'Legend of Zelda' Nintendo Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Nintendo has offered fans their first glimpse of The Legend of Zelda's leap into live action. Images released Monday on the Nintendo Today app showcase young actors Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as the magical Princess Zelda and the green-clad swordsman Link, respectively, in Sony and Nintendo's upcoming big-screen adaptation. The stills show the pair standing in a sun-drenched meadow, Zelda gripping her signature bow and arrow while both wear faithful recreations of the characters' classic Hylian costumes - complete with pointed ears. Wes Ball, the filmmaker behind Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and The Maze Runner trilogy, directs the long-awaited adaptation, which is set to hit theaters on May 7, 2027. Related Stories Business Disney+ and CJ ENM's TVING Launch Landmark Streaming Partnership in Korea Business Disney+ Scores Multiyear Deal to Stream NBA Games in the Basketball-Mad Philippines Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto, who is producing the film, revealed the casting earlier this year, writing, "I am pleased to announce that for the live-action film of 'The Legend of Zelda,' Zelda will be played by Bo Bragason-san, and Link by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san. I am very much looking forward to seeing both of them on the big screen." British actress Bragason is best known for her roles in BBC One's Three Girls and The Jetty, as well as Disney+'s Renegade Nell. She also starred in Euros Lyn's vampire comedy The Radleys. Ainsworth, also English, voiced the title role in Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio and played Miles in Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor. He currently stars in the Canadian comedy Son of a Critch and appeared in The Sandman on Netflix. For longtime fans, the first-look images should offer some reassurance that Nintendo and Sony's adaptation is embracing the fantasy-adventure tone that made the game series one of the best-selling in history. If Zelda's big-screen debut matches the high bar set by 2023's billion-dollar Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo's nascent cinematic universe could be poised for a new era of Hyrulean glory. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 'Versalles' Director Andrés Clariond on His Film About "Autocrats and Crazy Leaders" The Substance 'Veins' Director on David Cronenberg and Not Liking Body Horror as a Viewer: "But It's Fun to Do" Sophie Turner Kit Harington on "Weird" Experience Being Sophie Turner's Love Interest in 'The Dreadful' After Playing 'Game of Thrones' Siblings Obituaries Dawn Little Sky, Actress and Disney Artist, Dies at 95 Documentaries 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Review: Doc Tenderly Traces Poet Andrea Gibson's Final Year of Life and Love Working Title Films Box Office: Daisy Edgar-Jones' 'Sense and Sensibility' Lands September 2026 Release Date Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 'Versalles' Director Andrés Clariond on His Film About "Autocrats and Crazy Leaders" The Substance 'Veins' Director on David Cronenberg and Not Liking Body Horror as a Viewer: "But It's Fun to Do" Sophie Turner Kit Harington on "Weird" Experience Being Sophie Turner's Love Interest in 'The Dreadful' After Playing 'Game of Thrones' Siblings Obituaries Dawn Little Sky, Actress and Disney Artist, Dies at 95 Documentaries 'Come See Me in the Good Light' Review: Doc Tenderly Traces Poet Andrea Gibson's Final Year of Life and Love Working Title Films Box Office: Daisy Edgar-Jones' 'Sense and Sensibility' Lands September 2026 Release Date