Legend of Zelda movie ‘will be more Studio Ghibli than Lord of the Rings’ | Films | Entertainment
Following the billion-dollar success of The Super Mario Bros Movie this summer, Nintendo has since announced that a live-action Legend of Zelda movie is now in the works at Sony Pictures.Maze Runner and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes director Wes Ball will helm the blockbuster based on the high fantasy video game series. Each outing is set in the Kingdom of Hyrule where you play as a young elf-life adventurer called Link, who goes on a quest to save Princess Zelda and her domain from the villainous Ganondorf.Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, the filmmaker teased: “This awesome fantasy-adventure movie that isn’t like Lord of the Rings, it’s its own thing. “I’ve always said, I would love to see a live-action Miyazaki. That wonder and whimsy that he brings to things, I would love to s...