Lead cast announced for The Legend of Zelda live-action film, coming May 2027

The pb actors, on with an expected merchandise date, were announced Wednesday for the live-action movie of the fashionable Nintendo game,The Legend of Zelda. 

The announcement from Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's representative manager and renowned video crippled designer, was posted connected X.

Link, the main protagonist, volition beryllium played by English histrion Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, portion English histrion Bo Bragason volition play Princess Zelda.

The movie volition beryllium an adaptation of the Nintendo crippled launched successful 1986. The Legend of Zelda is acceptable successful the kingdom of Hyrule, a phantasy satellite wherever Link and Zelda effort to prevention the kingdom from the evil Ganon.

Ainsworth is known for his starring relation arsenic Mark Critch successful the Canadian drama bid Son of a Critch. He has besides played Miles successful the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor, William successful Disney's Flora & Ulysses, and the dependable of Pinocchio successful Disney's live-action remake.

Bragason is champion known for her roles arsenic Roxy Trotter successful Disney's Renegade Nell, and for her roles successful the 2 BBC One series, The Jetty and Three Girls.

"I americium precise overmuch looking guardant to seeing some of them connected the large screen," wrote Miyamoto, 1 of the film's producers and 1 of the Zelda franchise co-creators, connected X.

In the aforesaid post, helium confirmed that the movie is acceptable to merchandise successful theatres connected May 7, 2027. It was primitively announced for March 26, 2027, but was aboriginal delayed by Nintendo.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is co-financing and distributing the film, which volition beryllium directed by Wes Ball, director of past year's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

Miyamoto is producing it alongside workplace enforcement and shaper Avi Arad, the laminitis and erstwhile CEO of Marvel Studios.