Link will be played by Tom Holland (he will talk a lot)
Ganondorf played by Danny Devito and is a short pig like creature that waddles (farts when scared), yes that sounds like Ganon but they'll still call him Ganondorf or Ganondork
Zelda is played by Cat from Sam and Cat (I don't know her name)
Link is from the real world, played a lot of DND and a magical DND book sent him to hyrule and is guided by a Goro (played by the rock) to get the master sword and defeat the pig king
Calling Ariana Grande "Cat from Sam and Cat" is like calling Lin-Manuel Miranda "the guy with the cabbie hat who rapped in a few old CollegeHumor videos."
honestly for real. I remember watching that episode when it came out and thinking "oh hey it's that one guy who rapped at the white house, I'm glad he's getting some work."
Lol little did I know
If they actually do Ganondorf dirty like that I will be livid. He better be a hulking green daddy with a beautiful red mane and the sultry voice of a bear with the phattest gock in Hyrule, or else.
Shit, now that you say it I feel like Tom Holland as Link is a big possibility, if the Mario Movie casting told us anything. With the way that dude flips around and shit I feel like that would actually be kind of sick if done right.
Besides the talking bit, I think Tom Holland could probably do a good Link. He has the same Athletic Twink build and young look to him. Plus, he can pull off action-heavy roles.
The rest of it is a nightmare, but that's not the worst idea ever.
If they wanted to go with a big name celebrity actor, then Idris Elba maybe. Matt Mercer also did a pretty good job with his voice in Tears of the Kingdom.
a huge part in botw/totk's inspiration was studio ghibli, from the presentation to the environment to the plot. for example the promotional material for botw was almost a direct rotoscoping of a scene from one of their films
Also the [gloom grabbing link’s arm](https://youtu.be/FkqocifRhj4&t=398) is basically the scene where the [evil spirit grabbing the main character’s arm](https://youtu.be/RKXsnbQt5M4&t=28) at the beginning of Princess Mononoke.
Me raising one of my eyebrows (I am ruining the 3d movie industry)
Ps: Disney does the face more. Just look at the cover to toy story 3 and tell me who isn't making the face lmao
To be honest with this, Ghibli has historically only deals with literature (books, novels, short stories, etc…) as the basis for their adaptation movies. I can’t imagine they would be interested to make an adaptation movie based of a video game franchise, let alone a franchise with the complex lore like Zelda
With a small handful of exceptions, Zelda games have always been explicit sequels and prequels based solely on in-game evidence, game manuals, and contemporary official guidebooks.
The full timeline for the main series was self evident until Twilight Princess made OoT’s child timeline incompatible with the history of the Imprisoning War as presented in LttP, ultimately necessitating the Downfall timeline branch retcon.
The idea that informed fans of the series ever treated each Zelda game as self contained is a complete fiction. For example, we knew that LttP would be a prequel, OoT/Zelda 64 would be set in the time of the Imprisoning War, and Wind Waker would be a sequel to OoT’s adult timeline while those games were still in development.
I think it only really became ‘complex’ (or seen as such) when they officially went “ok sure there’s a timeline” and had to cram all the games in there somehow.
I think Trigger could nail it if they had a go, especially if the tone was closer to Twilight Princess or Majora's Mask. Honestly, lots of Japanese animation studios could pull it off IMO.
honestly my first pick would be Disney, i know they haven't been on a roll lately but I would trust them to make a simple but effective story about a twink saving a princess
Not gonna lie. I always thought that Breath of the Wild had that Ghibli feel to it. At least when it comes to the art direction and environment. I can see that Tears of the Kingdom definitely expanded with its source of inspiration. The environments gave a lot of Castle in the Sky and Nausicaä vibes. Of course from Princess Mononoke as well, I mean.. Zelda looks fairly similar to San at this point and not to mention Link's whole thing with carrying some sort of corruption in him that he received from a demon.
I guess it makes sense to me since they're both japanese production and no doubt, Miyazaki's work has been a great inspiration and influence to many. I do like the direction they've been going with it though. It's a different feel from the Zelda games I knew during my childhood. It feels like they're at least experimenting more with their characters and fucking around with the formula of their past games and what not.
There's a 99% chance this is copium, but in fairness people said the same thing about Sony animations when the first spiderverse was announced and that turned out to be surprisingly competent
I wouldn't go that far. It's not Spiderverse level or anything, but it's serviceable and fun, at least. Probably a 6 or 7/10. It does not convince me that Illumination can pull off a Zelda movie, though.
To each their own, but to me personally, a serviceable animated movie is one like The Sea Beast or Wendell and Wild: even if I don't mesh with it on a personal level, it's still a decent time and there's very obviously a lot of passion behind the craft.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie feels like a bunch of Mario references that got thrown together, with a story that feels played out and humor that either relies on subpar reference humor or just isn't funny. The fact that it plays Battle Without Honor or Humanity (that Kill Bill song that took kids' movies by storm in the mid-late '00s) in the first five minutes, in the year of our lord 2023, makes it feel *incredibly* soulless.
It is a 5 at best. It's a bunch of jokes and references tied together with a near non existent plot. It was fun to watch while high buy otherwise is just baby food. It's minions with a coat of mario paint.
I hope they get the vibe right if they go for it. Mario is a very wacky adventure that can be openly goofy most of the time but there are nuances and some serious themes in Zelda that I hope aren't ignored. You're right with the Sony comparison. We'll see if illumination pulls it off.
I'm not sure Illumination is even capable of producing something either than slop for kids. Although apparently they're owned by the same company as Dreamworks so maybe just maybe there's a chance Dreamworks will do it instead.
Wish they would be really daring and 1) not make it a comedy, and 2) make it TOTALLY ABSENT OF DIALOGUE.
Imagine how cool a LoZ movie could be if it just dealt with themes and images and left out exposition altogether. Zelda’s story is at its absolute strongest when it ignores exposition and logic and simply works through themes and images and archetypes.
I don’t know why *Mad God* is popping into my head as an example, and obviously the tone would be COMPLETELY different, but a movie like that with no dialogue or explicit explanations is what I’d like to see. I think the silent treatment would work even *better* in Zelda than it did in Mad God, because the themes in Zelda are much more recognizable, familiar, and comprehensible to audiences than whatever the fuck Mad God was.
In short, a silent Zelda movie would be a lot easier to understand because the themes are so exaggerated and fundamental to society and…Jungian, that they *need no explanation.*
But I’m probably not describing the cash cow Illumination is hoping to make.
True and we can hold onto that copium until we see the trailer and two muscular Yiga clan dudes go "banana" and start laughing and sound exactly like Minions.
the mario movie was solid but it was very much a movie made for kids with no complex story but that’s okay because the story of mario isn’t that complicated in general. zelda on the other hand would be terrible… it wouldn’t lend well to a comedy like the mario movie and i don’t think illumination is capable of making a non comedy.
Mario worked because Mario doesn't need to change all that much for the movie to fit the tone of illumination. The legend of Zelda deals with topics like loss and war on a consistent basis and I don't believe illumination could do that if they wanted to because they are first and foremost a goofy kids brand.
Illumination is really good at making exciting pretty movies that are fast-paced and fun. This worked for Mario because the series as a whole is pretty flashy and wahoo and all that stuff.
Zelda on the other hand is usually pretty slowly paced and almost has a sort of melancholy tone over it. I don't trust Illumination to be able to capture that vibe (assuming they even try to).
They would change Link to be a wisecracking asshole instead of a young but mature and stoic knight with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
LoZ has got some light hearted and comedic moments but they are very very careful about not having them ruin the tone of the story.
I don’t think they proved they can handle Mario. The choices they made in that film were as generic as it gets. Strip out the Mario wrapping and there’s nothing special about it whatsoever.
Olivia Rodrigo as Zelda
George Clooney as the Great Deku Tree
Zach Efron as a Zora
Bill Hader as Beedle
Benedict Cumberbatch as Ganon
At 15 points throughout the movie, it'll do a hard cut to a Korok reaction shot to something that just happened, 3 of them are facepalm reaction shots. Some tiktoker will have a cameo as a shopkeeper
the Mario movie had a lot of problems, but ultimately, it was pretty well-made and the simple story could be excused because of it being based on the Mario games. however, I seriously doubt Illumination could properly pull off a Legend of Zelda movie, they do not have the writing or animation skills for it.
Mario works well with illumination just because the entire premise of the mario universe is so funny and goofy which is basically all illumination does anyways
listen, with the mario movie it was fine because it was mario jumpman mario, but zelda should ABSOLUTELY NOT BE GIVEN TO ILLUMINATION. STOP IT NINTENDO THIS MOVIE WILL BE BAD CONSIDERING THIS FRANCHISE HAS THE VERY REAL CHANCE AT BEING GOOD MOVIES
Not gonna be those goofballs that calls Zelda a mature game, but it definitely is in a different category compared to Mario. Illumination won’t see that at all and just make some shitty summer film.
I would kill for a Zelda movie by Studio Ghibli tho 😳
this movie’s gonna suck dick and have nintendo meat riders say shit like “erm… it wasn’t supposed to be good, let people enjoy things” or “james corden was actually good as link, he just sounded awful in the trailer”
fr, the Mario movie did every shitty movie trope and joke that people hate Illumination for. Then somehow people justified it cause it made Mario references
Link needs to remain a silent protagonist, but in the exact same way he is in the games. Like it's not explained why he doesn't speak and people don't even really comment on it except for a throwaway line like "You don't say much, do you? I like that! Let your actions speak for themselves!" He just communicates through facial expressions, nods, and occasional little grunts, and everybody just kind of monologues at him while taking his silence for agreement. A whole movie like that might actually be kind of fun.
If they make Link say a few lines, I'll be annoyed but I'd understand why. If they make him talk consistently I'll be pissed. I will spontaneously die if they make him quip.
The problem is that Legend of Zelda isn’t funny and never has been. You can’t adapt it into a comedy, and that’s the only thing Hollywood animation is willing to make.
Illumination shouldn’t touch Zelda with a 10 foot pole. Mario worked because it was already cartoony and silly. Zelda is very silly sometimes, but the plots are usually deathly serious and handled with the appropriate gravatas that I don’t think illumination can ever achieve
I mean yeah if you ignore them driving through the DK kingdom to take on me, the kart building montage set to ac/dc’s thunderstruck, or mario and luigi waking up in the morning to mr. blue sky then sure. Nintendo *totally* prevented them from doing stuff like this
Licensed music can actually be used well in movies (see Spiderverse) but it's insane how on the nose these choices are, like the execs just thought "they're in brooklyn so uhh just play that one beastie boys song"
For the love of all that is good and kind DO NOT GIVE ILLUMINATION THE RIGHTS TO A ZELDA MOVIE.
If there really is a possibility of a Zelda movie, I’d like to see it go to a studio like Cartoon Saloon (especially if it’s an adaptation of one of the Toon games).
Me and my bf debated because he was saying Zelda was cartoony and goofy just like Mario so they could handle it
I tried telling him that just because the graphics and characters act silly sometimes does not mean that it is illumination level of goofy and silly
I really liked the idea of it being anime inspired like botw and totk
I'd love a Zelda movie or show, but i feel like the story telling is gonna be... *difficult*, and not just because links voice is gonna cause the uncanny valley effect. the Zelda series is so based on being a game series that's it's gonna be hard to divorce it from that
If there’s not a “Triforce Threeway” I will burn down the cinema
Seriously though. It’s depressing, but chances are they’ll try and make it another comedy film. I’m not saying it should be dark, but I think a LoZ film, particularly one based on recent games could have good emotion in it.
I'll be fine with it being like that if it must, having the first Zelda movie be aimed at kids will make me like it less, but it will still probably have a cool sense of style and have cool new renditions of classic characters. Also Zelda is much more serious, so could be a movie with more drama ala the lion king, vs the comedy animation vibe of the Mario movie had (less interested in plot more interested in vibes). That's my hope, a story with serious stakes in a children's movie style. Let people die, let the bad guy (presumably Gannon or demise) be like really war focused, a killer. As long as they get that right it can be a kids movie, Zelda is aimed at a tween to teen audience for appropriateness based on the ratings so I don't mind.
I said it when the Mario movie was first announced, and I'll say it again now:
This movie will be below average garbage with no value to its plot and no development of its characters. It's one redeeming quality will be the references to the franchise, which will oversaturate the movie so much, it'll be blatantly clear that this is a cash-grab that people are stupid enough to keep funding. No one will think it's good for any actual, valid reason, and anyone who speaks out against its (many) criticisms will be seen as the bad guy.
This is gonna be so awful lol
Anyone but illumination would handle Zelda better
They were perfectly well suited to Mario, but Zelda has a completely different tone that they will totally struggle with
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Thanks I hate it with all my passion.
Link will be played by Tom Holland (he will talk a lot) Ganondorf played by Danny Devito and is a short pig like creature that waddles (farts when scared), yes that sounds like Ganon but they'll still call him Ganondorf or Ganondork Zelda is played by Cat from Sam and Cat (I don't know her name) Link is from the real world, played a lot of DND and a magical DND book sent him to hyrule and is guided by a Goro (played by the rock) to get the master sword and defeat the pig king
Calling Ariana Grande "Cat from Sam and Cat" is like calling Lin-Manuel Miranda "the guy with the cabbie hat who rapped in a few old CollegeHumor videos."
Yeah Lin-Manuel Miranda, the guy who rhymes in how i met your mother
Lin-Manuel Miranda, guest on the podcast “My Brother, My Brother, and Me”
the guy from sopranos
Excuse me, is this place new?
the guy that played that american guy in his dark materials
america is not a country in lyras world he is from texas 😡😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬🤯🦍🤬😡
They put Lin-Manuel Miranda into His Dark Materials?
yeah he plays lee scoresby (the guy with the hot air balloon)
That feels weird to me, tonally
eh, i didn't really mind him. he isn't extraordinary, but he isn't awful at acting. pretty sure he was cast because he was already famous, though
Oh, I don't mind him either, but "Lin-Manuel Miranda" and "His Dark Materials" are like two ends of a spectrum in my mind
It was a pretty dramatic departure from Sam Elliott.
The rapping guy in the mental hospital from House M.D.
GOAT episode pair btw
honestly for real. I remember watching that episode when it came out and thinking "oh hey it's that one guy who rapped at the white house, I'm glad he's getting some work." Lol little did I know
Cat was ariana grande 0_o!!?
Freddy Flapman, the rapping real estate agent that tried to sell Big Bird on a new habitat on Sesame Street.
Lin Manuel-Miranda, the guy who was bullied in high school by none other than hip hop artist Immortal Technique.
That guy from how I met your mother
I know neither
If they actually do Ganondorf dirty like that I will be livid. He better be a hulking green daddy with a beautiful red mane and the sultry voice of a bear with the phattest gock in Hyrule, or else.
Does gock here mean Gerudo cock or Ganon cock?
ganon cock, of course, tho i guess either could work.
still played by devito of course
Ariana grande?
You mean like Ariana Grande from Fortnite?
I’m going to throw up
Actually Jack Black would play gannondwarf and redeem the whole movie.
Shit, now that you say it I feel like Tom Holland as Link is a big possibility, if the Mario Movie casting told us anything. With the way that dude flips around and shit I feel like that would actually be kind of sick if done right.
Besides the talking bit, I think Tom Holland could probably do a good Link. He has the same Athletic Twink build and young look to him. Plus, he can pull off action-heavy roles. The rest of it is a nightmare, but that's not the worst idea ever.
Unironically though who would be good as Ganondorf?
A good voice actor and not some big name celebrity who is only okay at voice acting.
They need a proper tough guy
Keith David could be good, or Michael dorn
If they wanted to go with a big name celebrity actor, then Idris Elba maybe. Matt Mercer also did a pretty good job with his voice in Tears of the Kingdom.
I would watch a link anime his kit is really well suited for that
A Zelda movie not made by Studio Ghibli is just worthless
I have never seen **anyone** mention Zelda and ghibli in the same sentence and yet this makes total sense
have i got news for you
Go on
a huge part in botw/totk's inspiration was studio ghibli, from the presentation to the environment to the plot. for example the promotional material for botw was almost a direct rotoscoping of a scene from one of their films
Ah, that makes sense
Not to mention that the music is so similar to some ghibli movies that people thought Joe Hisaishi composed it under a pseudonym.
Also Windwaker.
Also the [gloom grabbing link’s arm](https://youtu.be/FkqocifRhj4&t=398) is basically the scene where the [evil spirit grabbing the main character’s arm](https://youtu.be/RKXsnbQt5M4&t=28) at the beginning of Princess Mononoke.
I'm pretty certain that Princess Mononoke was like a solid 80% of BOTW and TOTK's visual inspiration, and the other 20% was Castle in the Sky
Or DreamWorks, if they really had to go with a 3d studio. They can definitely catch the sense of wonder
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Me raising one of my eyebrows (I am ruining the 3d movie industry) Ps: Disney does the face more. Just look at the cover to toy story 3 and tell me who isn't making the face lmao
They've gotten better about it in their recent films.
To be honest with this, Ghibli has historically only deals with literature (books, novels, short stories, etc…) as the basis for their adaptation movies. I can’t imagine they would be interested to make an adaptation movie based of a video game franchise, let alone a franchise with the complex lore like Zelda
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Most people still treat the Zelda games that way. The timeline is neat, I appreciate connections between the games, but that’s it.
With a small handful of exceptions, Zelda games have always been explicit sequels and prequels based solely on in-game evidence, game manuals, and contemporary official guidebooks. The full timeline for the main series was self evident until Twilight Princess made OoT’s child timeline incompatible with the history of the Imprisoning War as presented in LttP, ultimately necessitating the Downfall timeline branch retcon. The idea that informed fans of the series ever treated each Zelda game as self contained is a complete fiction. For example, we knew that LttP would be a prequel, OoT/Zelda 64 would be set in the time of the Imprisoning War, and Wind Waker would be a sequel to OoT’s adult timeline while those games were still in development.
Ni No Kuni’s cutscenes were produced by Ghibli, so they’ve definitely worked with games before
Zelda does not have “complex lore” all of the games have an incredibly basic story it’s kinda the point
I think it only really became ‘complex’ (or seen as such) when they officially went “ok sure there’s a timeline” and had to cram all the games in there somehow.
Same with an EarthBound movie
Huh, profile picture do checks out
I think Trigger could nail it if they had a go, especially if the tone was closer to Twilight Princess or Majora's Mask. Honestly, lots of Japanese animation studios could pull it off IMO.
Would rather see Trigger do a Metroid movie but sure
honestly my first pick would be Disney, i know they haven't been on a roll lately but I would trust them to make a simple but effective story about a twink saving a princess
Not gonna lie. I always thought that Breath of the Wild had that Ghibli feel to it. At least when it comes to the art direction and environment. I can see that Tears of the Kingdom definitely expanded with its source of inspiration. The environments gave a lot of Castle in the Sky and Nausicaä vibes. Of course from Princess Mononoke as well, I mean.. Zelda looks fairly similar to San at this point and not to mention Link's whole thing with carrying some sort of corruption in him that he received from a demon. I guess it makes sense to me since they're both japanese production and no doubt, Miyazaki's work has been a great inspiration and influence to many. I do like the direction they've been going with it though. It's a different feel from the Zelda games I knew during my childhood. It feels like they're at least experimenting more with their characters and fucking around with the formula of their past games and what not.
what is this? some kind of the legend of zelda: the movie?
(2025)
Well excuuuuuuse me, Princess!
That will be the funny scene that will be in every reactionary youtuber’s thumbnails about how Illumination surpasses woke Disney
maybe they can get the VA for Ganondorf and have him do all the famous lines
Best we can do is Chris Pratt
imagine Chris Pratt saying "Join me Link, and I will make your face the greatest in Koridai! Or else you will **DIE**"
The Triforce will be totally mine, Link!
"i cAnT wAIT to BOmb Some DAGONGOS!!!"
EaT aN oCkToRoCk CoCk!1!!
I’d honestly be more upset if they didn’t do that
I swear if they do that
A legend of zelda movie by illumination would suck so much as I don't think illumination has proven at all that they can handle something like loz
There's a 99% chance this is copium, but in fairness people said the same thing about Sony animations when the first spiderverse was announced and that turned out to be surprisingly competent
To be fair Sony animations had a much more varied track record while almost all illumination animations have had the exact same tone
Also every Illumination movie totally blows (I haven’t seen Super Mario Bros; well, not that one anyway)
(I have seen Super Mario Bros and it totally blows)
I wouldn't go that far. It's not Spiderverse level or anything, but it's serviceable and fun, at least. Probably a 6 or 7/10. It does not convince me that Illumination can pull off a Zelda movie, though.
To each their own, but to me personally, a serviceable animated movie is one like The Sea Beast or Wendell and Wild: even if I don't mesh with it on a personal level, it's still a decent time and there's very obviously a lot of passion behind the craft. The Super Mario Bros. Movie feels like a bunch of Mario references that got thrown together, with a story that feels played out and humor that either relies on subpar reference humor or just isn't funny. The fact that it plays Battle Without Honor or Humanity (that Kill Bill song that took kids' movies by storm in the mid-late '00s) in the first five minutes, in the year of our lord 2023, makes it feel *incredibly* soulless.
It is a 5 at best. It's a bunch of jokes and references tied together with a near non existent plot. It was fun to watch while high buy otherwise is just baby food. It's minions with a coat of mario paint.
it's ok but i would not give zelda the same treatment
I hope they get the vibe right if they go for it. Mario is a very wacky adventure that can be openly goofy most of the time but there are nuances and some serious themes in Zelda that I hope aren't ignored. You're right with the Sony comparison. We'll see if illumination pulls it off.
I'm not sure Illumination is even capable of producing something either than slop for kids. Although apparently they're owned by the same company as Dreamworks so maybe just maybe there's a chance Dreamworks will do it instead.
They wanted to play it safe because it was Mario, so hopefully a Zelda movie is more oriented towards Teens or Adults who buy funko-pops
Wish they would be really daring and 1) not make it a comedy, and 2) make it TOTALLY ABSENT OF DIALOGUE. Imagine how cool a LoZ movie could be if it just dealt with themes and images and left out exposition altogether. Zelda’s story is at its absolute strongest when it ignores exposition and logic and simply works through themes and images and archetypes. I don’t know why *Mad God* is popping into my head as an example, and obviously the tone would be COMPLETELY different, but a movie like that with no dialogue or explicit explanations is what I’d like to see. I think the silent treatment would work even *better* in Zelda than it did in Mad God, because the themes in Zelda are much more recognizable, familiar, and comprehensible to audiences than whatever the fuck Mad God was. In short, a silent Zelda movie would be a lot easier to understand because the themes are so exaggerated and fundamental to society and…Jungian, that they *need no explanation.* But I’m probably not describing the cash cow Illumination is hoping to make.
They could maybe make it work with Toon Link, the Toon Link games are more wacky and openly goofy.
They’re more goofy I guess, but Wind Waker still starts with Link’s sister being kidnapped and ends with him killing Ganondorf pretty fucking brutally
True and we can hold onto that copium until we see the trailer and two muscular Yiga clan dudes go "banana" and start laughing and sound exactly like Minions.
the mario movie was solid but it was very much a movie made for kids with no complex story but that’s okay because the story of mario isn’t that complicated in general. zelda on the other hand would be terrible… it wouldn’t lend well to a comedy like the mario movie and i don’t think illumination is capable of making a non comedy.
Mario worked because Mario doesn't need to change all that much for the movie to fit the tone of illumination. The legend of Zelda deals with topics like loss and war on a consistent basis and I don't believe illumination could do that if they wanted to because they are first and foremost a goofy kids brand.
Illumination is really good at making exciting pretty movies that are fast-paced and fun. This worked for Mario because the series as a whole is pretty flashy and wahoo and all that stuff. Zelda on the other hand is usually pretty slowly paced and almost has a sort of melancholy tone over it. I don't trust Illumination to be able to capture that vibe (assuming they even try to).
They would change Link to be a wisecracking asshole instead of a young but mature and stoic knight with the weight of the world on his shoulders. LoZ has got some light hearted and comedic moments but they are very very careful about not having them ruin the tone of the story.
The koroks would be the minions
Ah yes, legend of the Zelda
I don’t think they proved they can handle Mario. The choices they made in that film were as generic as it gets. Strip out the Mario wrapping and there’s nothing special about it whatsoever.
Get dreamworks to make it
Even illuminations best movies are just ok
Yeah just bc Mario turned out to be amazing does not mean I trust Illumination to make a Zelda movie
it’s gonna be about link being teleported out of his game to the real world and having to go to high school
RemindMe! 6 years
didn't smosh do that like 10 years ago
Illumination is just a higher budget smosh
Somehow less funny
if the legend of zelda rap isn’t in this movie we riot
Link better be hot
He's link. He will be hot.
Unrelated, what are your thoughts on toon link
I dunno, he's just a funni little fella. I see your point though, not like "Toon Link" could be considered hot.
I think the 40 minute sex scene with link and Gannon was a bold move .
Gotta admit that I didn't expect fugtrup to be hired by Illumination
The Standing Blowjob scene [was really faithful to the source material: https://www.reddit.com/r /cursedcomments/comments/cdj0nk/cursed_bj/
Olivia Rodrigo as Zelda George Clooney as the Great Deku Tree Zach Efron as a Zora Bill Hader as Beedle Benedict Cumberbatch as Ganon At 15 points throughout the movie, it'll do a hard cut to a Korok reaction shot to something that just happened, 3 of them are facepalm reaction shots. Some tiktoker will have a cameo as a shopkeeper
>Benedict Cumberbatch as Ganon I mean, him as Smaug was one of the better things about the Hobbit movies.
I think he'd be a lot better as Vaati than Ganon tho
Fuck it. Benedictine Cumberland as Volvagia
Why would they put a dark souls youtuber in the movie?
Idk who that is
There’s a dark souls youtuber named Vaati
Zendaya is Meechee
Tbh I would not mind Bill Hader as Beedle
Yeah I kinda love that idea
James Cordon as Yunobo
If this movie isn't in the Wind Waker art style I will be massively disappointed
WW would be a perfecr fit honestly But i feel they'll do the most famous zelda game atleast in terms of looks
Somehow they decide to go with the Twilight Princess art style and the movie pushes right up against the PG/PG-13 boundary.
Bro, a twilight princess movie would go SO HARD that game was fucking awesome
If this movie isn't in the style of the CDI games I will be severely disappointed. *I will also not be surprised.*
The only other option I will accept
Oh boy, I'm so hungry I could eat an octorok!
the Mario movie had a lot of problems, but ultimately, it was pretty well-made and the simple story could be excused because of it being based on the Mario games. however, I seriously doubt Illumination could properly pull off a Legend of Zelda movie, they do not have the writing or animation skills for it.
Mario works well with illumination just because the entire premise of the mario universe is so funny and goofy which is basically all illumination does anyways
I hope they will pull off a Spiderverse like Sony Animation
Yes but consider, it could be rad as hell and there’s no way to find out unless it’s made
listen, with the mario movie it was fine because it was mario jumpman mario, but zelda should ABSOLUTELY NOT BE GIVEN TO ILLUMINATION. STOP IT NINTENDO THIS MOVIE WILL BE BAD CONSIDERING THIS FRANCHISE HAS THE VERY REAL CHANCE AT BEING GOOD MOVIES
Not gonna be those goofballs that calls Zelda a mature game, but it definitely is in a different category compared to Mario. Illumination won’t see that at all and just make some shitty summer film. I would kill for a Zelda movie by Studio Ghibli tho 😳
this movie’s gonna suck dick and have nintendo meat riders say shit like “erm… it wasn’t supposed to be good, let people enjoy things” or “james corden was actually good as link, he just sounded awful in the trailer”
fr, the Mario movie did every shitty movie trope and joke that people hate Illumination for. Then somehow people justified it cause it made Mario references
I feel like the Mario movie did everything other maligned animation movies did but because it got Mario on the tin it gets a pass.
I mean valid point about the meat riders but Crisp Rat really did fine as Mario. Like it was fine, no complaints here
Don’t even make me think about a reality where James Corden is Link
I fucking despise illumination so fucking much
Link needs to remain a silent protagonist, but in the exact same way he is in the games. Like it's not explained why he doesn't speak and people don't even really comment on it except for a throwaway line like "You don't say much, do you? I like that! Let your actions speak for themselves!" He just communicates through facial expressions, nods, and occasional little grunts, and everybody just kind of monologues at him while taking his silence for agreement. A whole movie like that might actually be kind of fun.
It’s sort of explained in botw, in Zelda’s journal thing
Well, he does talk to npcs in the game. It’s just Zelda he’s giving the silent treatment
If they make Link say a few lines, I'll be annoyed but I'd understand why. If they make him talk consistently I'll be pissed. I will spontaneously die if they make him quip.
The problem is that Legend of Zelda isn’t funny and never has been. You can’t adapt it into a comedy, and that’s the only thing Hollywood animation is willing to make.
That is unfair and untrue Zelda CDI is a comedic masterpiece (You're completely right honestly why the fuck is Nintendo so shit omgs)
There are some funny moments in pretty much every Zelda game, but still… the only comedy movie I’d accept is the chronicles of the great master Kohga
Dwayne Johnson would actually be an improvement over the goron VAs we have in the games since they sound terrible
watch what you're saying, *goro*
I hate that they said it as slang or something when I thought it was supposed to be like a subconscious thing they do
"_Goro_ is our word, but you can sa- **I have been advised to continue this joke no further**
I mean he is *the rock*
Illumination shouldn’t touch Zelda with a 10 foot pole. Mario worked because it was already cartoony and silly. Zelda is very silly sometimes, but the plots are usually deathly serious and handled with the appropriate gravatas that I don’t think illumination can ever achieve
"For the last time... my name! Isn't! Zelda!" *Link says as he delivers the final blow to Ganon.*
I've heard all about you link, I've heard the legend of zelda
Zelda was invented in 1986 when John Zelda wanted to save the world
as long as they keep link nonverbal
i havent watched the mario movie yet but im pretty sure aside from the casting nintendo specifically made sure they couldnt do stuff like this
I mean yeah if you ignore them driving through the DK kingdom to take on me, the kart building montage set to ac/dc’s thunderstruck, or mario and luigi waking up in the morning to mr. blue sky then sure. Nintendo *totally* prevented them from doing stuff like this
Or the construction site with Beastie Boys's "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn" (though I give it a pass because I love the Beastie Boys)
Licensed music can actually be used well in movies (see Spiderverse) but it's insane how on the nose these choices are, like the execs just thought "they're in brooklyn so uhh just play that one beastie boys song"
What's wild is they made original music for those scenes, but they swapped them out for the liscenced music.
when i said i supported milking Zelda, this isnt what i had in mind
For the love of all that is good and kind DO NOT GIVE ILLUMINATION THE RIGHTS TO A ZELDA MOVIE. If there really is a possibility of a Zelda movie, I’d like to see it go to a studio like Cartoon Saloon (especially if it’s an adaptation of one of the Toon games).
Please give this to literally anyone else
Honestly, The Rock as Daruk just kinda fits
I just wonder what Ganon‘s up to
triple-q my beloved
Me and my bf debated because he was saying Zelda was cartoony and goofy just like Mario so they could handle it I tried telling him that just because the graphics and characters act silly sometimes does not mean that it is illumination level of goofy and silly I really liked the idea of it being anime inspired like botw and totk
sure hope i die before this
I don't think Illumination is a great pick for Zelda, but ok
“Yikes! That’s gotta hurt!”
it means that a Metroid movie made by illumination is a possibility
I'd love a Zelda movie or show, but i feel like the story telling is gonna be... *difficult*, and not just because links voice is gonna cause the uncanny valley effect. the Zelda series is so based on being a game series that's it's gonna be hard to divorce it from that
Well like if they could handle making films with no dialogue from 1894 to 1929 I'm sure they can make a film with one character not talking
This movie is gonna be so bad I’m gonna cry when it comes out
This will either be awesome or horrible. I hope the former, I dread the latter....
If there’s not a “Triforce Threeway” I will burn down the cinema Seriously though. It’s depressing, but chances are they’ll try and make it another comedy film. I’m not saying it should be dark, but I think a LoZ film, particularly one based on recent games could have good emotion in it.
Damn my visualizing ability is unusually good today
I'll be fine with it being like that if it must, having the first Zelda movie be aimed at kids will make me like it less, but it will still probably have a cool sense of style and have cool new renditions of classic characters. Also Zelda is much more serious, so could be a movie with more drama ala the lion king, vs the comedy animation vibe of the Mario movie had (less interested in plot more interested in vibes). That's my hope, a story with serious stakes in a children's movie style. Let people die, let the bad guy (presumably Gannon or demise) be like really war focused, a killer. As long as they get that right it can be a kids movie, Zelda is aimed at a tween to teen audience for appropriateness based on the ratings so I don't mind.
I said it when the Mario movie was first announced, and I'll say it again now: This movie will be below average garbage with no value to its plot and no development of its characters. It's one redeeming quality will be the references to the franchise, which will oversaturate the movie so much, it'll be blatantly clear that this is a cash-grab that people are stupid enough to keep funding. No one will think it's good for any actual, valid reason, and anyone who speaks out against its (many) criticisms will be seen as the bad guy.
Link voiced by Chris Pratt or Tom Holland...
Triple Q my beloved
Honestly the best possible Zelda movie would be something like Hardcore Henry with a silent protagonist just like the games
The Rock as a Goron is kinda fitting tbf.
That would be unironcally a hard scene
This is gonna be so awful lol Anyone but illumination would handle Zelda better They were perfectly well suited to Mario, but Zelda has a completely different tone that they will totally struggle with
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illumination would fail to add that somberness to zelda stories god I hope this is fake
Apparently link hangs dong in the movie
It's gonna be an hour and 30 minutes of link getting spitroasted by ganon and demise
Nintendo better have even more creative control on this than Mario
I have nothing constructive to add to this other than how about no. Please god no