Nintendo’s Zelda movie has found its princess and hero of time

Though Nintendo’s live-action Legend of Zelda movie won’t beryllium retired until May 7th, 2027, we yet cognize who is going to beryllium playing the titular princess and her faithful knight.

This greeting via its quality app, Nintendo announced that Bo Bragason (Renegade Nell, The Radleys) and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Pinocchio) person been formed arsenic Princess Zelda and Link, respectively. In an X station astir the casting, Shigeru Miyamoto — who is producing the movie — expressed that helium is “very overmuch looking guardant to seeing” Bragason and Ainsworth connected the large surface together. 

Aside from the information that Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes‘ Wes Ball is directing the Zelda movie, we inactive don’t cognize each that overmuch astir the project. But the Zelda feature is precise overmuch a portion of Nintendo’s larger propulsion into different kinds of amusement similar movies and taxable parks.

The institution knocked it retired of the parkland with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and it seems to person plans connected trying again with a sequel and a caller Donkey Kong project. A live-action Legend of Zelda could beryllium different deed for Nintendo, but fans are astir apt going to request to spot a spot of Hyrule earlier they’re acceptable to hop connected the hype train.