Video game adaptations are the new gold fever in Hollywood. After all, some of the biggest hits of the past few years are films based on beloved video games, whether it be the animated film "Super Mario Bros", "Sonic the Hedgehog Trilogy" Getting Jimim Kerry to delay retirement from acting), or, recently, the treasury jongernut that was a "Minecraft movie".

Now, it's time for one of the most famous video games franchisees of all time to make his debut on a big screen: "Zelda Legend". Director Wes Bal (best known for the "Maze Runner" and "Kingdom of the Monkeys") has been tapped to direct the first live adaptation of the video game created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. The ball had earlier stated that his desire is to Make a movie that feels like "Miyazaki Live" Which is an incredibly high clearing bar.

With the director already in place, "Zelda Legend" has now taken the next logical step forward and has thrown its advantages. Indeed, Miyamoto himself went to social media to publish who will play both Zelda and Link (who, remember, are completely different people!).

"I am pleased to announce that for the live film with the action of" Zelda Legend "Zelda will play Bo Bragasson-San, and a link to Benjamin Evan Einsworth-San," Miyamoto said through the official representative. Nintendo X (formerly Twitter) account. "I look forward to seeing both on the big screen."

This is Miyamoto. I am pleased to announce that for the live film with the action of Zelda legend Zelda will play Bo Bragasson-San, and a link by Benjamin Evan Einsworth-San. I look forward to seeing both on the big screen. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ka5xw3lwul

- Nintendo Co., Ltd. (@nintendo) July 16, 2025

Well, this is a big surprise for everyone who expected the movie to go down the "Super Mario Bros. Movie" road and throw huge stars in the lead roles. In fact, Starvala Starvala Starvala Shafer was definitely popular for the role of Princess Zelda, while Fankast from hell More badly advised fan campaign was trying to get casting filmmakers to recruit Tom Holland as a link.

Obviously, it is quite disappointing that Shafer was not thrown like a Zelda, primarily because several actors have that essential, unusual look that Schaefer brings in his roles - the one that is available, yet unusual and fantastic. (Just take a look at her short but unforgettable look like Tigers in "Hunger Games: Ballad of Songs and Snakes.")

However, it makes sense to go with young newcomers here. For one, engaging younger actors will allow production to suit potential sequels in case the film does good - and indeed, we desperately need more fantastic franchises on the big screen. Although the "Zelda Legend" reportedly comes out in just two years, and Schaffer is only 26 years old, it is easy to understand why film producers would not be super excited about the idea of potentially having a film trilogy where Princess Zelda is in the mid-1930s. (Not to mention, the rumors have a chauver right now For a major role in restarting Marvel Studios' X-Men.) Certainly, an old man's link could definitely work, but Zelda and Link tend to always look like teenagers or, mostly, people in the early 20th in the "Zelda Legend" games (even those that cover a long way).

As such, relatively little -known actors is that. Bo Bragasson, however, is best known for the BBC's "Three Girls" and the Disney series+ Renegad Nell. Meanwhile, Benjamin Evan Einsworth expressed Pinocchio in Robert Pinocchio's Live, despite playing miles in Mike Manor's "Mike Manor's persecution". Well, Einsworth had already played a quiet, stoic character in that show, though he was definitely more than a child's evil than a noble warrior in him.

"Zelda Legend" is due to hit theaters on May 7, 2027, after being postponed from the starting date of March 2027 for "production reasons" (as Nintendo said at the time).