Nintendo is making an attempt one thing it hasn’t achieved in additional than 30 years: make a live-action adaptation of its video video games. The Legend of Zelda from Sony Footage and Nintendo is slated for launch in April 2027, bringing the fantasy role-playing sport franchise to life in a means by no means seen earlier than. (Effectively, aside from that one Japanese industrial for The Legend of Zelda: A Hyperlink to the Previous with a rappin’ Hyperlink.)
After the back-to-back success of The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film and The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film, expectations for The Legend of Zelda are sky (islands) excessive. To make the movie, Sony Footage and Nintendo have tapped Wes Ball (The Maze Runner, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) to convey Hyrule to the massive display screen. Ball beforehand advised Polygon that he desires his tackle The Legend of Zelda franchise to be extra “grounded” and “actual,” and to not totally depend on motion-captured laptop graphics.
Nintendo introduced in September that the Zelda film might be known as, merely, The Legend of Zelda. “When you see the movie, you will perceive why there is not a subtitle,” The Legend of Zelda collection creator Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned. “That is an unique movie primarily based on the numerous tales, concepts, and ideas of the collection constructed up by way of the video games for 40 years.”
To floor the movie, Ball is taking pictures flesh-and-blood actors, decked out in Hylian tunics and rocking prosthetic elf ears. And whereas Nintendo has confirmed two of the movie’s lead actors, Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Hyperlink, the remainder of the movie’s casting has began to emerge by way of unofficial channels.
This is what we all know concerning the solid of 2027’s The Legend of Zelda to this point.
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth is Hyperlink
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth was introduced as Hyperlink in 2025 by Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The 17-year-old British actor starred in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror collection The Haunting of Bly Manor and was the voice of Pinocchio in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action remake of Pinocchio. Ainsworth additionally starred in season 3 of HBO’s Home of the Dragon as Daeron Targaryen, one other function by which he wore a inexperienced tunic and wielded a sword.
Bo Bragason is Princess Zelda
Bo Bragason was introduced as Princess Zelda alongside Ainsworth’s casting. The 22-year-old British actor beforehand starred within the Disney Plus collection Renegade Nell because the titular Nell’s sister. Extra not too long ago, Bragason starred in Prime Video’s Sterling Level and BBC One’s King & Conqueror.
Uli Latukefu is Ganondorf
Uli Latukefu has reportedly been solid as The Legend of Zelda‘s villain, Ganondorf, the Gerudo type of the extra monstrous Ganon. Latukefu is an Australian actor and finest identified for his roles as Dwayne Johnson within the NBC comedy Younger Rock and Byamba within the Netflix collection Marco Polo.
Dichen Lachman is Impa
Dichen Lachman’s function as Impa, Princess Zelda’s bodyguard, in The Legend of Zelda film was all however confirmed in set images from the manufacturing. However a report from Deadline confirms it. Lachman is finest identified for her roles in Apple TV’s Severance, Marvel’s Brokers of SHIELD, and Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Sam Neill is (most likely) the King of Hyrule
The late Sam Neill will seem in The Legend of Zelda in one of many actor’s last roles. Neill is reportedly enjoying Zelda’s father, the King of Hyrule. Neill is finest identified for his work within the Jurassic Park franchise, The Hunt for Pink October, and Occasion Horizon.
Yvonne Strahovski is (most likely) the Queen of Hyrule
Yvonne Strahovski, identified for her work in The Handmaid’s Story, Mass Impact 2, Chuck, and extra, is reportedly enjoying Zelda’s mom, aka the Queen of Hyrule.
Lydia Peckham is… within the Zelda film
Deadline reported that Lydia Peckham will reunite with Ball in The Legend of Zelda as an unidentified character. Peckham has beforehand appeared in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Netflix’s The Kennedys, and MGM Plus’ Robin Hood.
Nintendo’s Zelda film was introduced in 2023. Nintendo is partnering with Sony Footage Leisure for the undertaking, with The Legend of Zelda co-creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Hollywood veteran Avi Arad producing. Miyamoto mentioned in 2023 that he’d been engaged on the film for “a few years now.”
The Legend of Zelda involves film theaters on April 30, 2027.
