with a common boy Link who gets chosen by destiny, or from BotW where Link has already accept the hero mantle. Probably the former considering how common origin stories are, but maybe not.
This is cool but... I REALLY want a Pikmin movie. Or even just more shorts like we got a decade ago. I've rewatched those so many times over the years.
"Another cheap cash-grab with zero substance. Just 5 second references again and again. B-list shitty actors, and a bad director." This can be applied to the Mario movie, as well.
Can't wait for Tom Holland as link, dawnye the rock Johnson as Ganondorf, Margot Robbie as Zelda and Danny DeVito as Tingle
Okay but a Danny DeVito Tingle would go hard
your not wrong@@peanutbuttercracker1
Worse part is that I can fucking see that happening
Dont forget william dafoe as happy mask salesman
I’d watch that. Sounds absolutely insane.
I cannot wait for the cast announcement to be as funny as the Mario Movie cast.
And then we get to suffer thousands of people wailing like children at how BAD it is when there's gonna be nothing wrong with it, and they'll do a good job like in Mario.
Joy.
Good job at being really mediocre, right?
Tom Holland as Link. He's so cool!
i second this
@@enigma5765 Dwayne the Rock Johnson as Ganondorf
I want this to be known, part of why Wes Ball has so few credits is because he spent many years working on his passion project "the mouse guard" until it was unceremoniously canceled by Disney. And concept art of it looks genuinely gorgeous. I trust this guy to at least make this film beautiful.
That’s crushing… I just saw his IMDb titles pop up in this video and was wondering what that was.
He's also making Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes which comes out next year. If you wanna decide if he's a good fit or not, base it on that. Hard to judge him solely on Maze Runner
@@fernandoflynn yeah, that's gonna affect my feelings towards this movie a lot. From what I've seen from trailers so far, it still looks beautiful. But is the story good...
Oooh that was him?! The artworks were so beautiful and evocative of a magical story… Maybe Miyamoto got wind of that?
@@sarahd.8303 he also posted on Twitter over 13 years ago about how he would love to direct a Zelda movie, specifically comparing it to the Avatar franchise and how those movies used impressive mocap. I really think he has a vision, even if it's not gonna be popular with everyone.
"Link! You must save Hyrule!"
* Epic buildup as the camera swoops in behind Link and the music swells as he turns around to face the audience for his first ever line of spoken dialogue *
"Well excUUUUUUUUse me, Princess!"
Whoever plays Ganondorf, i hope he plays him completely ruthless and unapologetically evil. He’s not a goofy villain like Bowser, he’s an actual menace to the world in every incarnation
Meh, most of Ganondorf's scenes aren't that though. In twilight Princess he's trying to break out of prison, in oot and totk he's just a sneaky guy with ZERO motive. I don't think it's very compelling for an enemy to be a dick just for the sake of being a dick. The problem is is if you give him an actual motive people are going to side with him over Hyrule itself. It's obviously why Nintendo has never given him motivation in any of the games. He says he wants to be king but doesn't actually say WHY.
He's never really been ruthless in any of the games, we hear about it, but never see any of it. It's all here-say at this point. If anything Ganondorf and Demise have been nothing but respectful to Link, commending him for his courage and fighting prowess.
After he became king travelers didn't have to worry about stal-children or other monsters in hyrule field 🤷 seems like a pretty decent king 🤔 he even gave Talon the boot, you've seen how much he sleeps, you've seen how lazy he is, you can't tell me that that was a bad decision 🤣 the man literally let his daughter wander around the Hyrule marketplace ALONE for a full 24 hours before he was woken up
Legitimately, anytime they get into the city why don't you just remember that Hyrule has a GIGANTIC field but still forces the gerudo to live in the desert 🧐 you think they CHOSE that lifestyle? Ganondorf's motives make a lot more sense when you realize that they were probably forced to live out there. But that's just spitballing and all I really can do is spitball because Nintendo hasn't given us Ganondorf's ACTUAL motives, thus turning him into a pretty lame and generic villain.
Rauru even basically castrated the Gerudo cutting out the male born to them every 100 years, he sealed them off for millennia almost forcing them to die out and people like you are still saying that Ganondorf is the bad guy 😂 breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom is all the proof you need, before link goes to sleep in breath of the wild there's no male gerudo and by the end of totk there's STILL no male Gerudo.
Nintendo was so bad at writing stories that even when there's a single male born every hundred years they're all just Ganondorf 😂
Bro went off
@zacziggarot it can be a good motivation, it was just so oversaturated. Now the idea of a villain being this misunderstood man who was just mistreated as a kid and is actually a good guy is definitely oversaturated. He should have a motive, but he is literally the incarnation of evil
@@Beans-do6wc no I didn't say he was a good guy, I was saying that if Nintendo actually bothered to go through and give him an actual motivation people would end up siding with him. That's why they try make him a full amorphous evil like a lich or the shadow riders from lord of the rings. It's kind of weak writing tbh. It's actually a lot more oversaturated and lazy than the redeemed villain trope you mentioned.
If they ever actually gave him a motive that made sense people would end up rooting for the antagonist just because he'd have an actual character motivation, Nintendo doesn't want that.
What did Demise ever even do? More importantly: WHY did he do it? He seeks to subjugate the world, but WHY? Is it because he's unhappy with the current monarchy? Why can't the story ever delve into that? Why should we be fine with Zelda and Link repeatedly but not offer Ganondorf the same courtesy? Is it something else? Why can I think of three different solid motivations while Nintendo hasn't given us ANYTHING. It feels like he's trying to right something that wronged him. I just want to know what that was, a good reason WHY we're fighting him without the lame excuse: "cuz he's just evil." Seems like every time we see "evil" they're just trying to escape imprisonment. If Nintendo wants to drive home that these characters ARE evil they should probably just let them succeed for a little while like they did with Ganondorf in oot and actually make them present throughout the course of the game so we can SEE them being evil instead of just hearing about it and only seeing them pop up in the last half hour for a boss fight. It was super disappointing, Koga had more scenes and development than the ACTUAL Demon King. We see phantom Zelda more than Ganondorf and actual Zelda
That's not up to the actor
i wouldve much prefered it to be animated. seeing "insert famous holiwood guy" as link is gonna be so uncanny and weird...
"Paul Rudd"
@@wilford789Paul Rudd link is honestly the best thing I could wish for, it would be so funny.
@@axeSyntaxit‘s a joke bud and he is 50
they managed to hold themselves back when it came to Detective Pikachu's human lead. Of course, they gave Pikachu Ryan Reynold's voice, but they could just as easily have made Tim a super famous actor as well.
@@birdflox1337
Isn't that Gamefreak and/or The Pokemon Company, not Nintendo though? I'm unaware of how much involvement Nintendo had in Detective Pikachu, but considering it's a 2nd party title, I don't think they'd of had creative control over someone at The Pokemon Company or Gamefreak.
Half of me wants an "Excuuuuuse me, princess" in the movie, my other half just wants to forget that.
a majoras mask type movie animated by ghibli would be absolutely incredible
Ghibli? For a disturbing surrealistic nightmare?
@@KruelAidManhave you watched spirited away?? Studio ghibli has never shied away from dark concepts I feel like they could do it.
Bones or David production would be better imo
What would be cool idea if a majoras mask movie is there will be the main story but if they Incorporate side quest with the movie but it'll be different side quest in different movies not the same world wide
@@VilaToro64 3 animated movies, 1 for each day, sort of like how persona 3 movies went.
That last part. "Just... Just don't." That breakdown in the absurdity of Spider-Tom as Link.
I really, really hope Link isn't very talkative. I know he's not gonna be entirely mute or nonverbal, but Link is known for mostly letting his actions do the talking, making him a good avatar for the player. It'd be nice if that translates to the movie.
If he makes a single witty, Marvel movie quip I’m walking out lol
I agree. It would just feel awkward for Link to have the most voice lines over anyone in the movie.
I agree, I really hope they let actions do the talking and more show don’t tell, no Iron Man wisecracks from Link and not a bunch of expository dialogue to hold viewers hands. Show don’t tell!
@@lukewest5577Chances are, Miyamoto is gonna demand it, since he also thought replacing excellent music by Take on Me and Holding Out for a Hero is something young people like.
@@tinkerbelle686 Link not speaking is like his number one trait.
If he speaks at all. I'm out.
To be fair, I'm not even in right now.
Yall are hopeful idiots.
8:56 “Zelda is so colorful and so just vibrant…”
*Twilight Princess Footage*
For real, love hearing your takes on any Nintendo projects and hope your knee’s okay.
LMAO
If Link drops the line, "Well, ex-cUUUUUse ME, Princess!", I'm probably gonna make such a hollar that I get kicked from the theater.
That, or "Oh boy it's kissing time!!" XD
Great for memes... though it could rub a lot of people the wrong way.
I'm picturing something like Legend where the hero says like two lines in the entire movie. Clearly, we know what one of them should be.
Aren't we tired of "the company acknowledged the meme", yet? It costs the company literally nothing to put it in, they'd have to be stupidly tone deaf to not know about it, and it makes people go "yay". Why WOULDN'T they put in a reference to it?
It doesn't mean anything. The company was vaguely aware enough to acknowledged a long running joke about the series. That's hilarious, apparently.
Arlo's reaction to the Zelda movie cast will make his legendary reaction to the Mario movie cast look tame.
Just for the record since I keep seeing people confused about the timing, this wasn't a random day. It was the day Japanese companies all released their fiscal quarter results and they announced it as part of those in its own press statement that was then posted on their Twitter.
The thing that has me the most worried about this movie is the tone. The Zelda series has always been serious, but not too serious. It had plenty to take seriously, but it wasn't afraid of introducing a lot of super goofy elements either. Especially with the track records of the producer and director though, I'm not sure I'd trust them to replicate that in a way that feels faithful. All I can imagine looking at their filmogrophies is some marvel-esque bathos and one liner thing, which I really don't want for Zelda.
yeah, when i think live action i imagine they’re gonna try to be “serious” and “realistic” when zelda has never had that kind of tone. And god forbid they try to be edgy. Zelda is not a dark fantasy like the witcher. It has some dark themes but it’s fairly whimsical and fun too.
@@spoon7053Right?? Like, even Twilight Princess was strange and funny. I don’t trust ANYONE from Hollywood to do Zelda justice tbh
With Miyamoto watching every single step Illumination made, I think it would be safe to say that he personally would make sure the tone matched to a T.
You raise Ghibli as the objectively best choice and I would like to propose another candidate: Laika
I'd save Ghibli for Earthbound/Mother 3. Thats the treatment the Mother series deserves.
I love Laika ❤
Or Jim Henson's old studio. With actual human actors working with puppets.
miyazaki, the dude that directs most of ghibli films is a dude that hates capitalism, videogames and fantasy or fiction in general (except for his own works),
so not in a hundred years could happen,
however, there is a studio that made cowboy bebop and also a medieval fantasy with floating fortresses, an ancient race with magic powers and pointed ears, and it's the only anime studio that can fully draw any mecha and armor in 2d without CGI, that is Bones studio, they made Escaflowne (movie), I believe they could do a great job overall,
ghibli often takes a lot of time as their animators work in other projects and as I said before, their main director hates everything but his own works
@@troloinkto I feel like he likes to work on original things aside from book adaptations. Which would make sense since with video games, a world has already been created visually, but for books like Howl's Moving Castle his idea of how everything looked was the first time it would be carried over to a screen. Also, the first movie he ever directed was Lupin the Third the Castle of Cagliostro and heard that him and the creator of Lupin would bump heads. Maybe he just doesn't like working with others after that experience?
Absolutely insane they chose to go live action with it.
Mario has always been cartoony with its art, so going with a western cartoony art style animated movie was perfect. Zelda has always had an anime-inspired art style for official art, so... live action? Why?
If any Nintendo property was gonna work in live action, it would be Metroid.
It's not insane at all 🤣
it really isn't that crazy tbh, my theory is that they want us to resonate with the characters more and so having them be real people would probably help with that. it makes sense because zelda is kind of their more story-heavy ip aside from fire emblem
What about Ice Climbers?
Guh, I would almost kill for a live-action Metroid movie.
Fire emblem may also work, granted without the colored hair
Would never happen but I think stop motion would be the perfect choice for a Zelda movie.
Similar style to Kubo And The Two Strings
Oooooooo…. I like that idea. That would have been lovely for sure!
Found this a little weird until you mentioned the Kubo part. That would’ve been rad. Such a beautiful movie and art style.
Lol only in a perfect world…
Imagine Majora's Mask directed by Tim Burton O_o
YES! I was thinking the same thing!
Normally, I would say “that’s a terrible idea” but after you said “Kubo” you’ve convinced me.
Of course we're putting our all into this. Only the best studio for *checks notes* Zelba
The guy he mentioned in the tweet...
Made The Bratz movie.
We're doomed.
Films are usually announced really early. The games industry is painfully secretive compared to other industries, while films... We sometimes hear about companies acquiring rights to a film, directors getting attached to films prior to pre-production even starting and so forth.
Yeah, this is a 2027 movie at the earliest.
To say I am scared is an understatement. The Legend of Zelda is my favorite franchise of all time and it NEEDS to land.
I'm worried it's live action.. to me it's just going to feel goofy and lose a lot of Zelda feel. Can you imagine if they made the Mario movie live action.
Oh god I feel so sorry for whoever has to be cast as Link.
I still remember when everyone in the Zelda fandom was pitching a fit like no tomorrow when they made link right handed for the first time.
Can you imagine what kind of hell the level of scrutiny this guys gonna get!?
Imagine if they casted a mixed-race actor. The controversy would be hell.
@@lukewest5577 oh God, oh Jeez, don't even joke about that! Just imagining how nuclear the fandom would be if the netflixed link is horrifying enough.
Let's hope they don't, for everyone's sanity.
@@lukewest5577 That actually might help cause less controversy.
Seeing Link as a typical blond light skinned male go up against a evil dark skinned man could have major consequences when outsiders learn this is how things go for the series as a whole. I see things going potentially nuclear if they aren't careful.
This might be why they went with Live Action to almost force them to be unable to adhere to the characters so people will blame real world limitations and not attempt to hold them accountable.
@@Buglin_Burger7878bold of you to assume they’ll use ganon”dorf” and not one of the pig monster forms.
I hate right handed Link, and I'll always will
I’m worried about how they’ll handle Link’s voice
Here’s the ideal: write the script in such a way that a super fan could edit out Link’s lines and it still makes coherent sense story-wise
@@anthonyschuh2775 Sounds great! Then Nintendo can DMCA it to heck!
@@anthonyschuh2775 NO! Don't do that! I for one am sick of Link being a silent protagonist all the time. That's a cliche that needs to stop. He's apparently allowed to talk in manga adaptations, and his dialogue doesn't make him come off as a jerk or anything like that. So I think people seriously need to get over the stigma of Link not talking, at this point it'd be wrong if he didn't talk, which is one of many things I didn't like about Breath of the Wild.
its not that complicated, he's not gonna be mute, but give it a few mins it'll sound normal. They're not gonna go all "excuuuuse me princess" on this attempt. The casting is still important though. Definitely don't cast tom Holland, for the love of god.
@@AkiraStrix94it's not a cliche
I thought for sure it would be animated, and still think it should be. But if Nintendo is as involved with the project as the were with the Super Mario Bros moive, I can still see it looking great and working well in live action.
I see your comments on every video even 2 minutes after a video launches. And every single one is great. Keep up the good work!
I SEE YOU MORE OFTEN THAN PIXELCRAFTIAN AND OWO HOW ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
I was hoping it would be animated since most fantasy movies have so much CGI they might as well be fully animated. Also I don't like the idea of casting random celebrities that have already been in everything as the main leads.
I don't know man the mario movie worked cause it was animated
I really hope it leans towards majoras mask vibes and Wes ball maybe sorta nudges it towards that direction
3:52 I loved when Link said "It's Morbin' Time" and Morbed all over Hyrule. Thank you Miyamoto, truly one of the zeldamorb moments of all time.
What worries me about the writer is if he is going to be able to get the Zelda tone right. Even if he doesn't get creative freedom, he does get to set how scenes work and how the dialogs play and this could lead to a movie that feels less like Zelda and more like a generic fantasy.
The most lauded and well-received part of the Mario movie was its visuals and how faithful it was to the games tbh. So I have a BIT of hope for that part. But I am worried for the story and how’ll they’ll portray Link tbh
@@amyvasquez628 If Illumination had Miyamoto breathing down their necks (and imo is probably what saved the film), then I'm willing to bet he's gonna do the same here so that they don't let us go through the horror that was the Zelda animated series again.
Was hoping it’d be animated tbh. Like I would’ve loved to see it be done by Dreamworks or Sony Animation, even more so than Studio Ghibli
A Zelda movie made by Studio Ghibli would be a godsend!
Cartoon Saloon would be awesome too
How about studio Trigger
@@maxpops8427 They could make an absolutely hilarious Four Swords, but I don't know how they'd do otherwise... then again, Little Witch Academia tone could work.
@@FlyingFocsIdk. If they were adapting TotK, they could go full Gurren Lagann.
All I’m saying is that it better be like the Japanese live action Link to the Past commercial
DERU DERU
The movie better have an awesome dance sequence
Nothing has been better than that ad. It is where humanity peaked.
ok wait this could actually work
Hey! That one is a classic. I'd much rather watch it
you see arlo, theres always that one nintendo employee who's like
"BUT THE MEMES" "THE MEMES" "WE GET PUBLICITY FROM BEING FUNNY"
"LETS PUT HOM TOLLAND IN THE ROLE AS LINK IT"LL BE VERY FUNNY"
I think if the chose Peter Jackson to direct it would be awesome. He did fantastic with The Lord of the Rings, imagin what he could do with Zelda.
He would already know how to make a fantasy film! He would be an obvious choice
But then he got too big and his budgets got so massive he did t need to be creative and he made the Hobbit films which suck in comparison
@@grayscales1864I think producers can be blamed for a lot of that, but I do also think LOTR was lightning in a bottle
I read that as Percy Jackson at first was confused
I think Guillermo Del Toro would be perfect
I think the abrupt announcement was because of the actors guild strike. They've had this lined up for a while now, they were just waiting for the actors so they could start production of the movie.
I hope that the go for a more general zelda approach with brand new Reincarnations of Link, Zelda and Ganondorf, along with a brand new version of Hyrule. I also hope it takes inspiration from Lord of The Rings with a Goron, Zora, Rito, Gerudo, Sheikah, and a korok as a supporting cast, also a fairy companion for Link too.
So the most legend of Zelda a movie about legend of Zelda could be?
Yes, let's immediately start building up hopes and expectations years in advance based on absolutely nothing
@@Howitchewstofeel5gumshut up fun police and let people talk damn
@@yourehereforthatarentyou go right ahead, I'm not the one who's gonna be disappointed when the movie comes out and a bunch of stuff I built up in my mind didn't come true lol
I'd be surprised if it didn't tbh
I am actually cautiously excited about this being a live action movie, it's a chance to see LoZ in a context we've not even remotely seen it in before. If done WELL (big if), this is a chance to really see LoZ universe brought to life.
I love animation, and I'm sure an animated Zelda also has the ability to be phenomenal, particularly if you got anime style ala Studio Ghibli or maybe stop motion ala Laika.
But this has a chance to be something really great and special. Like...that crazy Wii U trailer with Link fighting a giant Gohma that everyone loves, times a million.
It could also suck. Really badly. We'll have to see.
I also want to add that, besides Metroid and excusing the 1993 Mario Bros movie (please) aside, Zelda is pretty much the only other Nintendo franchise that can reasonably pull off being live action. This is their chance.
Detective Pikachu WAS also live action, and while I loved that movie, that really required some high level CG to work, and I am still convinced does not always pass uncanny valley threshold (Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Mr Mime for starters, still plague my nightmares - though, they are aware of the problem and play it off for laughs). Still a great time.
Zelda won't really have that problem, unless they intentionally want to scare people (giant CG Majoras Mask moon, anyone?)
@@chaoticcraniumit’s traditional for 3D Zelda games to have at least one character who’s really uncanny to look at, so I do hope that they use CGI to make one of the minor background look wacky
@@Gloomdrake Leave the costume and makeup department to for the weirdo character. No need for CG.
@@yoshimasterleader using CGI would maximize the uncanniness, though
The more I hear about this movie the more utterly terrified I become
Please don't ruin my favorite franchise Nintendo 😭
If it's absolute garbage, all the fans will just pretend it didn't exist and move on. Hopefully.
Well excuuuuuse meee, princess!
@@barbecuesos6242if it's hot garbage then the YTP community will just do to it what they did to the CDi games and at least we'll get some funny memes out of it
The only way this could ruin the franchise is if they repeat Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and spend their company into oblivion to produce a dud. As long as a competent adult keeps an eye on the budget at Nintendo (I don't know how much of the money they have to cough up, and what part is for Sony), the movie can be a dumpster fire and Zelda will be fine.
Trust nintendo
"Zelda is so colourful and vibrant"
*Shows footage from Twilight Princess*
Twilight Princess is my favorite game, but... yeah...
Well, I'm waiting for your uncontrollable laughter when the cast is revealed, Arlo.
I'm so hyped for the soundtrack to this movie
Hopefully Koji Kondo is involved.
@@zero-pl3ttYES!
i too am excited for them to play 80s music instead of great music composed for the movie
They were almost certainly waiting for the SAG-AFTRA strike to end before making the announcement. That probably explains the weird timing. They've probably wanted to announce for a while but were holding off until the strike ended.
The best part was when Link confronted Ganon and said "It's linkin' time!"
"Excuuuuse me princess" but do we really need more cheesy lines? 😆
while Linkin park is playing in the audio.
*Link stabs Ganondorf in the chest with the Master Sword*
''you should have gone for the head'' - Ganondorf ( played by The Rock )
*Grabs the Triforce*
@@twinsenjo8345 I'm not gonna lie though: I could see Ganondorf pulling a one-liner like that before turning into Ganon. Only for Link to then finish him OoT/Wind Waker style. Stabbing him right between the eyes
My guess is Miyamoto is focusing on starting off each IP, like how he started off Mario and Zelda into 3D, but over time he’ll allow others to help him more so and take over a lot for him, like how he passed the torch to Aonuma for Zelda eventually. Just as long as he has a say and maintains some control. Then we can get movies/sequels more often.
8:57 "Zelda is colorful" Shows the least colorful Zelda footage I've ever seen
(This is a goof and a gag I love you Arlo)
I had zero faith in a live-action adaptation before, but the choices for producer, director, and writer are actually making me hope they just end up cancelling this project
It’s like they went out of their way to make the most terrifying choices
The writer worked on Detective Pikachu, what are you smoking?
@@UltimaKeyMasterdetective pikachu was passable at best and just plain weird at worst
@@UltimaKeyMasterall the Jurassic World movies and Rise of Skywalker outweigh Detective Pikachu by a lot lmao
Interviews indicate this movie has already been in the oven for years (it's not just starting) and only now is the knowledge being made public, so don't hold your breath for a cancellation.
The writer of the mario movie a few weeks ago was talking about things that were cut from the movie and said I think that he already has plans/ideas he’s writing down for the sequel
They can easily make both movies concurrently because they're being made by different studios. Miyamoto is more than capable of overseeing multiple projects lol
I can't imagine a live action Zelda movie being any good.
I mean the Sonic movies were live action and they managed to be actually quite good so I have a LITTLE bit of hope left. Still worried tho
all you have to do is search "Zelda the blood moon short film" and you'll see you're 100% wrong
Ye of little faith
@@hichaelhyersand people who call a project garbage without knowing anything about it don’t think critically. Go look at the test footage for Mouse Guard by Wes Ball. He was working for years on a mo-cap in realistic settings and it looks absolutely incredible. That’s considered live action and it looks like an incredible real life Zelda setting already. And considering how protective Nintendo is of this IP I doubt they will release garbage
After being surprised with the fricken Puss in Boots Sequel and OH MY GOD, the most ridiculous anime to put to live action MADE FOR NETFLIX actually making me fall in love, I have faith in the film industry again
I’ve always thought it would make WAY more sense for a LOZ movie to have Zelda as the actual main character. 1) this would be much easier for main audiences to understand the name, and 2) this way link could be a silent guardian character without it messing with the narrative
Regarding the choice of producer and director, I had a thought: Between this and the Mario movie, it seems like Nintendo wants to work with people who aren't necessarily held in the highest regard in the film industry. Considering how important it is for Nintendo to have almost complete creative control of their IPs, I wonder if they are intentionally choosing to work with potentially less respected studios, producers, writers, etc. so that they can have more input as to how their films are made. As cool as a Zelda movie produced by Ghibli would be, for example, in reality, I would imagine it would be much more difficult for Miyamoto to get his way if it conflicted with Miyazaki's vision. I would imagine that would be the case for a number of more respected studios or directors. I could be completely wrong, but it seems like an intentional choice that Nintendo is working with people in the industry who have less than stellar track records in their filmography
I have a theory that Miyazaki's directorial debut with Lupin the Third The Castle of Cagliostro in 1979 might've had something to do with him not wanting to work with others. Miyazaki and the creator of Lupin constantly bumped heads through the whole thing because they each had a different vision of the characters. Knowing that Miyamoto has a track record of getting things his way as well (seeing as he was the creator of Zelda, after all) before passing on the torch to Aonuma-san, I'm pretty sure a Nintendo/Ghibli collab wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway lol
Movie should start with Excuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess.
I commented this on another UA-camr’s video, but for me the most uncomfortable thing about it being live-action is that we’re going to have versions of these characters with the faces of Hollywood actors, and that’s just… not a fun thought for me. Like Arlo said, if Tom Holland or, god forbid, someone like Timothee Freaking Chalamet is link it won’t matter how good the visuals or the story are if I have to look at their oversaturated faces playing a character I grew up loving. Why the actual HELL is it not animated!?
Derek Connolly being set to write this film has plummeted my expectations, and I was already cautiously optimistic at best when I heard it was going to be live action. Nintendo having full creative control can fix a lot of things that could go down with usual production meddling, but it cannot fix not having a good script
And let's not forget, Miyamoto was absolutely fine with a paper thin script for the Mario Movie. Derek Connolly was the absolute worst decision. This movie is gonna have a terrible script saved by beautiful CGI, calling it.
I'm honestly not even convinced that Nintendo being involved means much, considering that at the end of the day, they're a video game company, not a movie studio, and expertise in one doesn't translate to competency in the other.
I imagine they weren't going to announce anything at all, but Miyamoto got so excited when everything got started that he just tweeted this out without the rest of the company knowing
Calling it: Whoever plays Link will forever gain soft cute boy status and will accumulate an appreciable amount of Stans. We're not talking Twilight levels here but assuming they're quiet but surprisingly acrobatic (Link is not a strong guy), he's gonna be teen girl fascination for at least a few age groups.
In before Nicolas Cage is cast as Link, he certainly proved he can carry an otherwise mediocre project without speaking a single line of dialogue like he did for Willy’s Wonderland…
As someone who is a bishonen enjoyer, I won’t mind it AS LONG as that actor is not only good looking but also has actual talent, matches the charm and character of Link himself, isn’t there just because they’re a big name celebrity extending their 12 minutes of and has great acting throughout the movie.
But sadly I kinda doubt it’ll be that good tbh
I think that the only acceptable casing choice for live action Link is Chris Pratt. He’s so cool.
"As a kid I remember being in my room, slicing up CHOO CHOOS..."
@@SmokeyChipOatleyYou forgot the spacing. "Slicing up..
CHU CHUs."
“Slicing up……
MOBLINS”
@@Gidaio gotta make it sound like he's saying a slur
I can't wait to see more about the Zelba movie.
I've been a big fan of The Lergent of Zorlda since I was a child and we needed maps from Nintendo Power to get through the Lost Woods.
Nice to see another zealda fan.
Wish it was animated
They shouldve done a animated movie. I have my hopes really low. The only thing giving me a glimpse of hope is miyamoto. We all know how protective he is with is babies.
I really think people are under-estimating this fr just like with the mario movie. Even if you hate it, it still managed to be a hit. And idk what Miyamoto did, but people are forgetting that he literally somehow managed to help Illumination, the creators of the freaking minions, make it's best movie to date. He will not let them repeat the dumpster fire that was the Zelda animated series if that's what people are worried about.
Miyamoto is also a glimpse of horror. He is not a story guy, and hasn't been as involved in Zelda as Mario. Aonuma would've been better.
@@aaronTGP_3756 you do have a point.
So I will say Avi Arad as producer means nothing too serious to me. With every Morbius or Venom movie, there's a Spiderverse movie on his resume. It's very eclectic the reception to projects he's attached to. For me, its up to the director and writing, and Miyamoto's supervision that are gonna make or break this.
And you trust Wes Ball? He is a very bad director... look at the Maze Runner trilogy. Soulless cashgrab excuses for movies
@@perico2816Yet, his Mouse Guard pre-production material looks great and at least Maze Runner had good action scenes. So he is capable (hence he was trusted with Planet of the Apes), might just need a good script to work with.
I was looking to see if anyone said this. I am one of the first people to say I am fatigued by Marvel's incessant content release, but the Spiderverse movies are some of the most refreshing and stylish movies I have seen in maybe the last decade.
He has some bad movies on his record, but he also has some movies on there that are nothing to sneeze at; however, I don't know his involvement or influence on each movie he's worked on. But, likewise, I believe this shouldn't be crossed off as a failure until we actually learn more about the cast and crew--and really, time will tell how good this is once it is released.
I'll go out on a limb and say that I think we're all hoping Nintendo stays away from a star-studded cast and really focuses their efforts and resources on direction, production, and writing.
Edit: I'm seeing that the writer and director outlook seems dubious at best. A prediction on Wes Ball might be a little more nebulous because he doesn't have a very deep catalogue in directing films, but Connolly's involvement concerns me.
@@valdezjones thank you! Something I discovered was that Wes Boll once tweeted ten years ago on how a Zelda movie could be as big as Avatar. I'll admit, that enthusiasm gives me hope.
@@chriswestergaard4506 Avatar has some huge shoes to fill, but fingers crossed his vision can be executed!
The Zelda movie announcement felt like watching someone else getting slapped to me. I am not involved in it but I am just as the person being slapped.
Yes, it definitely is a hard task to convey a fitting, serious approach to Zelda in live action and it would require a great art direction and script plus a clear vision of what the product would be like, but if they can find the right people; a darker, Twilight Princess-style live action movie could be incredible. Much higher potential than animated even tho at a higher risk due to the difficulty of getting it right.
If they do though, imagine a Legolas-like Link having to make his way through temples and caverns all across Hyrule to get to challenge a serious Ganondorf threat in an epic adventure movie
I feel the same way. I really hope they make it darker. My worry is Nintendo’s brand is all about being kid friendly. I really hope they can work around that. If they could pull off something like Harry Potter it could be magical.
@@Lexi-M Right? I've daydreamed about it for who knows how many years haha😅, more recently about an Elden Ring live action🤯.
But I don't know exactly why, I tend to look more at LotR than HP for a sort of blueprint. I feel like if you look at HP, the books and movies matured with the audience in a lot of cases and grew progressively more serious and darker, starting off quite innocently and fantastic. For Zelda, I think the games made that work already and a big part of the fan base is already at a point where we don't need it to be entirely for kids.
You know, I wouldn't mind if they go the starting with Young Link having lower stakes until Adult Link faces a real calamity route, but I think a lot of us would like for the movie to meet us in a mid point where we skip to an already epic-feeling story
"Just Don't" -Arlo, 2023
no one seems to even be giving this a chance and we don’t even know anything,, if nintendo is heavily involved, i have faith
What excites me is that this film proves Nintendo hasn’t made their bed with Illumination. THANK THE LORD 🙏🏼 Any studio can make a Nintendo film, this could lead to some real unique projects.
This also seems to put the cinematic universe route in the grave. Which is probably a good thing.
"any studio can make a nintendo film". this reminds me of what star wars did a couple years back when they contracted a handful of animation studios to make shorts. there was some gorgeous work there that far deviated from normal star wars media.
@@iceneko9170 Star Wars Visions!
What ive always wanted from Zelda: adaptations of various games as films or long-form series, each by a different animation studio. An OoT and MM adaptation from Laika. A BotW from Ghibli. A Wind Waker from Pixar. No cinematic universe or anything, just a new standalone film or series every couple of years.
A stop-motion Zelda film would go so hard omg
Also it's unlikely but among anime studios I think Trigger could make a super pretty Zelda movie I the style of or close to the style of toon link
Avatar studios should do Wind Waker. Better fit.
Personally I feel the best choice is to be live action to stay true to the style of Zelda. Imagine it filmed like the lord of the rings movies where you film in these amazingly beautiful locations and this large scale world
Okay THAT'S a good point for live action. I still think that Studio Ghibli would make it even more beautiful with artstyles, but if they're gonna go all-in for LOTR-level cinematography, then that would be amazing; although I think that's a *very* high expectation to have
Okay so Avi has was actually a toy salesman heavily involved with spider man, and is infamous for his obsession with Venom. He’s actually the soul reason that spider man 3 turned out as strange as it was. He forces a lot of his filmmakers to make certain decisions that hurt the story, and they all end up being left in the past. Now as a person who works in film, I always try to give the benefit of doubt to people, but Avi just doesn’t sound like the right guy to work on a Zelda movie.
This is exceedingly frightening information.
All the worries and concerns people have are the exact same people had about the Mario movie when it was announced, and it turned out to be fun
With the people involved and it being live action it makes me think they might go with a darker direction, which I'm not sure I'd like as much, but I guess we will see.
I doubt Miyamoto would allow the movie to be dark. He seems to be very involved, and the more he's involved, the less dark a Zelda game gets. Majora's Mask only exists the way it does in spite of him.
@@Miriam_J_ People forget Miyamoto hasn't been in charge of Zelda since, like, Ocarina. If anything this movie will have a feel more similar to the first three Zelda games than anything of the past 20 years.
I think an anime or at least a live action show would go better. Gives more time to actually develop a plot and world building than a movie would
For real
With a series we can get Link going through multiple dungeons like in the games instead of one or two.
Its going to be live action ive heard
Actually, I think you get a better product from films. Plots are more tightly written, better CG, etc. and TV shows tend to have a lot of filler. Just... way more time and effort is put into films to get them right.
1980’s & 1990’s action genre , 2000’s & 2010’s super hero genre, 2020’s & 2030’s video game genre
Here is my prediction:
2025 - The Legend of Zelda Movie (Same year as the Minecraft Movie)
2026 - The Donkey Kong Movie
2027 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2
I'd love to see classic pig wizard Ganon
They announced it in November due to Japanese Q3 earning reports. That's why.
Also the producer also worked on Spider-Verse so he's just Sony man
I'm in the minority (I guess, I'm surprised at how adamant most people are about it needing to be animated) but I've wanted a live action Zelda movie since 12-year-old me played Ocarina of Time for the first time. I think I hear where people are coming from--and I admit the production team does not inspire a ton of confidence--but a live-action Zelda can work. Two things I'd point to: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves nails the tone of a action-filled epic that is still cartoonish and sometimes goofy as hell. And Scot Pilgrim manages a style that basically feels like a live action video game. This is possible.
I’m glad it’s not animated by Ghibli.
Can’t wait for the Banjo-Kazooie movie starring Keith David and Cree Summer, respectively
I didn’t think it could get any stranger than what they were doing with the Mario movie. They went and made this one so much stranger you have to use exponents to measure how much stranger.
You don't know how many gods I'm praying to just so Holland doesn't get the role
Don't worry, it'll be Timothy Chalamet.
@@Pebphiz anyone that *isn't* Orlando Bloom can politely gtfo
@@Pebphiz honestly I can see that
I wonder what the enemies will look like in live action.
I understood why everyone was clowning on Chris's role as Mario, but Tom Holland as Link, while not my ideal casting, I could see it working. So my question is why the disdain for Tom Holland? He is a very athletic actor who could pull off the swordplay needed for such a role. Honest question, looking for an honest answer.
If Vin Diesel doesn’t play Ganon Dwarf imma be pissed off. Peter Jackson should direct it.
There’s no way this doesn’t end in a disaster.
To be granted, that's how I felt about the Mario movie after the vo cast announcement and it turned out better than I expected (still didn't love it however) so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt this time.
I can't help but think live action is the riskier choice though. Suspension of disbelief is such a tricky thing with film adaptations of beloved franchises. One too many "artistic changes" and it could totally ruin the "feel" of Zelda
The odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are 3720 to 1. I'm cynical about it too, but there is a small chance that it will be good. Or at least not terrible.
@@SmokeyChipOatley I mean in my opinion the Mario movie was just okay. So for me my bad expectations of the movie ended up being true 😂
@@yanzthemanz392 you're not wrong though honestly. I took my 4yr old nephew to watch the movie opening weekend and he's absolutely obsessed with Mario, even dressed up as him for Halloween. When it was over I liked it but was ultimately underwhelmed, figured it was because I wasn't the target demo for it. As we walked out of the theater I turned to him and excitedly asked "So did you have fun!? How'd you like the movie?"
He turned to me shrugged and said "it was ok 😐"
His response was as hilarious as it was kinda sad.
@@SmokeyChipOatley poor kid 😭
It’s great to be a Nintendo fan. Loving it.
I'm thinking back to the fan reaction when we found out about the art style of Windwaker. People who played Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask had the concept of a dark, realistic Zelda in their minds. Speaking as someone who played the two original games when they were new and current, it never occurred to me until Windwaker, that Zelda games could be cartoony. In retrospect, that was a silly position on my part, especially after playing Link's Awakening, but in those days, it was a common idea that the goal of the graphics was always to be as realistic as possible.
What I'm trying to get at here, is that a Live Action Zelda movie is a pretty natural choice. I expect it to be kid-friendly, but Zelda is a franchise that includes a substantial adult audience, even going as far back as the original. They're going to want to make choices that preserve that audience.
Can’t wait to see Adam Sandler hit the pinnacle of his career and play tingle
If anything, Metroid makes a lot more sense to be live-action than Zelda. So, naturally, whenever they do make a Metroid movie, it'll be animated.
I think something that very few have been mentioning is that while Miyamoto is great and all-why is he the one on Zelda? Not Aonuma or Fujibiyashi?
Makes me very worried about other ip they move onto like Metroid because Miyamoto has literally said he doesn't like it and imo from what we've seen Sakamoto can't be trusted to have full creative freedom.
Oh great. Live action. With Avi-Arad, the chief creative officer of the Marvel movies. Working on Zelda. Sounds...great.
Can't wait for the Zelda movie to be full of edit cut fight sequences and quips.
Yeah super cut up fight scene editing full of one-liners will be the one thing that ruins this for me. The MCU films are so mind numbingly boring and cringe. Give me full shots of real action thanks!
The Zelda movie would be awesome as live action, basically in a lord of the rings style film with the epic soundtrack that goes crazy
Here’s hoping they make it a trilogy with a comparable run time
What if Link is a child actor?
I hope they cast unknowns. Probably not, but a guy can dream
Hey Arlo! I'm cautiously optimistic for this and I think if this movie does adapt any past Zelda game for the big screen, that Ocarina of Time would be the best fit story-wise and that Twilight Princess would work best visually and tonaly as well. I understand why people would be a bit worried about this being a live-action movie, but after how well the Mario movie turned out I have faith that Nintendo won't allow anyone to mess up this Zelda movie, especially considering how important and popular the series is now, and I honestly think this has alot of potential. I'd honestly be interested in hearing Link talk on-screen in this movie as well, and I hope that he's done well as a character and that this leads to him talking at least some in future Zelda games, like during important story cutscenes, because I've always wanted to hear Link talk so I could connect a bit more to him as a character and so he could express more personality himself and have stronger and more impactful reactions than just facial expressions alone can do. I'm not saying he should constantly talk, but I think having Link just be a reserved man of few words who lets his actions speak for him rather than a guy who says nothing at all would be more compelling for him in the modern day and help him connect to new players even more. Also because having him be a silent protagonist would not work in this movie, so having him talk is a necessity really, which as long as he's written and performed well I don't think would bother anyone or be a problem at all.
The writer also worked on Kong: Skull Island which was quite solid, and Rise of Skywalker was extensively rewritten by JJ Abrams before/during shooting. I'm cautiously optimistic on the writing front. As for the animation, it kinda depends on the Zelda. For most of them animation seems like a better fit, but for say Twilight Princess I tend to think of as being better suited to live action. I wonder if they'll take more inspiration from OoT and its loose sequels with a common boy Link who gets chosen by destiny, or from BotW where Link has already accept the hero mantle. Probably the former considering how common origin stories are, but maybe not.
Also the writer is also doing the upcoming Metal Gear Movie directed by the same guy who made Skull Island
@@arthurlima122hello Venom Howard, when will Skyrim 2 release?
@@AzumarillConGafasBv Hello, Skyrim 2 will be released in 2035 for the Xbox 720 and the Wii Phone
I wonder if Eiji Aonuma is involved at all. Hopefully.
This is cool but... I REALLY want a Pikmin movie. Or even just more shorts like we got a decade ago. I've rewatched those so many times over the years.
Yesssss, it doesn't even need to be complicated or really all that good- just, more Pikmin anything!
2:52 and then right before Ganon gets Link Morbius walks on stage and then says It’s Morbin Time
Watch as the next movie Nintendo announces is a claymation Metroid movie made by the team behind teen titans go
If the reception to the Mario movie is anything to go by, it's gonna be an abysmal movie that fans are gonna love.
Well if we wanna get a bloody sword through Ganondorf's head, live action might be the way to go!
I mean Wind Waker did it...still my favorite final blow in a Zelda game. I'd love to see Nintendo rate this pg-13..I mean they almost have to right?
This movie is gonna be hard to pull off.
Yeah it’s a big risk imo, hopefully it pays off
Let’s enjoy the world as much as we can before we are forever haunted by Timothee Chalamet in a Tingle suit
Now, review it. Don't wait for it to come out.
"Another cheap cash-grab with zero substance. Just 5 second references again and again. B-list shitty actors, and a bad director."
This can be applied to the Mario movie, as well.