Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda movie gets 2027 release date

The live-action The Legend of Zelda movie will be released worldwide on March 26, 2027, Nintendo announced Friday. Nintendo revealed the film’s release date through its new smart-device app, Nintendo Today, not through more traditional social media channels like Instagram, YouTube, or X (formerly known as Twitter).

Nintendo’s Zelda movie was announced in 2023. Nintendo is partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment for the project, with The Legend of Zelda co-creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Hollywood veteran Avi Arad producing. Miyamoto said in 2023 that he’d been working on the movie for “many years now.”

Wes Ball, director of the Maze Runner film trilogy and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, will helm the live-action adaptation of the fantasy franchise. Ball told Polygon last year that he wants his take on The Legend of Zelda to be more “grounded” and “real,” and not based on fully motion-captured computer graphics.

Nintendo has another movie coming next year: a new animated film set in the world of Super Mario Bros. For the follow-up to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Shigeru Miyamoto hinted that “We’re thinking about broadening Mario’s world further, and it’ll have a bright and fun story.” The new Super Mario movie is coming to theaters April 3, 2026.

Nintendo’s choice to eschew traditional media channels certainly indicates confidence in its new Nintendo Today app as either a replacement or first choice to deliver news like The Legend of Zelda movie’s release date. That app is available to download from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store, and requires a Nintendo Account.