“Hyrule Field” fans are starting to live a dream come true. The iconic video game ‘The Legend of Zelda’ will soon have its first real movie or real actionmeaning the story will abandon animation and move to human performances.
Nintendo and Sony Pictures have revealed the first images of the adaptation, which is currently is being filmed in WellingtonNew Zealand.
The details of the images published by Nintendo
Although it is not a lot of material, it is enough to understand the concept. The actor appears in the images published on social networks Benjamin Evan Ainswort, who plays “Link”the so-called hero of time.
In addition, actress Bo Bragason appears, who plays Princess Zelda. In addition to showing the actors, you can see a landscape that could be the symbolic “Hyrule Field”, the gigantic open field where Link walks over and over again in the video games.
Curiously, Link appears in an adult version, like Zelda, who also carries a bow and arrows. Until now, Nintendo has not revealed where the film will be in the story.but it could be an interesting journey through times, considering that there have been multiple video games.
The protagonist’s clothing also seems to be very attached to the video game, as well as his blonde hair, his gaze and his peculiar pointed ears, since he belongs to the “Hylian” race.
It should be noted that the photographs come out a couple of days after a video taken on the set of the film was leaked, and which seems to reveal that the actress Dichen Lachman has joined the cast in the role of ImpaZelda’s bodyguard.
Legendary video game developer Shigeru Miyamoto is the producer of this filmdirected in turn by Wes Ball. Although it is unknown exactly what the production will be about, The official date of its theatrical release has already been announced: May 7, 2027.