
Nintendo’s Zelda movie has found its princess and hero of time
Charles Pulliam-Moore
created: July 16, 2025, 11:41 a.m. | updated: July 16, 2025, 3:45 p.m.
Though Nintendo’s live-action Legend of Zelda movie won’t be out until May 7th, 2027, we finally know who is going to be playing the titular princess and her faithful knight.
This morning via its news app, Nintendo announced that Bo Bragason (Renegade Nell, The Radleys) and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Pinocchio) have been cast as Princess Zelda and Link, respectively.
Aside from the fact that Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Wes Ball is directing the Zelda movie, we still don’t know all that much about the project.
But the Zelda feature is very much a part of Nintendo’s larger push into different kinds of entertainment like movies and theme parks.
A live-action Legend of Zelda could be another hit for Nintendo, but fans are probably going to need to see a bit of Hyrule before they’re ready to hop on the hype train.
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