Nintendo Releases First Zelda Live-Action Film Images

Nintendo has released the first official images from its live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda, offering fans an early glimpse of the film's young leads portraying the iconic characters Link and Princess Zelda. The photos, shared on the Nintendo Today app and social media, show production underway in New Zealand's lush landscapes, with the movie now scheduled for theatrical release on May 7, 2027.

The images depict English actors Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link, dressed in a classic green tunic with leather vambraces and pointed Hylian ears, and Bo Bragason as Zelda, wearing a blue dress with braided hair, a bow in hand, and a quiver of arrows on her back. The pair stands in a sunlit grassy field, evoking the expansive world of Hyrule from the beloved video game series. Ainsworth, known for voicing Pinocchio in the 2022 live-action film and appearing in Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Bragason, who has starred in BBC's Three Girls, The Jetty, and Disney's Renegade Nell, were announced for the roles in July 2025.

Directed by Wes Ball, whose credits include the Maze Runner trilogy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the film is a joint production between...