Nintendo is attempting something it hasn't done in more than 30 years: make a live-action adaptation of its video games. The Legend of Zelda from Sony Pictures and Nintendo is slated for release in April 2027, bringing the fantasy role-playing game franchise to life in a way never seen before. (Well, except for that one Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past with a rappin' Link.) After the back-to-back success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, expectations for The Legend of Zelda are sky (islands) high.
To make the film, Sony Pictures and Nintendo have tapped Wes Ball (The Maze Runner, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) to bring Hyrule to the big screen. Ball previously told Polygon that he wants his take on The Legend of Zelda franchise to be more “grounded” and “real,” and to not fully rely on motion-captured computer graphics. Nintendo announced in September that the Zelda movie will be called, simply, The Legend of Zelda.
"Once you see the film, you'll understand why there isn't a subtitle," The Legend of Zelda series creator Shigeru Miyamoto said. "This is an original film based on the many stories, ideas, and concepts of the series built up through the games for 40 years." To ground the film, Ball is shooting flesh-and-blood actors, decked out in Hylian tunics and rocking prosthetic elf ears. And while Nintendo has confirmed two of the film's lead actors, Bo Bragason as Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link, the rest of the film's casting has started to emerge through unofficial channels.
Here's what we know about the cast of 2027's The Legend of Zelda so far. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth was announced as Link in 2025 by Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The 17-year-old British actor starred in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror series The Haunting of Bly Manor and was the voice of Pinocchio in Robert Zemeckis’ live-action remake of Pinocchio.
Ainsworth also starred in season 3 of HBO's House of the Dragon as Daeron Targaryen, another role in which he wore a green tunic and wielded a sword. Bo Bragason was announced as Princess Zelda alongside Ainsworth's casting. The 22-year-old British actor previously starred in the Disney Plus series Renegade Nell as the titular Nell’s sister.
More recently, Bragason starred in Prime Video's Sterling Point and BBC One's King & Conqueror. Uli Latukefu has reportedly been cast as The Legend of Zelda's villain, Ganondorf, the Gerudo form of the more monstrous Ganon. Latukefu is an Australian actor and best known for his roles as Dwayne Johnson in the NBC comedy Young Rock and Byamba in the Netflix series Marco Polo.
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