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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Journalist confirms Tom Holland is getting casted as Link for The Legend of Zelda live action movie.
Taking to social media, a social media journalist, Kira, claims that Tom Holland to play the role of Link in The Legend of Zelda live action.
Kira wrote: “tom holland getting casted as link is now a possibility.”
A live-action film based on the hit game franchise The Legend of Zelda is in development, gaming giant Nintendo confirmed on Wednesday.
The film will be directed by Wes Ball, who directed The Maze Runner series and the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. It will co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Shigeru Miyamoto, Legend of Zelda creator and representative director at Nintendo, will produce the film with Avi Arad, producer of films including the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.
Fan Art and Fan Cast Live Action Of Zelda:
Tom Holland as Link
Emma Watson as Princess Zelda
Sarah Jessica Parker as Queen Sonia
Idris Elba as Ganondorf
Danny DeVito as Tingle
Karen Gillan as Princess Ruto
After the announcement, Nintendo’s shares jumped 6.46% during Wednesday trading, the company’s biggest within-day rise in nearly three years.
Zelda is one of the most beloved gaming franchises of all time, beginning with the first 2D 8-bit game in 1986. Set in the fantastical kingdom of Hyrule, the franchise follows an elf-like hero called Link who must repeatedly save the land and its princess, the titular Zelda, from evil forces – most often the villanous Ganon.
Consisting of 19 games and three remakes, the Zelda games have sold more than 130m copies around the world, with the most recent installments, 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild and its 2022 sequel Tears of the Kingdom, considered to be among of the best video games of all time.
Avi Arad, a veteran film producer who’s worked on many successful comic book movie franchises – including the various “Spider-Man” films, as well as the “Iron Man” and “X-Men” movies – will co-produce the live-action “Zelda” with Miyamoto.
The classic “Zelda” video game, first released by Nintendo in 1986, follows hero Link, who must defeat a pig-like monster named Ganon along his journey to rescue Zelda, the Princess of Hyrule, according to an official synopsis. The original game has been followed by at least 20 newer versions over the past 38 years, the most recent being this past May’s “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.”
He was also a producer on this year’s “Super Mario Bros. Movie” featuring the voice Chris Pratt, which saw huge success at the box office when it became the 10th animated film in history to cross $1 billion.
A release date or additional casting news for the film has not yet been announced.
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