In a shock announcement this morning, Nintendo has confirmed the celebrities of its live-action Legend of Zelda movie.
In a press release first revealed by means of its Nintendo Today app (which beforehand gave us the movie’s original release date), the writer confirmed that relative newcomers Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play Princess Zelda and Hyperlink, respectively.
That is Miyamoto. I’m happy to announce that for the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda might be performed by Bo Bragason-san, and Hyperlink by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san. I’m very a lot wanting ahead to seeing each of them on the large display. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/KA5XW3lwul
— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) July 16, 2025
“That is Miyamoto. I’m happy to announce that for the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda might be performed by Bo Bragason-san, and Hyperlink by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san,” Nintendo govt Shigeru Miyamoto stated in a press release accompanying the information. “I’m very a lot wanting ahead to seeing each of them on the large display.”
“The movie is scheduled to be launched in theaters on Could 7, 2027,” the assertion concluded. “Thanks on your endurance.”
Each stars are comparatively younger (Bragason is 21 on the time of casting, Ainsworth simply 17), with few credit to their names—a stark distinction to the glitzy, star-studded casting of Nintendo and Illumination’s Mario film a couple of years in the past. Bragason is greatest identified for her look within the Disney+ collection Renegade Nell final 12 months, whereas Ainsworth appeared in a supporting function in Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, however is probably greatest often called the voice of the live-action Pinocchio in Disney’s 2022 remake.
The Legend of Zelda will hit theaters Could 7, 2027.
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