Nintendo Is Delaying the ‘Legend of Zelda’ Film, however Solely a Little Bit

Hoping that you just’ll nonetheless be oohing and ahhing over your new Switch 2, Nintendo has a teensy little little bit of unhealthy information: the Legend of Zelda film is being delayed. The excellent news is that it’s not for that lengthy.

Taking to Twitter slightly than the Nintendo Today app this time, Shigeru Miyamoto launched a short assertion confirming that Wes Ball’s live-action Zelda movie will now launch simply over a month later than deliberate, on Might 7, 2027.

That is Miyamoto. For manufacturing causes, we’re altering the discharge date of the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda to Might 7, 2027. Will probably be some weeks later than the discharge timing we initially introduced, and we are going to take the additional time to make the movie pretty much as good because it…

— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) June 9, 2025

“For manufacturing causes, we’re altering the discharge date of the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda to Might 7, 2027. Will probably be some weeks later than the discharge timing we initially introduced, and we are going to take the additional time to make the movie pretty much as good as it may be,” the assertion reads partially. “Thanks to your persistence.”

The discharge date, and now this modified one, is just about all we’ve definitively heard concerning the Zelda film since its shock announcement from Nintendo and Sony Footage again in November 2023. Though not too long ago rumors have begun to swirl about potential casting, a lot of simply how one of the crucial beloved gaming collection of all time goes to make the leap to live-action (outdoors of the occasional funky TV ad, that’s) stays to be seen.

We’ll convey you extra on Sony and Nintendo’s plans for the Zelda film as and once we be taught them.

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