Although most of the focus has been on the Super Mario Galaxy Movie in recent weeks, we’ve got some rather big news today about The Legend of Zelda live-action film.
According to an update at CinemaCon 2026, Sony Pictures has announced filming for Nintendo’s new movie has now officially wrapped (thanks for the heads up, IGN). This follows an update in November last year, when it was confirmed the movie was “in production” in New Zealand (aka the land of The Lord of Rings movie trilogy).
The Zelda movie is currently scheduled for a global release on 7th May 2027. Nintendo is co-funding the movie alongside Sony. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto has worked with producer Avi Arad on the film, and Wes Ball is the director (Maze Runner). The film will also be streamed exclusively on Netflix following its theatrical and home entertainment release windows.
Nintendo hasn’t revealed much about what exactly to expect from the live-action Zelda movie just yet or shared any official trailers, but Miyamoto previously confirmed Link would be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Zelda would be played by Bo Bragason. Some set footage was also reportedly leaked last year. When we hear more updates, we’ll let you know.
