‘Zelda’ And Its Animated Film Move Away From Cinema, Illumination Clarifies Rumors

The mega-hit that became ‘Super Mario Bros’, a title adapting the video game of the same name released by Nintendo, is no secret to any movie buff, and in June, rumors began about a possible adaptation of another great video game from this company, is “The Legend Of Zelda”.

‘Super Mario Bros’ AND ‘The Legend of Zelda’ They are two pillars of Nintendo video gamesso it is not unreasonable to think of an adaptation centered on Link, for this millions of fans were excited when the aforementioned rumors started, however Illumination Studios, producer of the Mario and Luigi film, has clarified this situation.

It was none other than the executive director of Illumination Studios, Chris Meledandri, who in a conversation with The Wrap, revealed that Rumors about an animated adaptation of ‘The Legend of Zelda’, I’m just that, voicesas at the moment this studio and Nintendo are not making a film centered around this hero.

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No doubt, many fans will be shocked to hear this Illumination Studios is not developing an animated film. ‘The legend Zelda’, as he is currently focusing on other projects, and one of these would be the continuation of the mega-hit released in 2023 in theaters worldwide, ‘Super Mario Bros’.

The success of ‘Super Mario Bros’

It is worth mentioning that the success of the animated film centered on Mario and Luigi has been spectacular, because it is a film that cost 100 million dollars and has generated more than 1000 million box office receipts in theaters, also becoming the second most successful animated films of all time.

Even in Mexico ‘Super Mario Bros’ is already the most watched film in the entire history of Mexican cinema, a title that in the Aztec country has left behind the more recent productions of ‘Avenger’s and ‘Avatar’, which clearly leave the phenomenon that this production performed with the voices of Chris Pratt and Jack Black has become.

While Illumination Studios has ruled out a tape centered around for the time being ‘The Legend of Zelda’, there is no doubt that this idea will continue to be in the interest of the public, since this video game is one of the most successful in the entire history of Nintendo, a franchise that has more than 30 years of history and continues to collect the success, for which it is one of the candidate plots to be adapted to the big screen at some point.