Nintendo's hit video game 'The Legend of Zelda' is following in the Super Mario franchise's footsteps with an upcoming live-action film. The film will be directed by Wes Ball.
Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game 'The Legend of Zelda,' the Japanese company behind the Super Mario franchise said Wednesday. The film, with financing from Sony Pictures Entertainment as well as its own investment, will be directed by Wes Ball, the American director of the upcoming 'Planet of the Apes' film. It’s being co-produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., which is behind the live-action Spider-Man films and headed by Avi Arad.
That strategy has met success. Its animated film 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie,' released earlier this year, has raked in more than $1.3 billion and drew nearly 170 million people worldwide. President Shuntaro Furukawa, briefing reporters online, said the company was pleased with the success of the Super Mario animation film, the first movie of which Nintendo was a direct producer. The planned release date of the Zelda movie was not announced.
The latest Zelda game called 'Tears of the Kingdom,' has been selling well, and Nintendo is hoping the planned movie will benefit from the popularity of the game, which stars a hero and a princess fighting against evil. The Switch machine, already in its seventh year after its debut, is still doing well in sales, according to Nintendo.
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