The Legend of Zelda Live-Action Film Delayed to May 7, 2027 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 June 2025 / 3,570 Views
Nintendo announced the live-action The Legend of Zelda film has been delayed from March 26, 2027 to May 7, 2027.
"For production reasons, we are changing the release date of the live-action film of The Legend of Zelda to May 7, 2027," said Shigeru Miyamoto. "It will be some weeks later than the release timing we originally announced, and we will take the extra time to make the film as good as it can be. Thank you for your patience."
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My guess is that they’re planning to drop a new mainline Zelda and the movie according to a specific schedule? Makes no sense o/w delaying a movie two months when we’re two years away from its release lol
Might be they have a set timeframe for postproduction and some of the actors the really want will first be available 2 months after their planned filming start date.
It would have to another 2D Zelda or 3D remake, right?
I'm deeply skeptical they can get a new 3D game out by 2027. I feel like it would have to reuse more assets than Tears of the Kingdom did and would essentially make the Wild/Tears duology into a trilogy.
yes agreed, most likely adjusting the timeline to line up with when they think they'll be releasing a Zelda game. I extremely doubt it's a new Zelda, consider TotK took like 6+ years to make despite reusing a lot including most of the world from BotW, so I doubt a new Zelda game with a higher next gen level of graphics is coming before 2029 or 2030, and even a 2029/2030 timeline would mean they are either vastly increasing the size of the zelda team or they are doing much simpler mechanics than TotK had and probably a smaller world too. But I guess there is a OoT remake rumor, so maybe it'll be that.
i hope you are correct, or a remake of OOT, just dont see another mainline coming that quickly
What can I say? It was a secret to everyone in Hollywood...
May is my birthday month what a great present Nintendo! Anyway they should take their time to make sure its good
That's my birthday month too!! ^^
Considering how the fourth Sonic the Hedgehog movie was one week ahead of the original date plus it competing with Godzilla X Kong: Supernova. Yeah, definitely for the best.
That was the date for Avengers, Disney always picks the beginning of May..
They saw the opportunity and made sure that Disney wouldn't take the date again..
Usually not a good sign? Hope it goes well regardless.
Would have thought a six week delay for a film this far out is normal, but we wouldn’t usually hear about it as it would be a non-story for most films.
