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Nintendo Unveils First Official Zelda Movie Images

Published 17 November 2025

Nintendo has unveiled the first official images from its upcoming live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda, featuring actors Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link and Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda in costume. The three stills, shared on the Nintendo Today! app, arrived shortly after leaked set footage surfaced online over the weekend, offering fans an early glimpse of the production currently underway in New Zealand.

The photographs depict Ainsworth in Link's signature green tunic and cream undershirt, evoking the character's classic appearance from earlier games in the series, such as Twilight Princess and Ocarina of Time. Bragason appears as Zelda in a blue dress with braided hair, holding a bow and arrow in an action-oriented pose, drawing clear inspiration from her design in Breath of the Wild. One image shows the duo standing together overlooking a landscape resembling Hyrule, while the others focus on each character individually. These official reveals confirm details from the unauthorized leaks, which captured the actors on a forested set surrounded by crew, extras, and horses.

Filming for the movie began earlier this month in Wellington, New Zealand, with production...

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