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Chris Pratt as Gannondorf, Tom Holland as Link, and Danny DeVito as Navi. It’ll be alright.
Danny DeVito as Navi
Samuel L. Jackson.
“Hey, listen, motherfucker!”
Make it pg13 and that’s a winner.
We need a scene where DeVito, as Navi, sings about the toll that trolls charge.
Directed by Michael Bay
So, the bomb bag is the first item, that Link gets
Jack Black as Ganon singing about his love for Zelda
Chris Pratt as fired. I do like Tom Holland as link though.
Danny DeVito has to be pig Ganon.
Danny DeVito as those moblins from Skyward Sword. SFX to 10 feet tall.
Danny DeVito as Link.
(I’ll show myself out.)
You come back right now and tell me more. I’m listening.
Uhhh… I’m not so certain that this is something that will go over well as a live action movie. ESPECIALLY if they plan on having Link appear in it. Link is a silent protagonist primarily because it allows the player to easily project themselves into the position of the character. Meaning that every individual fan has their own specific idea of how link “should be.” Any deviation from that and… Well we know how gamers can be. If you don’t put Link in it and focus on side characters in a plot that happens in the Legend of Zelda setting, you have a chance for something more successful as a spin-off. You’ll still have people on the side shouting “Why didn’t they put link in it?” But if the movie is written and produced well, then isn’t much of an issue.
But the Mario movie was a success so I’m not overly worried about it and I’m hopeful.
Only way I can see it working is in the princess bride style. That way we understand it’s the narrator telling the story and so the tone/voice not matching makes sense
narrator telling the story
Well it is the Legend of Zelda, so I could see that working really well
If the movie opens with a fairy declaring, “Hey! Listen!” I will laugh until I throw up.
Link doesn’t really have a character. He’s just a sword arm.
Does he actually say it that much in that series? My goodness.
They should just piss everyone off universally and give him like a Gilbert Gottfried voice.
lol could they really get away with making a Zelda movie without Link??
I guess I could see it. Like maybe it’s literally a “legend” of Zelda, where the hero is a figure of myth and the story actually centers around other characters many years later. Sorta like Wind Waker, I’m realizing as I’m writing this. Actually, using the Wind Waker trope of making the main character a reincarnation of Link might give them the wiggle room to create a Link with some unique personality.
nononononononononononononono
Why not a studio Ghibli collab ಠ︵ಠ
That would have been amazing to see.
“well, excuuuuuuuse me princess!”
I hope they go that route
I mentioned this in another thread about this: How Nintendo has characters in game refer to Link and how Link is portrayed in media outside the games, it seems very much like the personality of that cartoon version is the canon personality of Link.
Guys… Check the date. It’s Apri~ Oh wait. This is real? Ha ha ha! Let’s see what unfolds!
Huh, maybe I can get through that without falling asleep… like every Zelda game.
It is ok to fall asleep in 30-100h gaming sessions. I’m sure you can do a 90-120 minute movie.
Fingers crossed for Owen Wilson to be Link
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“Wow.”
This made me laugh out loud.
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Is… is Link going to be a voiced role?
I hope so. Another masterpiece like dragon ball evolution would be amazing
Give it to Justin chatwin again…
Hyrule Kingdom, here we go.
“It’s a me, Link.”
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“HYET HEH HYAAAA”
Chris Pratt, of course
Or they make it like Nicholas Cage’s character in the Willy’s Wonderland, who’s essentially just an invincible player character other characters react to
Hey, I didn’t know about that movie. They ripped off FNAF before the FNAF movie came out!
Waits patiently for windwaker reboot/re-release.
Crazy to think after 15 years this might not be a good April fools joke any longer
Arad productions has produced fine films such as venom and the uncharted movie. Along with the spider verse movies. What a range.
Also, Sony pictures is distributing the film, funnily enough, lol.
I had a hard enough time just clicking this link and remaining optimistic that this project wouldn’t be embarrassing and uh, this just killed that feeling. Toss it in the video game movie pile along with Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed…
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The director of the fucking Maze Runner movies?
Really?
who has produced many mega hit films.
Mega. Hit. Films. Who cares that he has a history of ignoring source material, angering fans, ruining IP? They’re mega hits.
I said the exact same thing when reading about Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes earlier today.
I don’t know the director, but it seems like he’s got a visual sense of what’s needed. Visually I think the first Maze Runner was well done (didn’t see 2 & 3) and looking at the trailer for Planet of the Apes I think it matches the films that came before it.
I am cautiously optimistic that he can take an idea and put it to screen.
This is going to a difficult film to put together, but I expect when it’s all done the director isn’t going to be the issue. The issue is going to be putting together a good story and having a good story to tell.
Mario games are all about whimsy and spectacle. Mario 1 has you jump incredible heights and throw fireballs. Mario 2 has you in a dream world with potions. Mario 3 has you travel between unique worlds. Mario World has dinosaurs and secret paths. I could go on, but you get the idea and the movie did an excellent job.
Hypothetically if we had a Metroid movie it would have to be about isolation. Not complete isolation, but isolation with a sense of being watched or followed, or being in over your head.
But, we’re talking about Zelda. What makes a Zelda game and in turn a movie a Zelda movie? I think it’s a sense of exploration. It’s an adventure. Think Star Wars, think Indiana Jones, that’s the kind of movie this needs to be.
What if they adapted Link’s Awakening? An established hero, lost at sea, slowly uncovering secrets of the island. That could work. I don’t think they should adapt that story but that’s the sort of story they need to tell. A fairy boy with a greater purpose. A boy who seeks out his missing father in a storm. A boy trying to rescue his kidnapped sister.
I think this could work, but it won’t be easy.
At first I confused Chris Ball and Uwe Boll. So when I realized that Chris Ball was the dude who did Maze Runner, rather than the dude responsible for almost every bad video game adaptation that’s ever been made, I felt a bit relieved. I’m just going to let that feeling carry me for a bit and hope for the best.
Not only that, but also the producer who forced Sam Raimi to include Venom in Spider-Man 3, and who is responsible for all those Sony/Marvel movies (including Morbius).
Isnt he just the producer for that and all the spider man movies including spiderverses?
😦
Spider-Man 3 is the best Spider-Man movie and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.
Maybe it’ll be so absurdly terrible that it comes all the way back around to incredible?
That’s so impossible to pull off intentionally. It either happens or it doesn’t.
Just like Morbius
