It was introduced in a current tweet from The Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto that Nintendo has delayed the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie. It has been delayed from the earlier March 26, 2027 launch date to Might 7, 2027. The delay is to make sure the movie is “pretty much as good as it may be.” In accordance with Nintendo in a previous put up, the movie “will likely be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Consultant Director and Fellow of Nintendo and Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., who has produced many mega hit movies.” Moreover, the movie will likely be directed by Wes Ball and co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Photos Leisure Inc., with greater than 50% financed by Nintendo. The theatrical distribution of the movie will likely be accomplished worldwide by Sony Photos Leisure Inc.
That is Miyamoto. For manufacturing causes, we’re altering the discharge date of the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda to Might 7, 2027. It will likely be some weeks later than the discharge timing we initially introduced, and we are going to take the additional time to make the movie pretty much as good because it…
— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) June 9, 2025
The movie’s particulars by way of Nintendo:
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Consultant Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter) introduced that it’ll develop a live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda.
The movie will likely be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Consultant Director and Fellow of Nintendo and Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., who has produced many mega hit movies.
The movie will likely be produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., and directed by Wes Ball. The movie will likely be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Photos Leisure Inc., with greater than 50% financed by Nintendo. The theatrical distribution of the movie will likely be accomplished worldwide by Sony Photos Leisure Inc.
By producing visible contents of Nintendo IP by itself, Nintendo is creating new alternatives to have folks from all over the world to entry the world of leisure which Nintendo has constructed, by way of completely different means other than its devoted sport consoles.
By getting deeply concerned within the film manufacturing with the purpose to place smiles on everybody’s faces by way of leisure, Nintendo will proceed its efforts to supply distinctive leisure and ship it to as many individuals as potential.
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