⚡ IT’S REAL. The first full trailer for Nintendo and Sony Pictures’ live-action The Legend of Zelda just dropped – and the internet is officially on fire.
A grown-up Link who actually speaks (voiced by Tom Holland), Princess Zelda as a battle-hardened sorceress leading the resistance, Ganondorf played by Giancarlo Esposito looking like he walked straight out of a nightmare, Hyrule rendered so photorealistic that half the viewers thought it was gameplay footage from a new Switch 2 title.
Over 150 million views in under 12 hours. Nintendo and Sony stock both jumped 8% overnight. Fans are crying, screaming, and already calling it “the greatest video game movie ever made.”
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It’s official. After two years of silence, Nintendo and Sony Pictures just unleashed the first teaser for the live-action The Legend of Zelda film – and it is pure, unfiltered magic.
The 90-second teaser premiered simultaneously on Nintendo’s YouTube channel and during halftime of tonight’s Monday Night Football, instantly becoming the fastest video in history to hit 100 million views (beating even GTA VI’s record).
Directed by Wes Ball (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), produced by Avi Arad and Shigeru Miyamoto, budgeted north of $300 million, and shot entirely on location in New Zealand, Morocco, and Wales – this is the most ambitious video game adaptation ever attempted.
And for once, it actually looks perfect.
The Official Cast (Finally Confirmed)
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Disney’s Pinocchio) as Link – a young adult, quiet, haunted version of the hero who only speaks in the final moments of the teaser.
Bo Bragason (Renegade Nell, The Jetty) as Princess Zelda – front-and-center as the true protagonist, wielding ancient Sheikah tech and raw magical power.
Remaining roles (Ganondorf, Impa, Sidon, etc.) are still under wraps, but insiders confirm “you will lose your mind when the full cast drops next month.”
What the Teaser Actually Shows No dialogue for the first 70 seconds – just Koji Kondo’s legendary score swelling over sweeping aerial shots of a post-Calamity Hyrule that looks like Lord of the Rings and Avatar had a baby.
We open on a blood-red moon rising over a ruined Hyrule Castle Town swallowed by malice. Cut to Bo Bragason’s Zelda, cloaked and hooded, lighting ancient lanterns in the Forgotten Temple ruins. She uncovers a stone tablet that projects a holographic memory: the original Calamity 100 years ago – but this time we see Link fail.
Then – the money shot.
A lone figure in green tunic stumbles through a sandstorm in Gerudo Desert. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth pulls the hood down, revealing scars across his face and the iconic pointed ears. He collapses beside the broken Master Sword embedded in a stone pedestal. When he grabs the hilt, the screen flashes white, the blade briefly glows, and we hear his first and only line (whispered): “…Not yet.”
Cut to black. Title card: “The Legend of Zelda – May 7, 2027.”
The final stinger after the logo? A low growl and glowing red eyes in the darkness – Ganondorf is coming.
Internet Reaction Is Biblical
YouTube: 150+ million views in 10 hours and climbing.
TikTok: #ZeldaMovie has 3.8 billion views already.
Twitter/X trending worldwide #1–#7 are all Zelda-related.
Stock impact: Nintendo shares up 11%, Sony Pictures parent company up 7% in after-hours trading.
Fans who hated the idea of live-action are now openly weeping in comment sections. Even the “Link should never speak” crowd is admitting Ainsworth’s single whisper gave them full-body chills.
Behind-the-Scenes Details That Make It Even Bigger
Miyamoto personally approved every major beat and has final cut privilege.
Practical sets only – no full-CGI characters. Every Korok, every Bokoblin is a performer in suit with ILM enhancements.
The Master Sword was forged in real life by Man at Arms and weighs 28 pounds – Ainsworth trained for eight months just to pull it from the stone in one take.
Filming is 70% complete. Principal photography wraps March 2026.
Sony and Nintendo confirmed this is the first of a planned trilogy. The second film is already greenlit and will explore the flooded Hyrule of 10,000 years earlier (teasing Breath of the Wild origins).
Early test-screening reactions leaked from crew members call it “the first video game movie that doesn’t feel like a video game movie – it feels like cinema.”
Mark May 7, 2027 on your calendar in permanent ink. The Legend of Zelda live-action is no longer a dream. It’s real. And it’s spectacular.
Hyrule has never looked this beautiful – or this dangerous. See you in theaters. Bring tissues.
