In mid-May, Nintendo made no secret of its interest in creating movie The Legend of Zeldaespecially after the impressive success he had Super Mario Bros. Movie in international distribution. However, it now appears that those from Kyoto are moving forward in negotiations for Link to make the jump to the big screen.
According to Jeff Snyder, film critic and one of the industry’s oldest journalists, Nintendo is in talks with Illumination to make the movie a reality. Zelda. While there is still no closed deal, the talks seem to be going well and the deal could be formalized very soon.
“From what they told me, it’s almost official. They told me Universal was closing a big deal with Nintendo to The Legend of Zelda. TO Zelda they see it as the next big Illumination and Nintendo movie that I think we’re all looking forward to,” Snyder said in a podcast. Hot microphone.
Undoubtedly, this would be great news for the millions of fans of the Nintendo franchise who are currently at the point of maximum anticipation thanks to the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The game, exclusive to Switch, was greeted by both the press and the public. It will be very difficult for another title to snatch Game of the Year from him.
The Japanese company would certainly like to take advantage of the popularity that currently surrounds Zelda announce a new production with Illumination. WITH Super Mario Bros. Movie It was more than demonstrated that both sides understood each other perfectly, and their joint efforts quickly paid off. The film adaptation of the Italian Plumber, against all odds, has become one of the highest-grossing animated films in history.
At the time of this post Super Mario Bros. Movie grossed over $1.3 billion at the international box office.. unseated frozen from 19th place in the list of the highest grossing films in history, and very soon can rise to 18th place, which is currently held by Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
So it’s no surprise that Nintendo and Universal Studios, which owns Illumination Entertainment, tend to be content with Zelda AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Like Mario, Link has millions of followers around the world, so the film almost guaranteed success.
In May, Eiji Aonumalatest game director The Legend of Zelda, has admitted his interest in the feature film. “Of course I’m interested. But, unfortunately, I’m not only interested in what makes things happen.”
It will be interesting to see if the Japanese creative gets a chance to take part in the film. Zelda as a producer. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, was directly involved in Super Mario Bros. Movie. Honestly, Aonuma deserves no less, especially for the fantastic job he did with the gameplay.
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