The Legend of Zelda Movie: key information
– Currently set to arrive in May 2027
– Filming underway as of November 2025
– Based on Nintendo’s beloved videogame series namesake
– No trailer released yet
– First cast announcements made
– No word on which games it’s been inspired by
– First-look images provide some clues about its plot
– Unclear if a sequel will be made
The Legend of Zelda Movie is officially in full production. Cameras have started rolling on the highly anticipated film, which is based on Nintendo’s fan-favorite videogame series namesake, ahead of its May 2027 launch.
Here, then, is everything you need to know about The Legend of Zelda Movie.
The Legend of Zelda Movie release date
This is Miyamoto. For production reasons, we are changing the release date of the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda to May 7, 2027. It will be some weeks later than the release timing we originally announced, and we will take the extra time to make the film as good as it…June 9, 2025
The Legend of Zelda Movie will debut in theaters on May 7, 2027.
Initially, the Nintendo and Sony Pictures feature had used the Tri-Force to conjure up a March 26, 2027 launch. However, as the above X/Twitter post points out, it’ll arrive a few weeks later than planned.
Principal photography began in New Zealand on November 4, 2025. According to the Film and Television Industry Alliance website, it’s due to wrap production on April 7, 2026.
The Legend of Zelda Movie trailer: is there one?
No. And considering it won’t be released for another 18 months (at the time of this article’s initial publication), it’ll be a long time before we see one, too. Once a trailer is released, I’ll update this section.
The Legend of Zelda Movie cast: confirmed and rumored
Possible spoilers follow for The Legend of Zelda Movie.
So far, only two actors have been formally announced as part of The Legend of Zelda Movie‘s cast:
- Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link
- Bo Bragason as Zelda
Confirming the pair’s involvement in July, Nintendo revealed Bragason and Ainsworth would play Zelda and Link, aka two of the franchise’s most famous characters, in the film.
Of the pair, Bragason is arguably the most well-known. She’s inhabited roles in the Disney+ show Renegade Nell, and Prime Video TV series The Jetty and King & Conqueror. Playing Hyrule’s princess in this live-action take on the popular game series is easily her biggest role to date, though.
Meanwhile, Ainsworth, who’s being hired to play the Zelda franchise’s Master Sword-wielding male protagonist, will be recognizable to anyone who’s seen Disney’s 2022 live-action/CGI remake of Pinocchio. Well, his voice will be, because he only voiced the titular character in that movie. Other roles he’s had include Son of a Critch on CBC and Channel 4, and The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Sandman on Netflix.
FIRST FOOTAGE OF THE ZELDA MOVIE BEING FILMED OMG OMG pic.twitter.com/UiqDlTzONpNovember 15, 2025
There’ll be more cast announcements – official and leaked – in the weeks and months ahead. In fact, fans think Dichen Lachman, who stars in Severance on Apple TV, has secretly boarded the project as Zelda’s chief adviser Impa. Their evidence? In a leaked video posted on X/Twitter (see above), Bragason’s female hero is seen conversing with someone who not only looks a lot like Impa but also Lachman.
Other reveals will arrive in due course. We still don’t know who’ll play the Zelda series’ primary villain, Ganondorf, nor which supporting characters from the Zelda franchise’s packed back catalog could be part of its ensemble. In fact, determining which other individuals may appear depends on which games The Legend of Zelda Movie‘s story has been influenced by. Speaking of which…
The Legend of Zelda Movie story speculation
Potential spoilers follow for The Legend of Zelda Movie.
Unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda Movie‘s story synopsis hasn’t been unveiled yet. Based on its first-look images, though, it appears it’s inspired by the game franchise’s two most recent entries: Breath of the Wild (BotW) and Tears of the Kingdom (TotK).
One of the biggest clues available to us is what Bragason’s Zelda is wearing. It’s a costume not dissimilar to the primary clothes set she has in the aforementioned games, so it’s more likely than not that BotW and TotK have, at the very least, part-inspired this film.
There’s more evidence to suggest this is the case, too. The official still of Link and Zelda in lush surroundings is a clear nod to the idyllic Hyrulian fields, forests, and hills that gamers explore in BotW and TotK. Add in the fact that the duo are actively working together – something they do throughout the aforementioned titles – and it stands to reason that this pair of games, which are among the most highly-rated and beloved games in the Zelda series, are influencers-in-chief on this project.
That’s not to say that other Zelda games won’t impact the movie’s story.
For one, the franchise’s timeline has become increasingly complex to follow with each new entry and, based on the outcome of events in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, split into three distinct timelines (per IGN) before BotW‘s arrival. Since BotW and TotK were released, Nintendo has updated the official timeline to show that these two titles sit independently of the other three timelines (thanks to vooks.net for the screenshots).
That means if The Legend of Zelda Movie is based on BotW and TotK, it won’t take cues from other Zelda games, right? Not necessarily. After all, other Nintendo movies – both recent and forthcoming releases, which I’ll get to in the next section – have cherry-picked elements from various titles in their own game series. It’s possible, then, that this film could do something similar and include, say, aspects of Skyward Sword, A Link to the Past, or The Wind Waker as part of its narrative.
Perhaps the most important question of all, though, is: will Link speak? He’s never uttered a word in the game series, so will Ainsworth follow in the footsteps of the franchise’s silent male protagonist or give him a voice? In conversation with comicbook.com, director Wes Ball declined to comment, so we’ll have to wait for its first trailer or the movie itself to find out for sure.
Will The Legend of Zelda Movie get a sequel?
We don’t know. Nintendo hasn’t discussed the prospect of making a follow-up, and, realistically, a lot depends on how successful The Legend of Zelda Movie is.
Just look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie (TSMBM), for example. The 2023 animated movie, which took its cues from various Mario games, earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Despite its mixed reception from fans and critics alike, it was a no-brainer for Nintendo to greenlight a sequel, which we now know is called The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. You can read more about that film in my dedicated guide to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
If – and it’s a big if – The Legend of Zelda Movie is as commercially successful as TSMBM, it’s inevitable that a sequel will get made. Until it arrives in May 2027, though, this is a question we can’t definitively answer.
For coverage of other videogame adaptations, read my definitive guide to Fallout season 2 and what we know so far about The Last of Us season 3.